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D1071 Western Renown

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David
 
I've been slacking on these contributions too. I was out west last month visiting relatives, and after taking my nephew to Traintown in Sonoma, I swung by Napa to check out a local hobby shop. Just in the nick of time, I happened to catch the afternoon Napa Valley Wine train departing the station with a load of diners and winos.

In the lead is NVRR #72, an FPA4 built in 1959 for CN, followed by a high-hood GP38-2 that started life in 1973 with the Southern Railway.

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KriegslokBR52 said:
Hmm, isn't Harrier one of those british vertical takeoff and land thingies?😃
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Verticle Take Off and Landing, US military used the Harrier, now they have the F35. Handy aircraft to have around, In the Falklands one Harrier was running out of fuel on an op, nearest place to land was a container ship, pilot had no choice, don't think the ship's captain was overly happy, and yes, that did really happen.

But we used to watch the Harrier pilots do some nifty manoeuvres nothing like scaring the hell out of an enemy pilot when the plane your chasing suddenly starts flying backwards at you, man those Argentine used to fly off in all directions when our guys did that.
 


Actually, it's V/STOL. Vertical and/or Short Take Off and Landing.
The primary advantage is to not need long runways near the area where combat support is needed.
As the V/STOL or Harrier is primarily a tactical air support asset. That means it supports ground troops who have radio comm with the pilot to direct him to a specific target. It can be used for general ordnance delivery rolls as well.
 
D&J RailRoad said:
Actually, it's V/STOL. Vertical and/or Short Take Off and Landing.
The primary advantage is to not need long runways near the area where combat support is needed.
As the V/STOL or Harrier is primarily a tactical air support asset. That means it supports ground troops who have radio comm with the pilot to direct him to a specific target. It can be used for general ordnance delivery rolls as well.
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My comment was in response to Kriegslok52's post, and I thought I'd include an amusing anecdote, it wasn't meant as a educational post on VTOL or as you like to be so pedantic V/STOL, after all, this is a Railway Forum.
 
Smudge617 said:
My comment was in response to Kriegslok52's post, and I thought I'd include an amusing anecdote, it wasn't meant as a educational post on VTOL or as you like to be so pedantic V/STOL, after all, this is a Railway Forum.
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Read about that Falkland conflict long time ago when still a child (well that doesn't seem to change yet). Those pilots with Harriers were able to kick some a..😃.
When in the service with Marines (those other ones on other side of the pond)i was deployed twice. We had a couple Harriers on deck, very fun to watch and personally i think one of the meanest looking aircraft with those sloping downward wings. US pilots used short takeoff routine to save fuel, but came in vertically to land. Guys who maintained them had other things to say, like maintenance intensive-had to disconnect the wings to drop the engine for service among other gems. One time one of them invited me over to sit in the kockpit.
 
KriegslokBR52 said:
Read about that Falkland conflict long time ago when still a child (well that doesn't seem to change yet). Those pilots with Harriers were able to kick some a..😃.
When in the service with Marines (those other ones on other side of the pond)i was deployed twice. We had a couple Harriers on deck, very fun to watch and personally i think one of the meanest looking aircraft with those sloping downward wings. US pilots used short takeoff routine to save fuel, but came in vertically to land. Guys who maintained them had other things to say, like maintenance intensive-had to disconnect the wings to drop the engine for service among other gems. One time one of them invited me over to sit in the kockpit.
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I assume you got the mandatory bit about " whatever you do, don't touch anything"
 
skyliner said:
Nice, thanks for sharing. I just recently watched one of Ruairidh MacVeigh's videos on youtube about BR's diesel-hydraulics, which included these. Interesting stuff.
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When I was 16 years of age I was given a magazine called Model Railway Constructor by a work colleague. One of the articles was about 'Western' locomotives. I have loved them ever since: to the fact I have twelve of them.

David
 


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