The Rail Enthusiast thread

[classic33]

Post that on the bad music thread!!

Its a Percy French Classic.
First class passengers remain seated.
Second class passengers get off & walk.
Third class passengers get off and shove!

Used to have it on a small recorder when I used to work in Leeds & was travelling by train. Delays & stoppages meant it was played more than once on a packed early morning train, going nowhere.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

What railway company had a cow on the staff list?

My sister has never worked on the railways so I don't know!

 

[classic33]

My sister has never worked on the railways so I don't know!

Mean. Does your sister ever read this?
Only asking because of shouldbeinbeds' dilema.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Mean. Does your sister ever read this?
Only asking because of shouldbeinbeds' dilema.

I doubt it, if I liked something, she would go out of her way to hate it and make my life f**king miserable into the bargain, so it isn't mean really.

Besides, why would she know who I was anyway??

 

[classic33]

She's your sister, she's bound to know you!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

She's your sister, she's bound to know you!

Yes, terrible, isn't it??

Honestly, if we weren't related then I doubt we would ever know (or want to know) each other at all.


Classic, I mean why would she know me on the forum with my MDB name!!

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Father's Day yesterday and my Dad wanted to visit the Severn Valley Railway so here are a few snaps from the day:

Waiting for the off at Arley.

Battle of Britain class "Sir Keith Park" arrives.

Waiting to cross with another train before proceeding.

The "Severn Valley Limited" dining train finally arrives hauled by Erlestoke Manor.

1501 again at Bewdley. This engine is fairly special to my family as we collected newspapers for years to help towards the restoration. (Back in the days when there was money in recycling newspapers.)

Just waiting for permission to proceed.

We chased the train up the valley allowing me to get this shot of 1501 powering up Eardington Bank.

At Bridgnorth this was tucked out of the way - a replica of Richard Trevithick's locomotive from 1808: "Catch Me Who Can"

 

[JoeyB]

Was in Swanage over the weekend, the steam railway goes through our campsite...was a lovely view. We went on the train on Saturday, my little girl loved it...

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

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Was in Swanage over the weekend, the steam railway goes through our campsite...was a lovely view. We went on the train on Saturday, my little girl loved it...

I remember that moquette she's sitting on from the '80s/'90s, and what's more she almost has a matching t - shirt!!

Lovely picture of your daughter there by the way!!


The last time I saw Eddystone was when it was lined up with several other 'Merchant Navy' and West Country classes at the Eastleigh (Southampton) Open day in 2009. Such an amazing sight!!

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

[QUOTE 3135120, member: 45"]Those class 15s are powerful boys.[/QUOTE]
It certainly took off pretty smartly from each stop and didn't appear to be working that hard to do so either.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

[QUOTE 3135149, member: 45"]I believe they've got the boiler from a Manor on. Ideal for preserved lines that need power without speed.[/QUOTE]
The information I've got to hand is that it's a standard No. 10 boiler which is the same as the 2251 and 9400 classes. It's a high performing boiler (the 2251's were nicknamed Baby Castles because they steamed so well) but not as big as the standard No. 14 on the Manors.

You're right - this would be ideal for a lot of preserved lines. With the current trend for building new locomotives we could see a new batch built yet.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

[QUOTE 3135182, member: 45"]They're building a prairie just for that purpose aren't they?[/QUOTE]
Yes and to to be honest it's a more suitable engine as it'll have the performance to do outings on the main line as well. I saw the frames at Bridgnorth (no photos though). They seem to be making good progress. The project website is here.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

It certainly took off pretty smartly from each stop and didn't appear to be working that hard to do so either.

To be fair, with a max speed of 25mph on a preserved line, that wouldn't be too difficult!!

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

To be fair, with a max speed of 25mph on a preserved line, that wouldn't be too difficult!!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

View: http://youtu.be/k28Vfzz3HEQ

The Diamonds refer to the diamond shaped builder's plates of the North British Locomotive Company, or NBL for short, based in Glasgow.


Worth a look if you are into all that stuff - The footage of the export locos in Australia and Paraguay is good, especially the end with the train 'race' in Australia to Mahler's 1st Symphony!:

http://www.panamint.co.uk/PBSCProduct.asp?ItmID=12814077