ntr for the north west guys
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:07 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:54 am
ALWAYS HAD A SOFT SPOT FOR THE OLD TRAINS. ENJOYED MY VISIT TO YORK COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:46 pm
Oh yeah, it's got to belch smoke and flames or its not worth lookin at. we get guys stand on the bridge on our lane with cameras, tripods, video cameras.... for fuckin hours just to watch something nondescript pull a load of coal into the power station...?SAM wrote:ALWAYS HAD A SOFT SPOT FOR THE OLD TRAINS. ENJOYED MY VISIT TO YORK COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
Whats that all about?
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:40 pm
what ya want is a proper railway day out, this place is just 2miles from me, and is managed by a mate of mine..its cool, unless your on top of a lit boiler when its fkn hot 
http://www.lakesiderailway.co.uk/pages/home.html
http://www.lakesiderailway.co.uk/pages/home.html
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:16 pm
In my opinion, the noise and the sheer presence of a deltic has yet to be bettered in ANY modern locoWolfie wrote:Oh yeah, it's got to belch smoke and flames or its not worth lookin at. we get guys stand on the bridge on our lane with cameras, tripods, video cameras.... for fuckin hours just to watch something nondescript pull a load of coal into the power station...?SAM wrote:ALWAYS HAD A SOFT SPOT FOR THE OLD TRAINS. ENJOYED MY VISIT TO YORK COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
Whats that all about?
Gary T
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:10 pm
I absolutely love trains especially steam trains.But the sight and sound of a deltic stayed with me from when i was a small boy.awesome..........err ,sorry i'm a bit sad 
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:15 pm
When we did one of the rail companies security systems, there were loads of 'em in a yard in Immingham (in a very sorry state) then they all suddenly disappeared and the whole sidings is a car park now (for new imports).
But I really did enjoy going to the workshops in Ferrybridge power station, over a couple of years the guys completely stripped a shunter right down to the wheels, then restored it.
The finished engine could put some of our resto's to shame.
I do prefer the steam things, in fact I think it applies to all machinery that you can actually see the moving bits on the outside.
Spent some time when i was a kid, cleaning this in the Leeds yards for a show, The Great Marquess, 61994.
But I really did enjoy going to the workshops in Ferrybridge power station, over a couple of years the guys completely stripped a shunter right down to the wheels, then restored it.
The finished engine could put some of our resto's to shame.
I do prefer the steam things, in fact I think it applies to all machinery that you can actually see the moving bits on the outside.
Spent some time when i was a kid, cleaning this in the Leeds yards for a show, The Great Marquess, 61994.
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:18 pm
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:27 pm
yep such a clever arrangement.Sadly an evolutionary dead end 
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:02 pm
...and its a two stroke. 
Just imagine the sound if they'd built it with chambers
Just imagine the sound if they'd built it with chambers
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:53 pm
I just love this vid of a diesel being started up after a piston change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4MjC1Ywofg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4MjC1Ywofg
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:28 am
It wouldn't have been a good day to hang out yer washing in that neck of the woodsGotz wrote:I just love this vid of a diesel being started up after a piston change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4MjC1Ywofg
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:16 am
Interesting enough but I refer to an earlier point... apart from the belching smoke there's now't to see....
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:19 am
Oh it's going now....