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Yes, I did on saturday night to swmbo at teh caravan, got a phone call from little Miss Mike f to say stop bothering Mummy while she is playing Bingo.............

[Richie London]

on this note i must tell you a story about trainspotters. i was working in preston for 4 months and on my weekend off i got the train back to london. these 2 old blokes got on and sat opposite me, they both had little train badges on the coats and lots of books, then they spread them all across the table, oh my rather good god, trainspotters, timetables, train identification numbers the lot, they would write down the exact time to the second it pulled away and write notes, they took the temperature of the tea, the quality of the food, how good the tannoy anouncment was, they would count back, 10 down to 1 and we would go under a bridge same when a train passed us, ive never seen anything like it, there was no other seats to go to so had to put up with it, i decided to get rat rsed and pulled out a half bottle of scotch, i bought 8 cans from the bar and drank my self silly. i was woken at euston sprawled across the table dribbling by one of the men. he said to me "thanks for making this the worse train ride weve ever had" they had nowhere to put there books as i had taken up all the table so couldnt get to there notes quick enough to record anything. as i got up i did a massive fart and walked away and one shouted out and called me a disgusting animal  

[Martin_1962]

on this note i must tell you a story about trainspotters. i was working in preston for 4 months and on my weekend off i got the train back to london. these 2 old blokes got on and sat opposite me, they both had little train badges on the coats and lots of books, then they spread them all across the table, oh my rather good god, trainspotters, timetables, train identification numbers the lot, they would write down the exact time to the second it pulled away and write notes, they took the temperature of the tea, the quality of the food, how good the tannoy anouncment was, they would count back, 10 down to 1 and we would go under a bridge same when a train passed us, ive never seen anything like it, there was no other seats to go to so had to put up with it, i decided to get rat rsed and pulled out a half bottle of scotch, i bought 8 cans from the bar and drank my self silly. i was woken at euston sprawled across the table dribbling by one of the men. he said to me "thanks for making this the worse train ride weve ever had" they had nowhere to put there books as i had taken up all the table so couldnt get to there notes quick enough to record anything. as i got up i did a massive fart and walked away and one shouted out and called me a disgusting animal  

Well done, they sounded completely obsessive, all you need is a small cassette recorder, a few pieces of paper and a few small books, did they have cameras?

Temperature of tea - never heard of that

Counting down to bridges, definately mad.

[mark3]

the "sir nigel gressley" A4 pacific class 4-6-2 loco at grosmont station on north york moors steam railway on the 12th july this year!

well i thought while we talking trains?

[Kevin Wood]

Well done, they sounded completely obsessive, all you need is a small cassette recorder, a few pieces of paper and a few small books, did they have cameras?

Temperature of tea - never heard of that

Counting down to bridges, definately mad.

I was once on a train out of London (crappy old slam door. Nothing special). Anyway, the rugby had clearly been on and the train was packed with pi$$ed up rugby fans. Imagine the scene when we pull into a station and there are a couple of hardcore train spotters videoing the arival of the train, with a big fluffy boom microphone to record the squealing of the knackered brakes. Anyway, I doubt there was any sound of the train that didn't get drowned out by the abuse of a couple of hundred rugby fans leaning out of the windows.

Kevin

[Richie London]

on this note i must tell you a story about trainspotters. i was working in preston for 4 months and on my weekend off i got the train back to london. these 2 old blokes got on and sat opposite me, they both had little train badges on the coats and lots of books, then they spread them all across the table, oh my rather good god, trainspotters, timetables, train identification numbers the lot, they would write down the exact time to the second it pulled away and write notes, they took the temperature of the tea, the quality of the food, how good the tannoy anouncment was, they would count back, 10 down to 1 and we would go under a bridge same when a train passed us, ive never seen anything like it, there was no other seats to go to so had to put up with it, i decided to get rat rsed and pulled out a half bottle of scotch, i bought 8 cans from the bar and drank my self silly. i was woken at euston sprawled across the table dribbling by one of the men. he said to me "thanks for making this the worse train ride weve ever had" they had nowhere to put there books as i had taken up all the table so couldnt get to there notes quick enough to record anything. as i got up i did a massive fart and walked away and one shouted out and called me a disgusting animal  

Well done, they sounded completely obsessive, all you need is a small cassette recorder, a few pieces of paper and a few small books, did they have cameras?

Temperature of tea - never heard of that

Counting down to bridges, definately mad.

i do remember pulling into crewe and them moaning about the volume of the tannoy and how unclear what they speaker was saying, and we pulled out about 7 seconds over time, total pair of wallies

[Golfbuddy]

Did some hunting through my hard drives today and came accross some Train Pictures.

I have no idea what they are.  2 Samples below, if you want any more let me know?

Its a train

Pete you got it alllll wrong!!

Its a steam train!  

Actually, you're both wrong, it's a locomotive.  

[Elite Pete]

Did some hunting through my hard drives today and came accross some Train Pictures.

I have no idea what they are.  2 Samples below, if you want any more let me know?

Its a train

Pete you got it alllll wrong!!

Its a steam train!  

Actually, you're both wrong, it's a locomotive.  

Its a Choo Choo train

[Richie London]

Did some hunting through my hard drives today and came accross some Train Pictures.

I have no idea what they are.  2 Samples below, if you want any more let me know?

Its a train

Pete you got it alllll wrong!!

Its a steam train!  

Actually, you're both wrong, it's a locomotive.  

does it go chooooooo choooooooooo  

[Golfbuddy]

Did some hunting through my hard drives today and came accross some Train Pictures.

I have no idea what they are.  2 Samples below, if you want any more let me know?

Its a train

Pete you got it alllll wrong!!

Its a steam train!  

Actually, you're both wrong, it's a locomotive.  

Its a Choo Choo train

No Pete, it's a choo choo locomotive.  

A train is a locomotive plus carriages.  And, after listening to my father who worked for BR for 45 years, I can't stand rather trains or anything to do with them.  

[Martin_1962]

on this note i must tell you a story about trainspotters. i was working in preston for 4 months and on my weekend off i got the train back to london. these 2 old blokes got on and sat opposite me, they both had little train badges on the coats and lots of books, then they spread them all across the table, oh my rather good god, trainspotters, timetables, train identification numbers the lot, they would write down the exact time to the second it pulled away and write notes, they took the temperature of the tea, the quality of the food, how good the tannoy anouncment was, they would count back, 10 down to 1 and we would go under a bridge same when a train passed us, ive never seen anything like it, there was no other seats to go to so had to put up with it, i decided to get rat rsed and pulled out a half bottle of scotch, i bought 8 cans from the bar and drank my self silly. i was woken at euston sprawled across the table dribbling by one of the men. he said to me "thanks for making this the worse train ride weve ever had" they had nowhere to put there books as i had taken up all the table so couldnt get to there notes quick enough to record anything. as i got up i did a massive fart and walked away and one shouted out and called me a disgusting animal  

Well done, they sounded completely obsessive, all you need is a small cassette recorder, a few pieces of paper and a few small books, did they have cameras?

Temperature of tea - never heard of that

Counting down to bridges, definately mad.

i do remember pulling into crewe and them moaning about the volume of the tannoy and how unclear what they speaker was saying, and we pulled out about 7 seconds over time, total pair of wallies

They were not trainspotters, a genuine trainspotter would be looking out of the window getting the numbers - they would also if old enough join you in the beer.

Proper trainspotters are usually well behaved but most seem to like a pint or more (when adults)

[Ken T]

The earlier pics looked a bit ugly, the size of the wheels didn't seem to match, and all those after thought pipes. Not up to British designs. I am slightly biased, my grandfather used to build Locos for North British Locomotive. He was a Foreman Millright.

Ken

[The Red Baron]

they were some good phots, my grandfather worked at derby loco in the steam era, & dad worked as maintenance bricky, often called upon to re-build the brick arch`s in the firebox`s of the loco`s. from here my passion of steam grew. mainly road loco`s though, driven more than i can remember.  

[Ken T]

Its a small world, I was at Derby helping them test the new electrostar trains for a few years. All switchmode power supply technology, and not a real engine in sight  

Ken

[The Red Baron]

i know, its all gone now, no decent loco`s around now,well thats my opinion. more deltic power needed. then again, the peaks?.