Now for something completely different ...

trackdancer · Post by **trackdancer** » Sun Jul 14, 2002 7:24 am

For those who like critters, an early UK diesel: Motor Rail's SIMPLEX

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First built in the 1920s, some saw service as late as the 1960s, so it spans the great age of Steam and foreshasows the dominance of the diesels. Besides, it really is a very odd rail vehicle and a challenge to handle in the sim due to its weight and size.

Model comes with a virtual cab (360 deg view) and low enough in polys to work on most systems even with a good amount of detail.

johndibben · Post by **johndibben** » Sun Jul 14, 2002 9:49 am

Saw it .... thought .... thats got to be Sean ....

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basildd · Post by **basildd** » Sun Jul 14, 2002 9:54 am

johndibben wrote:Saw it .... thought .... thats got to be Sean ....

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Saw it.... thought.... what the !$@#s' that...

trackdancer · Post by **trackdancer** » Sun Jul 14, 2002 3:41 pm

basildd wrote:
johndibben wrote:Saw it .... thought .... thats got to be Sean ....

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Yeah, I thought so too the first time I saw one too. Here's a pic of one being recovered for restoration:

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... John, you should recognize the engine at the other end of the train ...

johndibben · Post by **johndibben** » Mon Jul 15, 2002 8:54 pm

Ayyy yeahhhhh!

It's a 'Teddy'

BTW .... best wishes for the arrival of your other 'little loco'

robin · Post by **robin** » Mon Jul 15, 2002 9:05 pm

What a strange looking thing gota have one of those!

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Mon Jul 15, 2002 9:17 pm

robin wrote:What a strange looking thing gota have one of those!

What the simplex or the Teddy?

basildd · Post by **basildd** » Tue Jul 16, 2002 12:59 am

eddief wrote:
robin wrote:What a strange looking thing gota have one of those!
What the simplex or the Teddy?

... or the 'other little loco' maybe!

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Tue Jul 16, 2002 7:58 am

How much weight will it pull - I can imagine it struggling with 1 carriage!

What with Decapods pump trolley, this and the little diesel inspection wagon people are subconsciously trying for a "puniest loco" award. Wonder where it will lead?

decapod · Post by **decapod** » Tue Jul 16, 2002 10:11 am

Animated pit pony, for pulling coal wagons ?

now there's a challenge for Terry

trackdancer · Post by **trackdancer** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 9:12 am

saddletank wrote:How much weight will it pull - I can imagine it struggling with 1 carriage!

What with Decapods pump trolley, this and the little diesel inspection wagon people are subconsciously trying for a "puniest loco" award. Wonder where it will lead?

Surprisingly, for a unit that only boasts 40hp, it will handle a carriage quite nimbly, and there are photos of the prototypes doing exactly this type of duty.

The big problem isn't so much moving the carriage, but stopping it. Once the momentum has built up, when decelerating, the forward momentum of the carriage is greater than the stopping power of the 8 ton Simplex. You can see this in the sim as the carriage will push the engine and cause it's wheel's to slip. As in real life, the only fix for this is to move slowly.

decapod · Post by **decapod** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 10:19 am

A lovely model Sean, congrats - how do you find the time with a new baby around ?

I've got plans of something that looked similar to simplex, but is overhead electric that ran on the Hellingly Hospital railway (an asylum in Sussex). My dad is building it as a 5" garden railway model.

Now there's a small route begging - only 1.5 miles and two unique locos.