Mundane News

[classic33]

Lidl's version of Walls' Magnum and a cool shower. Just have to remember which hand has the ice cream and which one the shower gel!

What does your shower gel come supplied in?

 

[classic33]

https://www.classicstreamliners.com/npt-jet-rocket.html
https://www.classicstreamliners.com/lo-emd-lwt12.html
https://www.american-rails.com/aero.html

Iarnród Éireann are using a few American built locomotives. Their drivers sent over there for training on them.

 

[classic33]

Here's what happened when we took bus bodies on to the rails, the "Jet Rocket" of the Rock Island Railroad, developed by GM to dissuade railroad ridership. View attachment 476895
Someone elses picture, but looks like Peoria. My Dad rode it a few times. Had a buffet/Lounge with a bar. Not bad for a hundred miles and change trip, but I heard longer sojourns were more problematic. Actually, unlike the GM Aerotrain, this had Talgo bodies.

A bus over there is a coach over here though.

 

[Reynard]

Did a nice 15 mile bimble via Coveney and Pymoor. Lovely time of day to be out on the bike - still plenty warm enough though.

Now sat with a and a punnet of raspberries.

 

[classic33]

It's a UK steam locomotive that holds the speed record. An LNER streamliner.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qTkwOmTck0o

 

[Gravity Aided]

A bus over there is a coach over here though.

Yeah, we call them a coach when we want to get all "toney" about it. Some bus lines around here are still called stage lines, as well. Those GM Aerotrain coaches were built around city type buses, right down to the forward slanting windows. Talgo ones were better. Rock Island, for a Midwestern (mainly) railroad, did quite a bit of innovating. I may still have some tickets around here.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I liked the Union Pacific better, though. Nothing fancy, just clean, on time, and reasonably priced. Chicago and North-Western the same.

 

[classic33]

Here's what happened when we took bus bodies on to the rails, the "Jet Rocket" of the Rock Island Railroad, developed by GM to dissuade railroad ridership. View attachment 476895
Someone elses picture, but looks like Peoria. My Dad rode it a few times. Had a buffet/Lounge with a bar. Not bad for a hundred miles and change trip, but I heard longer sojourns were more problematic. Actually, unlike the GM Aerotrain, this had Talgo bodies.

You near the Cat factory?

 

[Reynard]

Bedtime methinks. Via not-so-hot bath.

Nunnight folks.

 

[Accy cyclist]

The thermometer's crept up a few notches in the last 15 minutes or so. It's now a stifling 27C where i'm sat in my small kitchen. I couldn't wash up last night as when I did the night before the hot water in the sink made the temperature climb quite a lot.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Morning! According to the Met Office, it's going to be Scorchio! today - 34ºC!!!!

Followed by a small thunderstorm about 1500.

Methinks I will be cleaning and fettling some bikes this morning before it gets too hot and the kids will be in the paddling pool.

 

[Illaveago]

Have you noticed how many funeral care plan adverts are on during the TdF?

Are they trying to say something ?

 

[Illaveago]

Morning. I'm going to be busy for a while catching up on chats .

 

[Illaveago]

A taste of things to come. The brakes are computer controlled, no driver override. If the computer thinks it's at the station/platform, it applies the brakes.

They've removed the "Dead man's brake". HAL is now in charge.

A bit like a new 737 ?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I'm off to Wales in about 1 1/2 hours for 3 nights camping, expect to be incommunicado for most of it, shame no bike will be involved.