Thanks Tim there were various ways to counteract recoil some were fixed to the ground with a framework with gun sliding up a slight ramp and gravity bringing it back to position ,others had wedges that lowered on to extra wide rails and friction slowed complete gun assemblyLooks excellent to me. Really fine work. Great job on a complex Cam job as well.
Personally, I’ve seen lots of pictures of these guns but am not actually sure how they operated. I assume they were moved from site to site by heavy freight engine, but what about the firing regime? There must have been recoil on firing, but did they have a dedicated shunting train engine travelling with them to push them back in position or was it simply the local shunter that did the job? There must have been a substantial support “train” (sorry about that) with these big boys.
Thanks Rick there are photos somewhere on this site if you can find themOne to be proud of Barry....any chance of a "Group" photo with all your Rail Guns or would that be too large an undertaking. I'm just imagining how impressive they would look all together in one photo.
Rick H.
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