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Peterborough
Bus Rally Sunday 11th July 2010
This will be the fourth event we have
organised at Sacrewell Farm close to the A1/A47 junction near
Sales
24 volt lamps, high
pressure accumulator valves
Technical
Information – Illustrated technical guides
Traditional tartan
moquette for seat covers
Axle ratios, crown
wheels and pinions
Accumulator
Charging with Nitrogen – What do I need?
Printing RM
advertisements and blinds
Doverite tape for the poles and rails on the back platform
Changing the front shock
absorbers
The cause of recent poor starting
performance has been traced to high resistance in the battery isolating switch
Some photos of the replica 1970s
Conductor’s Jacket that Claire Green has arranged to have made.
Exhaust sections
still available from Dinex
I’ve just bought some new exhaust sections
and have updated the exhaust section.
I needed to test the operating pressures
for the gearbox where OK and made up a test rig to do this
Changing
the Gearbox Piston Seals
I’ve just changed the piston seals. Here
are some pictures.
B frame and Panhard Rod/Crossmember
Some pictures of the B frame before it is
fitted to RM13.
Rather nice Routemaster greetings and
Christmas cards.
Recharging the
brake accumulators (South Devon Railway)
Using
nitrogen to charge brake accumulators (South Devon Railway)
Panhard Rod Crossmember (
Old
News
I’ve just bought this bus and have posted
some pictures of it.
Rolls Royce powered
London Transport DL83
Did you guess what this is?
London
Bus day at the Museum of Transport in Manchester. It was a really good event,
expertly organized by Kelvin Platt and his colleagues. A grey drizzly
What I particularly liked:
- Great organisation, expertly produced programme, attendance
certificates and admission tickets
- Being inside on a dull damp day
- Excellent skilled help reversing the vehicles into the tightly
packed formation.
- Friendly welcoming staff
- Well-behaved patient enthusiasts
- The care taken to provide uncluttered and interesting photo
opportunities for the photographers
- The steaming mugs of tea, bacon butties,
pies and mushy peas in the museum canteen
- The museum itself with loads of beautifully presented exhibits and
detailed information displays.
- Seeing RM406 straight out of the
BusWorks. Now returning to
For some pictures I took on the day click here.
RM13
progress, B frames and Panhard Crossmember
Stondon
Transport Museum – RM Owners Meet 7th October 2007
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