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hairy jesus
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NRM in YorkHairy Jesus visited the NRM in York. Here follows some pictures of trains etc. that you might enjoy looking at with your eyes. There were lots of trains in a big room and some were really old, some were very big and my favourite one was very shiny indeed. It was free to get in but the car park cost £7. Hairy Jesus also bought some pork scratchings from a stall in York where they were having a food festival. They were very salty but really nice. The big church was nice too.
Here are some pictures of trains - apologies if some of them contain other NRM visitors. There seemed to be a lot of people with big bushy beards there. I also saw a man looking at a train and he had a built up shoe; I think he was a train spotter.
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James
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LMFAO! 
You're a right legend mate!
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MTA
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You obviously had a good time Manxman's headboard is still there I see 
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Chris
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As I have been hanging around here for a couple of months now, and have picked up a few things from MTA I feel I can educate some of the forum members about those photos.
They are mostly of Locomotives.
Glad to be of help.
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MTA
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| Chris wrote: | As I have been hanging around here for a couple of months now, and have picked up a few things from MTA I feel I can educate some of the forum members about those photos.
They are mostly of Locomotives.
Glad to be of help. |
You have much to learn young Chris Did you know you should always refer to steam engines as steam engines, and not locomotives? In railway parlance a loco or locomotive is in fact a shed 
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Sandman
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| Chris wrote: | As I have been hanging around here for a couple of months now, and have picked up a few things from MTA I feel I can educate some of the forum members about those photos.
They are mostly of Locomotives.
Glad to be of help. |
Well spotted Chris.
Did you notice most had chimneys as well???
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Chris
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Forgive me great Yoda of Steam.
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James
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They all have wheels!
Ain't that just WHEELY funny?
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Chris
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The big blue one is rather swish.
We have a train line at the end of our garden but we don't get things like that going down it.
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Chris
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| Sandman wrote: | | Chris wrote: | As I have been hanging around here for a couple of months now, and have picked up a few things from MTA I feel I can educate some of the forum members about those photos.
They are mostly of Locomotives.
Glad to be of help. |
Well spotted Chris.
Did you notice most had chimneys as well??? |
The chimneys are just for show because all the lines are electric these days.
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John Chapman
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| MTA wrote: |
You have much to learn young Chris Did you know you should always refer to steam engines as steam engines, and not locomotives? |
Sorry to disagree MTA but in my experience they were nearly always refered to as locomotives. They certainly were back in steam days.
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In railway parlance a loco or locomotive is in fact a shed |
Only as an abbreviation. Crews would often speak of "Wadebridge Loco" when they meant "Wadebridge Locomotive Depot" or more correctly "Wadebridge Motive Power Depot" which is a bit of a mouthful 
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MTA
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Forgive me for what I am about to do, I'm going to attempt to list the number, build date, company, builder and wheel arrangement of each engine in each picture! Here goes:
1) 26020, 1951, BR, Gorton/Metrovick, Bo-Bo
2) BR 'Cycling Lion' on the above
3) 4468, 1938, LNER, Doncaster, 4-6-2
4) -, 1979, -, Loco Enterprises, 0-2-2
5) (big guess here) -, 1829, Shutt End Colliery, Foster/Raistrick, 0-4-0
6) 1217 (as built), 1905, GER, Stratford, 0-6-0
7) 35029, 1949, BR (SR), Brighton rebuilt Eastleigh, 4-6-2
 -, 1887, LYR, Beyer Peacock, 0-4-0ST
9) hard to tell, but nearest the camera:
1008, 1889, LYR, Horwich, 2-4-2T
Middle:
910, 1875, NER, Gateshead, 2-4-0
10) 214, 1882, LB&SCR, Brighton, 0-4-2
11) Headboards from all over the UK
12) 3, 1886, Ffestiniog Railway, Ffestiniog Railway, 0-4-4-0T
13) hmm, more tricky, definitely a Great Western cab though:
4003, 1907, GWR, Swindon, 4-6-0
14) see No. 8
15) 790, 1892, LNWR, Crewe, 2-4-0
16) -, 1985, GWR, RESCO, 4-2-2
Well, it's taken me an hour, but I did it!
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MTA
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| John Chapman wrote: | | MTA wrote: |
You have much to learn young Chris Did you know you should always refer to steam engines as steam engines, and not locomotives? |
Sorry to disagree MTA but in my experience they were nearly always refered to as locomotives. They certainly were back in steam days.
| MTA wrote: |
In railway parlance a loco or locomotive is in fact a shed |
Only as an abbreviation. Crews would often speak of "Wadebridge Loco" when they meant "Wadebridge Locomotive Depot" or more correctly "Wadebridge Motive Power Depot" which is a bit of a mouthful |
Have you ever spoken to an ex Great Western steam driver and ex Southern steam driver? They told me this, so I take my knowledge from them
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John Chapman
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| MTA wrote: |
Have you ever spoken to an ex Great Western steam driver and ex Southern steam driver? They told me this, so I take my knowledge from them |
I'm afraid the answer is yes, quite a few plus at least one ex LMS. In the fifties and sixties I often had the opportunity to talk to BR steam crews.
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Chris
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The great loco masters are going into battle.
Gentlemen, choose your weapons.
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Sandman
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| Chris wrote: | The great loco masters are going into battle.
Gentlemen, choose your weapons. |
I await the result in awe, with one eye on the pressure guage.
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James
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MTA
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| John Chapman wrote: | | MTA wrote: |
Have you ever spoken to an ex Great Western steam driver and ex Southern steam driver? They told me this, so I take my knowledge from them |
I'm afraid the answer is yes, quite a few plus at least one ex LMS. In the fifties and sixties I often had the opportunity to talk to BR steam crews. |
When I was on the Bluebell Railway, I was given a hand book of official operating rules, official timetables (including light engine movements) and 10 page section on railway parlance, abbreviations etc.
Loco = shed
Gricer = enthusiast
Train = rolling stock hauled by engines
steam engine = engine powered by steam that hauls a train.
To name but a few
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MamodFan
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| MTA wrote: | Forgive me for what I am about to do, I'm going to attempt to list the number, build date, company, builder and wheel arrangement of each engine in each picture! Here goes:
1) 26020, 1951, BR, Gorton/Metrovick, Bo-Bo
2) BR 'Cycling Lion' on the above
3) 4468, 1938, LNER, Doncaster, 4-6-2
4) -, 1979, -, Loco Enterprises, 0-2-2
5) (big guess here) -, 1829, Shutt End Colliery, Foster/Raistrick, 0-4-0
6) 1217 (as built), 1905, GER, Stratford, 0-6-0
7) 35029, 1949, BR (SR), Brighton rebuilt Eastleigh, 4-6-2
-, 1887, LYR, Beyer Peacock, 0-4-0ST
9) hard to tell, but nearest the camera:
1008, 1889, LYR, Horwich, 2-4-2T
Middle:
910, 1875, NER, Gateshead, 2-4-0
10) 214, 1882, LB&SCR, Brighton, 0-4-2
11) Headboards from all over the UK
12) 3, 1886, Ffestiniog Railway, Ffestiniog Railway, 0-4-4-0T
13) hmm, more tricky, definitely a Great Western cab though:
4003, 1907, GWR, Swindon, 4-6-0
14) see No. 8
15) 790, 1892, LNWR, Crewe, 2-4-0
16) -, 1985, GWR, RESCO, 4-2-2
Well, it's taken me an hour, but I did it! |
you missed l their names out
eg,
35029 Ellerman Lines
4468 mallard
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MTA
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I would do, but I'll edit it tomorrow, when my brain has had a rest from being racked!
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MamodFan
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| MTA wrote: | | I would do, but I'll edit it tomorrow, when my brain has had a rest from being racked! |
you did better than me, i have lost my brain 
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James
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It took you an hour to write and think of all them MTA? I could have done what you did in 2 minutes
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MTA
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| James wrote: | | It took you an hour to write and think of all them MTA? I could have done what you did in 2 minutes |
Yeh right, you'd have used the internet and copied and pasted it
MF, how can you have lost your brain if you know so much about model making? I reference to your post in Andy's piston topic
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James
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Copy an paste off the internet? NO! What do you think I am?
I copy and pasted it off you!
1) 26020, 1951, BR, Gorton/Metrovick, Bo-Bo
2) BR 'Cycling Lion' on the above
3) 4468, 1938, LNER, Doncaster, 4-6-2
4) -, 1979, -, Loco Enterprises, 0-2-2
5) (big guess here) -, 1829, Shutt End Colliery, Foster/Raistrick, 0-4-0
6) 1217 (as built), 1905, GER, Stratford, 0-6-0
7) 35029, 1949, BR (SR), Brighton rebuilt Eastleigh, 4-6-2
-, 1887, LYR, Beyer Peacock, 0-4-0ST
9) hard to tell, but nearest the camera:
1008, 1889, LYR, Horwich, 2-4-2T
Middle:
910, 1875, NER, Gateshead, 2-4-0
10) 214, 1882, LB&SCR, Brighton, 0-4-2
11) Headboards from all over the UK
12) 3, 1886, Ffestiniog Railway, Ffestiniog Railway, 0-4-4-0T
13) hmm, more tricky, definitely a Great Western cab though:
4003, 1907, GWR, Swindon, 4-6-0
14) see No. 8
15) 790, 1892, LNWR, Crewe, 2-4-0
16) -, 1985, GWR, RESCO, 4-2-2
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Mamodman123
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MTA AKA MR LOCO knows all and way way too much for his age! Wonder what he'll know when he's 60 odd with a white beard?
Great train pics HJ, now back under your rock for another 6 months 
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Wallace
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| John Chapman wrote: | | MTA wrote: |
You have much to learn young Chris Did you know you should always refer to steam engines as steam engines, and not locomotives? |
Sorry to disagree MTA but in my experience they were nearly always refered to as locomotives. They certainly were back in steam days.
| MTA wrote: |
In railway parlance a loco or locomotive is in fact a shed |
Only as an abbreviation. Crews would often speak of "Wadebridge Loco" when they meant "Wadebridge Locomotive Depot" or more correctly "Wadebridge Motive Power Depot" which is a bit of a mouthful |
Also sorry to disagree MTA.
I always heard them called Locomotives 
Then as time progressed, Steam Locomotives, Diesel Locomotives
I would have thought calling them steam engines is general. ie, a stationary engine to run a saw mill would be a steam engine ?
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James
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Locomotive comes from Locomotion don't it? Locomotion is about wheels and being driven ain't it?
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Wallace
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| James wrote: | | Locomotive comes from Locomotion don't it? Locomotion is about wheels and being driven ain't it? |
Yeah that's the one. The Kylie Minogue song
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Chris
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| Wallace wrote: | | James wrote: | | Locomotive comes from Locomotion don't it? Locomotion is about wheels and being driven ain't it? |
Yeah that's the one. The Kylie Minogue song |
This tread was really doing my head in. At least now we are getting it back onto something I am happy to spend a while pondering... Kylie!
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MamodFan
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| MTA wrote: | | James wrote: | | It took you an hour to write and think of all them MTA? I could have done what you did in 2 minutes |
Yeh right, you'd have used the internet and copied and pasted it
MF, how can you have lost your brain if you know so much about model making? I reference to your post in Andy's piston topic |
i used to be a real train buff, even a spotter, but i struggle to remember things about trains, lococ, etc now
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Sandman
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| Chris wrote: | | Wallace wrote: | | James wrote: | | Locomotive comes from Locomotion don't it? Locomotion is about wheels and being driven ain't it? |
Yeah that's the one. The Kylie Minogue song |
This tread was really doing my head in. At least now we are getting it back onto something I am happy to spend a while pondering... Kylie!
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And Millie recorded it bfore her in the 60s.
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Chris
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The interweb tells me it was Little Eva who did it first.
Anyway, the important thing to consider here is that Kylie has the nicest bottom.
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SPOKESMAN
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Re: NRM in York[quote="hairy jesus"]Hairy Jesus visited the NRM in York. Here follows some pictures of trains etc. that you might enjoy looking at with your eyes. There were lots of trains in a big room and some were really old, some were very big and my favourite one was very shiny indeed. It was free to get in but the car park cost £7. Hairy Jesus also bought some pork scratchings from a stall in York where they were having a food festival. They were very salty but really nice. The big church was nice too.
Here are some pictures of trains - apologies if some of them contain other NRM visitors. There seemed to be a lot of people with big bushy beards there. I also saw a man looking at a train and he had a built up shoe; I think he was a train spotter.
Well done Aaron - you're well on the way now. Cheesy sweater and sensible shoes are in the post!
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steamyjim
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i went there yonks ago must go again some time
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alan2525
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| Chris wrote: | The great loco masters are going into battle.
Gentlemen, choose your weapons. |
In true trainspotter style they go head to head, weapons of choice being the ubiquitous noteped and biro!
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johnreid
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In the US Trainspotters are called RailFans and we arm ourselves with Cameras, a picture is worth a thousand Notepads and Brios.
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pauly
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in this country thier also called sad
(only kidding I do some spotting meself every now and then) 
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