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[Lizzie_Zoom]

Class 67 on the other end. Note no overhead wires
This is what is on the other end....




with some proper rolling stock in between..


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........and a DIESEL!!   Looks very nice for one of those

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just remembered Lizzie. We have got a boiler on board....




For making the tea in the Buffet


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[Lizzie_Zoom]

just remembered Lizzie. We have got a boiler on board....




For making the tea in the Buffet


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Well, that's a start T-star!!

But to think that if you had a real one with firebox then you could cook yourself breakfast as well!!   mmmmmm.....what memories!! 8-) 8-)

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heres a nice litte video from the 60's

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BndXSRwftpc[/media]

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lizzie

Why cook breakfast on the shovel??


Buffet with Hob. Microwave, Toaster, Fridge, Water Boiler and some nice staff to cook for you



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[Lizzie_Zoom]

heres a nice litte video from the 60's

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BndXSRwftpc[/media]

Very good!! 8-) 8-) 8-)  The wonderful Blue Pullman should have lasted a lot longer than it did, but such is "progress".

PS I wonder why the driving position in these trains operation on Western Region tracks was on the left and not the tradition right of Great Western Railway engines;  don't bother to answer, I know, so that conformed to the rest of the British Rail empire and the GWR pushed into history

[crazyjoetavola]

Is this not a train set?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZa9e7YclEc&feature=channel[/media]



One for Ms Zoom


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSoEmySoc-0[/media]

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Is this not a train set?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZa9e7YclEc&feature=channel[/media]



One for Ms Zoom


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSoEmySoc-0[/media]

Great stuff Zulu!! 8-) 8-) 8-)

The fireman needs shooting though!   Far too much black smoke with over stoking evident, going up the chimney .  What a waste, but what a lovely sight!

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Is this not a train set?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZa9e7YclEc&feature=channel[/media]



One for Ms Zoom


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSoEmySoc-0[/media]

.......and as for the American train, yes they are something else, using to the full all the space and lack of gauge restrictions as they can in the US. 

I have seen some even longer trains when driving through Arizona into Colorado, and sometimes you just cannot see the end of the train or its front!   Wonderful sights.   Imagine though what it would have looked like with 4-8-8-4 'Big Boy' mallets thundering through 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

[Lizzie_Zoom]

like this:



Union Pacific 'Big Boy' No. 4006

Like to drive one of those Mark? :-? :-?

[Martin_1962]

Errr.....thats not a diesel....its electric 

It's a driving trailer - no power of any sort

[Martin_1962]

Class 67 on the other end. Note no overhead wires
This is what is on the other end....




with some proper rolling stock in between..

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And a 54 year old British design can out perform it (if given the chance).

TBH for passenger work the HST power car has not been bettered.

And Deltics are capable of 120s if allowed to wind up.

[Martin_1962]

My favourite steam class can do 90mph, pull over 2000 tons and accelerate faster than a banking M7 while pulling its own train.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

My favourite steam class can do 90mph, pull over 2000 tons and accelerate faster than a banking M7 while pulling its own train.

I reckon Martin that is a 9F 8-) 8-) 8-)

[TheBoy]

I had a Hornby when I was little, can I join in?