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weltweit
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It was nice to see the engines cutting trees into planks, making roads etc .. much more interesting than a static display.
weltweit
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I don't know if you have suitable aged kids? but a full sized steam Thomas The Tank Engine comes to the Forest of Dean Railway quite often.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
You know it's not actually the Thomas The Tank Engine, though, don't you?
I must admit - and I say this as someone who's not a specifically mad-about-steam type - I find the whole thing about turning ANY steam railway into a fucking Thomas The Tank Engine performance ALL THE DAMN TIME just a little grating.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Pays the bills though, doesn’t it? That and Santa specials bring in a lot of cash for preserved railways, most of the time they are skint and reliant on the not always deep pockets of enthusiasts. Volunteers can fix track but they can’t dig up the coal themselves.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I know, I just think the rather relentless dumbing down is a bit sad.
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Books, not bombs
My children are both grown up and I am still working on my boy to keep his interest in steam going.You know it's not actually the Thomas The Tank Engine, though, don't you?
I must admit - and I say this as someone who's not a specifically mad-about-steam type - I find the whole thing about turning ANY steam railway into a fucking Thomas The Tank Engine performance ALL THE DAMN TIME just a little grating.
As for Thomas, if it gets people of a certain age going to see steam, not only does it generate cash but it might also help to generate enough interest in the youngsters to get them helping
with it's continued and ongoing maintenance Etc. I do worry that the people that really care about this stuff are dying out and there will not be enough people to restore and maintain it
in years to come.
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Books, not bombs
Competitive model railway coming to a screen near you soon. A step too far, a bit to desperate?
The Great Model Railway Challenge - Channel 5
The Great Model Railway Challenge - Channel 5
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I'm in!
cybershot
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As a kid for years and years I asked for train sets and never got one. It’s still a running joke now when my mum asks what I want for Christmas. I don’t have space for one so have to really hope she doesn’t follow through with her threat each year to get one.
However I do live vicariously through a few twitter accounts of model railways. It’s kinda sad but also brings a smile to my face when I see a video someone’s done of their numbered loco passing through whatever they’ve named their junction. I just can’t resist not pressing play and watching 30 seconds of someone’s pride and joy.
However I do live vicariously through a few twitter accounts of model railways. It’s kinda sad but also brings a smile to my face when I see a video someone’s done of their numbered loco passing through whatever they’ve named their junction. I just can’t resist not pressing play and watching 30 seconds of someone’s pride and joy.
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
I follow a guy on youtube thats going to be on that. I expect there will be some decent modeling on it
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
davesgcr
Reading books
Very much so - the Midland Railway spared no cost - Minton tilework , supreme iron work etc - a great legacy now properly used to great effect. I remember how badly underused it was in the 1980's run down and depressing on a dark Winter evening , the stench of sewage on the approach to the equally run down Tube station.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I can remember as a kid going to St Pancras in the mid-1970s on one of my epic cross-London Red Bus Rover odysseys, and being slightly perplexed at the contrast between the (faded) grandeur of this epic-scale railway station and the patheticness of the couple of tatty DMUs burbling away inside. I didn't know much railway history, so it was just a rather peculiar experience.
19sixtysix
Life as viewed from a Gay Gorbals Garret
You do have room
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Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
wasn't quite on the same scale as early 80s Broad Street
from disused stations - although i should make it clear the station was in business when this photo was taken
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
I was entertained but not for any good reason
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
Just saw this as i drove past so jumped out to take some pics. VSOE full pullman service
cybershot
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60103 is at the railway museum now until 10th December before it goes for maintenance, if anyone is interested and can get up there.
Flying Scotsman | National Railway Museum
Flying Scotsman | National Railway Museum
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
New Scotrail train breaks down because driver tooted horn too much
Yes, its the updated Intercity 125.
New Scotrail train breaks down because driver tooted horn too much | Press and Journal
Yes, its the updated Intercity 125.
New Scotrail train breaks down because driver tooted horn too much | Press and Journal
