RichardB Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Compressed paper wheels are now being manufactured in Sheffield for English railway companies. They were first introduced in America. The paper is subjected to a pressure of 2000 tons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilldweller Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Compressed paper wheels are now being manufactured in Sheffield for English railway companies. They were first introduced in America. The paper is subjected to a pressure of 2000 tons. Perhaps they ensured a better grip when there were leaves on the line HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Perhaps they ensured a better grip when there were leaves on the line HD But easily stopped by "the wrong type of rain" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Perhaps they ensured a better grip when there were leaves on the line HD They should use them on the high speed trains, I bet they can go tearing along the track with those lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Coming soon - chocolate for fireguards ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Coming soon - chocolate for fireguards ... Not forgetting the ashtrays that were invented for motorbikes .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Not forgetting the ashtrays that were invented for motorbikes .. Self-emptying ashtrays sound more sensible than chocolate fireguards or paper wheels for trains - except the wheels were real - apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Self-emptying ashtrays sound more sensible than chocolate fireguards or paper wheels for trains - except the wheels were real - apparently. I can remember some of the elderly anglers that I knew, and they often reminisced about .. getting up early to catch the paper train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 I can remember some of the elderly anglers that I knew, and they often reminisced about .. getting up early to catch the paper train. Would they withstand this? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11702343 Perhaps an attempt to get more freight back on the railways! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 U.S. invenor, Richard N. Allen (1827-1890) 'But the idea of a “paper” railroad car wheel was more a joke than anything else. Until, that is, the day in 1870 that George Pullman purchased a set of Allen’s wheels. They worked well, and Pullman bought more. Ever the publicity hound, Pullman probably adopted the wheel as much for the publicity as for its merit. But his patronage converted the paper wheel from an oddity to a staple of luxury railroad travel'. .. Paper Car Wheel Company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Not forgetting the ashtrays that were invented for motorbikes .. How about a motorbike with an ashtray, paper wheels and a chocolate air cooled cylinder block! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilldweller Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 U.S. invenor, Richard N. Allen (1827-1890) 'But the idea of a “paper” railroad car wheel was more a joke than anything else. Until, that is, the day in 1870 that George Pullman purchased a set of Allen’s wheels. They worked well, and Pullman bought more. Ever the publicity hound, Pullman probably adopted the wheel as much for the publicity as for its merit. But his patronage converted the paper wheel from an oddity to a staple of luxury railroad travel'. .. Paper Car Wheel Company When I worked at AEI Traction in the sixties, most electric/diesel electric locomotives used traction motors actually hung on the drive axils with a pinion on the motor shaft coupled to a large gear wheel shrunk on to the axil. These larger gears had a separate hub with rubber inserts carrying the drive torque from the rim of the gear. So, same idea but substituting rubber for paper. Rubber wheels anyone ? HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 These larger gears had a separate hub with rubber inserts carrying the drive torque from the rim of the gear. So, same idea but substituting rubber for paper. Rubber wheels anyone ? HD I'm sure that some of the motorcycles I have owned had a rubber "cush drive" in the rear wheel hub so that the power was taken up more smoothly. Rubber wheels? How about a metal wheel with a rubber tyre? Better still make that a pneumatic air inflated rubber tyre ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilldweller Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 I'm sure that some of the motorcycles I have owned had a rubber "cush drive" in the rear wheel hub so that the power was taken up more smoothly. Rubber wheels? How about a metal wheel with a rubber tyre? Better still make that a pneumatic air inflated rubber tyre You might be on to something with that idea. I should keep quiet while you look into it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 You might be on to something with that idea. I should keep quiet while you look into it. :) I think the likes of Dunlop / Michelin / Goodyear / Pirrelli /etc May have beaten me to it :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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