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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Vamps on 26 November 2012, 21:49:45
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Amazing what you can buy on ebay............ :D :D :D
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Standard-Gauge-Steam-Locomotive-For-Sale-stoom-dampflok-/251181295900?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3a7b92691c
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Careful. Don't think he likes kettles. ;)
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Now thats kind of train set I want, just need to win the lottery :D
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Careful. Don't think he likes kettles. ;)
;D
Smoking diesel's what you need :P
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Your need a long driveway for that
and plenty of wrapping paper ;D
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Ouch, ten year ticket expired.......thats going to cost some serious wedge to sort!
Plus its not a UK loco, its europeon so a different loading gauge.
I would much prefer this one which is for sale:
(http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/87/15/871503_d8eba470.jpg)
If you need to have a kettle you want to have a proper one!
But, yes, a 'U-boot' would fit the bill for me!
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Ouch, ten year ticket expired.......thats going to cost some serious wedge to sort!
Plus its not a UK loco, its europeon so a different loading gauge.
I would much prefer this one which is for sale:
(http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/87/15/871503_d8eba470.jpg)
If you need to have a kettle you want to have a proper one!
But, yes, a 'U-boot' would fit the bill for me!
I thought you would jump on that fact, as I would MarksDTM. :y :y
As has been said many many times in the steam railway engine preservation field, the original purchase price is just first payment into the "Club" membership fee of owning one of those lovely beasts. Then you have all the expense from there on in - £20,000 there, a further £100,000 here, and if a big engine like a pacific, which I remember once in the 1960s being described as being "uneconomic and impossible to restore", anything up to £250,000 every so often - like the 10 year full strip down overhaul! You need your engine on a preservation line with full overhaul facilities, and the links to those who can work on them and provide boiler services in particular for a full 10 year boiler certificate and the all important insurance "ticket". Money, money money, and more money!
You think our cars can be a money pit; get a steam locomotive for "only" £36,000 and you will find out what a money pit really is ;D ;D ;D ;D
...........and 9F 92203 Black Prince..........bought by David Sheppard, the famous artist, direct from British Rail for £3,000 in 1967. I wonder how much David Sheppard paid out after that? ::) ::) :P
As a point of interest, Black Prince set a record in 2008 by pulling a 1,000 tonne ballast train.
In fact I have just found this on Youtube - have fun!! 8) 8) 8) 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu9NcNmaNjQ
then coupled to S160 5197
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=pUPZZLB1di8&NR=1
:-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
But, I know coming back to the subject of this thread; despite him fancying the 9F MarksDTM would rather only accept a diesel as a gift. A Deltic perhaps?? :D :D :D :D :D ;)
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Ah yes, did buy a model U-boat at the weekend, with sound....certainly can't afford the real thing (not that there are any for sale!)....yikes.
I would need a BIG lottery win to afford Balck Prince as I would any other steam loco!
Given the ten year ticket is out on that ebay unit, you cna bet the motion is tired, wheels eggs shaped (as all steam loco's do that to thier wheels due to the motion) and some bodywork will need attention.
I know the owner of Hwiston very well, he completed his ten year last year and it cost him 70K
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Ah yes, did buy a model U-boat at the weekend, with sound....certainly can't afford the real thing (not that there are any for sale!)....yikes.
I would need a BIG lottery win to afford Balck Prince as I would any other steam loco!
Given the ten year ticket is out on that ebay unit, you cna bet the motion is tired, wheels eggs shaped (as all steam loco's do that to thier wheels due to the motion) and some bodywork will need attention.
I know the owner of Hwiston very well, he completed his ten year last year and it cost him 70K
That means new tyres required then; at least 10!! ::) ::)
That's cheap in steam engines terms! :D :D ;)
Do you know what price Black Prince is going for Mark?
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certainly can't afford the real thing
Plus the fact I reckon Mrs MDTM would chop yer knackers off, and serve them for tea. And then kill you. And then kill you again, just to make sure.
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certainly can't afford the real thing
Plus the fact I reckon Mrs MDTM would chop yer knackers off, and serve them for tea. And then kill you. And then kill you again, just to make sure.
has she mellowed then? ;)
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certainly can't afford the real thing
Plus the fact I reckon Mrs MDTM would chop yer knackers off, and serve them for tea. And then kill you. And then kill you again, just to make sure.
has she mellowed then? ;)
A little! ;D :y
Still, in a few years when its running again, she will drive the DMU that I am determined to do!
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Jeezzz I better hide this one from Phil ;D
Lee
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just for you Mark. :y
(http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp16/jonthenut_bucket/deltic.jpg)
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One does enjoy the curiosity that is a Napier engine :y
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One does enjoy the curiosity that is a Napier engine :y
.......and Mark this can go with the image of the engine and the Napier unit!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYCyOQAyAp8
:-* 8) :y
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One does enjoy the curiosity that is a Napier engine :y
.......and Mark this can go with the image of the engine and the Napier unit!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYCyOQAyAp8
:-* 8) :y
Mmmmmmmm. nice
8)