The Rail Enthusiast thread

[Mad Doug Biker]

....... So, is anyone going to join the 'Tramvestites' in Edinburgh for the first day of service at the end of this month??

 

[classic33]

It's because our tea is already waiting to be drunk from our thermos flasks (or if you have more brass than sense, one of the station vendors). We have no need for a 'Tea' style thread here!!

Mines an Alladin!

 

[Gravity Aided]

Stanley for mine, still used in daily transportation service, although on a bus.

 

[classic33]

Blame @victor for derailling the thread!

 

[Gravity Aided]

Santa Fe, near Edelstein, Ilinois

 

[Gravity Aided]

....... So, is anyone going to join the 'Tramvestites' in Edinburgh for the first day of service at the end of this month??

8 days, 8 hours, 24 minutes away.
http://edinburghtrams.com

 

[Dark46]

Coming from the West Country for me you can't best a KING, as far as steam goes. Obviously 6000 King George V is the best.
But I started spotting in 76 and unfortunately when I bought my first Conbined, my friend who I started going on trips with wrote WITHDRAWN across Class 52 Westerns! My favourate Deisel had been withdrawn just before I started . Thank god for Preserved railways for which there are a few around here , especially Severn Valley Railway which when I went had Western Courier in Burgundy and Western Ranger in Sand. Also not too far away is the East Somerset , West Somerset, Avon Valley, Forest of Dean and Gloucester & Warwickshire Railways.

 

[ianrauk]

Now this was a long train..a veeeeeeery long train. I got bored after counting 60 trucks.
Taken in the desert of Utah.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Coming from the West Country for me you can't best a KING, as far as steam goes. Obviously 6000 King George V is the best.
But I started spotting in 76 and unfortunately when I bought my first Conbined, my friend who I started going on trips with wrote WITHDRAWN across Class 52 Westerns! My favourate Deisel had been withdrawn just before I started . Thank god for Preserved railways for which there are a few around here , especially Severn Valley Railway which when I went had Western Courier in Burgundy and Western Ranger in Sand. Also not too far away is the East Somerset , West Somerset, Avon Valley, Forest of Dean and Gloucester & Warwickshire Railways.

Your friend was an eejit, they weren't withdrawn until February 1977.

Did you still see any anyway??

 

[classic33]

Your friend was an eejit, they weren't withdrawn until February 1977.

Did you still see any anyway??

One still running

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

One still running

Err, yeeeesssss, but not for the 25/26 years between 1977 and 2002!!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

There is talk of getting D1062 back on the mainline too, but I don't know much about it, so it's just D1015 Western Champion flying the 'Western' flag!

Class 50s were awful, unreliable things in comparison, and it's no wonder that BR got rid of them between 1987 - 94 on cost grounds after a total of about 26 years service!!

 

[classic33]

Err, yeeeesssss, but not for the 25/26 years between 1977 and 2002!!

'The Mazey Day Cornishman' next outing

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

[QUOTE 3097425, member: 45"]Ah, but they made a lovely sound.[/QUOTE]

WADDA WADDA WADDA WADDA WADDA WADDA WADDA!!

....... Um, s'pose so!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

[QUOTE 3097431, member: 45"]Did I ever show you my little toy?...

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VERY nice!!

Yes, you have, but it's always good to see!!