'A Vision fulfilled.
Now that London Underground has expanded with its new Overground service it has just been able to cope, but despite the success with the new types of trains both third rail and overhead electrics it has to expand to succeed.
A surface EMU (Electrical multiple units) Class 378 Capital Star, built by Bombardier Derby was a wise choice for the stock fleet. Fifty-seven trains were purchased bran new, between 2009-10. They are designated /1 and /2, The first batch of /1 are 750V Dc third rail only and the second batch are /2 25kV AC overhead and some are 750 Dc third rail. North of the river Thames is mostly overhead, while south is third rail, there are a few exceptions in west-London.
But more trains and link lines will need to be added to cope with the capacity that London demands. Many new projects are under construction for London. But despite all of them the Underground really needs some serious financial investments, as it once had in the past.
Thursday 30 January 2014
Thursday 23 January 2014
Sukhoi 100 v Boeing 737 family.
Small to medium Commercial jet airliners.
Without a fact no one can say 'that Boeing has not had commercial success with its 737-100/900 family over the last forty years. Airbus has over the last 25 years, starting with the A330 done and equality good job in competition and taking the market from the Americans with its ever expanding new smaller jets.
But here we want to look at what Russia, post Soviet Union is doing to take their own place in the groving competative stance of world aviation industry. The Sukhoi 100/200 is the equivalent to the Boeing 737, which the new Russia has employed in great number to replace its own ageing fleet's.
This aircraft if successful will fill a needed gap, replacing the out dated and long lived Tupolev TU-134/154. There are many other Russian design bureaus such as Antonov with their designs, but Sukhoi has the appeal to western airlines who may want something to replace their favourite DC-9's and the ill fated Boeing 717-1/200's.
The biggest market for such an aircraft is that of package holiday tourism, which will now expand in Europe, as the EU expands into Eastern-Europe and the Caucasus?
Without a fact no one can say 'that Boeing has not had commercial success with its 737-100/900 family over the last forty years. Airbus has over the last 25 years, starting with the A330 done and equality good job in competition and taking the market from the Americans with its ever expanding new smaller jets.
But here we want to look at what Russia, post Soviet Union is doing to take their own place in the groving competative stance of world aviation industry. The Sukhoi 100/200 is the equivalent to the Boeing 737, which the new Russia has employed in great number to replace its own ageing fleet's.
This aircraft if successful will fill a needed gap, replacing the out dated and long lived Tupolev TU-134/154. There are many other Russian design bureaus such as Antonov with their designs, but Sukhoi has the appeal to western airlines who may want something to replace their favourite DC-9's and the ill fated Boeing 717-1/200's.
The biggest market for such an aircraft is that of package holiday tourism, which will now expand in Europe, as the EU expands into Eastern-Europe and the Caucasus?
Thursday 16 January 2014
Harvestors. Part-One,
The Combined Harvesters.
The original machine was developed in the United States for wheat and barley production, this machine combined cutting and threshing the stalks for the grain. Today many of these machines can now also produce bales of straw.
But there are many other kinds of harvester type machines for sugar cane, peas, fruit and vegetables. All of these crops have stalks, so some mechanical changes had to be made to adapt them.
But there are still more and more new types coming on the market for root crops, rice and other aqua work. Originally it was limited to a few machine producers, such as New Holland, John Deere, Claas, Massey-Ferguson and Shelbourne Reynolds.
But today we have many developed and developing nations building their own version to suite their need and conditions.
The original machine was developed in the United States for wheat and barley production, this machine combined cutting and threshing the stalks for the grain. Today many of these machines can now also produce bales of straw.
But there are many other kinds of harvester type machines for sugar cane, peas, fruit and vegetables. All of these crops have stalks, so some mechanical changes had to be made to adapt them.
But there are still more and more new types coming on the market for root crops, rice and other aqua work. Originally it was limited to a few machine producers, such as New Holland, John Deere, Claas, Massey-Ferguson and Shelbourne Reynolds.
But today we have many developed and developing nations building their own version to suite their need and conditions.
Thursday 9 January 2014
ROBOTS. Part-One.
For Warfare.
Science fiction and reality is now becoming part of everyday living, or dying in relation to warfare.The drone/UAV has been around for sometime, but since the 1970's and Israel's needs, many nations such as the US and Great Britain have followed with their own versions. Russia was actually the first to develop this type of platform.
But we have robotic aircraft, naval and army systems now controlling a whole host of devices, from artillery fire control and targetting to the bomb disposal robots.
Remote controlled aircraft perhaps will eventuality lead to both tanks and ships, if they do not already exist in secret.
The Asimo robot and its counterparts may be the robotic soldiers of the future? What will define robotics, will be the development of self thinking machines and that may be our downfall?
Science fiction and reality is now becoming part of everyday living, or dying in relation to warfare.The drone/UAV has been around for sometime, but since the 1970's and Israel's needs, many nations such as the US and Great Britain have followed with their own versions. Russia was actually the first to develop this type of platform.
But we have robotic aircraft, naval and army systems now controlling a whole host of devices, from artillery fire control and targetting to the bomb disposal robots.
Remote controlled aircraft perhaps will eventuality lead to both tanks and ships, if they do not already exist in secret.
The Asimo robot and its counterparts may be the robotic soldiers of the future? What will define robotics, will be the development of self thinking machines and that may be our downfall?
Thursday 2 January 2014
Escalator and the Elevator.
Moving walkways/stairs and the Lift.
It is perhaps a strange subject to start a New Year with, but both the escalator and elevator have now been around over over 120 years. Essentially developed for the mining industry by James Borgardes in the U.S.A. He first displayed his steam model at the world trade fair in New York in 1853. E. G. Otis introduced his department store lift in 1857 and he was the first to show in Europe at the Paris exhibition in 1867.
Meanwhile it was J. W. Reno who invented the continuous moving stairs, in a new york department store in1896-97. It was the first to appear in Europe in the 1900 Paris, Exhibition.
The Lift/Elevator made it essential in the construction of the Skyscraper and so it remains today, around the world.
Meanwhile many airports and train stations have developed moving walkways, these take the weight of carrying your cases long distances between terminals. These being a fixed machine, are still a form of transportation.
It is perhaps a strange subject to start a New Year with, but both the escalator and elevator have now been around over over 120 years. Essentially developed for the mining industry by James Borgardes in the U.S.A. He first displayed his steam model at the world trade fair in New York in 1853. E. G. Otis introduced his department store lift in 1857 and he was the first to show in Europe at the Paris exhibition in 1867.
Meanwhile it was J. W. Reno who invented the continuous moving stairs, in a new york department store in1896-97. It was the first to appear in Europe in the 1900 Paris, Exhibition.
The Lift/Elevator made it essential in the construction of the Skyscraper and so it remains today, around the world.
Meanwhile many airports and train stations have developed moving walkways, these take the weight of carrying your cases long distances between terminals. These being a fixed machine, are still a form of transportation.
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