Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Oh, an electric on a really cold and frosty night arcing, sparking and fizzing, setting the world alight is a joy to behold!
The Rail Enthusiast thread
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vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Spotted between Sequim and Port Townsend in Washington State.
It is part of a restaurant that seems to have closed permanently.
BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
- Location
- Selly Oak, Birmingham
Scarily accurate. Tuscany, Lucignano, which is just down the line from Arezzo.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
General Electric 44 tonner.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Well, sort of - My answer was to the north of Arezzo and the real location was to the south. Right part of the world though!
classic33
Leg End Member
See, didn't want to post an answer that had already been given.Well, sort of - My answer was to the north of Arezzo and the real location was to the south. Right part of the world though!
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http://www.trenomania.org/fotogallery/displayimage.php?album=142&pos=36
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EXACTLY!!
Unfortunately everything to do with it is simply referred to by 'that' word these days
I always prefer the term rail enthusiast. Nowadays I love all the first generation diesels and of course steam, as well as European locos particularly Czech.
Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
After a gap of 46 years and 8 months I'm pleased to report that the first train departed on time.
classic33
Leg End Member
It was five & half minutes before departure, according to the clock, when the first picture was taken. Nice to see they'd a second one to hand, just in case!
Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
There were too many people / photographers on the platform to get a decent shot from there so I cycled round to a better vantage point for the actual departure. Also because on the platform my camera, no doubt confused by two strange bright yellow objects (the sun and the front end of a class 158), simply refused to auto focus on anything.
Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
Today was a beautiful sunny day today with hardly any wind, a perfect day for a cycle. Unfortunately I currently have 3rd degree man flu so apart from three miles this morning to get my paper and watch the first train leave Tweedbank that was it for cycling today.
By the afternoon I had recovered sufficiently to actually get on a train.
A six car 158 almost full on the way to Edinburgh and completely full on the way south, (the normal diagram will be a 2 car), it seemed like most of Gala had gone to Edinburgh for the day. At every bridge there were photographers and people waving, the lay bys on the A7 were filled with cars with more spectators, the back road seemed full of cyclists also stopped and taking photos. On board there was a real party atmosphere. Makes me wonder what the original 1849 opening celebrations must have been like.
The steam specials should be quite impressive going up Borthwick Bank, even the 158s sounded like they were struggling.
The only hitch that I noticed was the automatic station announcements mispronouncing station names. Stow should rhyme with 'now' not 'know' and Newtongrange is normally pronounced 'nitten'.
By the afternoon I had recovered sufficiently to actually get on a train.
A six car 158 almost full on the way to Edinburgh and completely full on the way south, (the normal diagram will be a 2 car), it seemed like most of Gala had gone to Edinburgh for the day. At every bridge there were photographers and people waving, the lay bys on the A7 were filled with cars with more spectators, the back road seemed full of cyclists also stopped and taking photos. On board there was a real party atmosphere. Makes me wonder what the original 1849 opening celebrations must have been like.The steam specials should be quite impressive going up Borthwick Bank, even the 158s sounded like they were struggling.
The only hitch that I noticed was the automatic station announcements mispronouncing station names. Stow should rhyme with 'now' not 'know' and Newtongrange is normally pronounced 'nitten'.
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
That's not a hitch, that's just making the pronunciation as bad as on the rest of the network
classic33
Leg End Member
Try Sowerby Bridge, Mytholmroyd & Todmorden!Today was a beautiful sunny day today with hardly any wind, a perfect day for a cycle. Unfortunately I currently have 3rd degree man flu so apart from three miles this morning to get my paper and watch the first train leave Tweedbank that was it for cycling today.
By the afternoon I had recovered sufficiently to actually get on a train.
The steam specials should be quite impressive going up Borthwick Bank, even the 158s sounded like they were struggling.
The only hitch that I noticed was the automatic station announcements mispronouncing station names. Stow should rhyme with 'now' not 'know' and Newtongrange is normally pronounced 'nitten'.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Today was a beautiful sunny day today with hardly any wind, a perfect day for a cycle. Unfortunately I currently have 3rd degree man flu so apart from three miles this morning to get my paper and watch the first train leave Tweedbank that was it for cycling today.
By the afternoon I had recovered sufficiently to actually get on a train.
The steam specials should be quite impressive going up Borthwick Bank, even the 158s sounded like they were struggling.
The only hitch that I noticed was the automatic station announcements mispronouncing station names. Stow should rhyme with 'now' not 'know' and Newtongrange is normally pronounced 'nitten'.
All that for some class 158s??
Wonders will never cease!!
Seriously though, I will wait until it has all died down before going to see it (although I am booked onto one of the steam specials next month).
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Plenty of people in the States would be pleased and surprised to see any sort of passenger service, at all. Cause for celebration.Glad to see the Borders Railway is back to having passenger service.
