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Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by martin1656, Apr 10, 2017.

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  1. Ploughman

    Ploughman Part of the furniture

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    French camp site concrete slab with a hole in the floor and no lights.
    Sometimes equipped with grab handles and footprints.

    Splat you missed.
    Squelch on target
     
    Ploughman, Apr 19, 2023
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  2. Steve

    Steve Resident of Nat Pres Friend

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    I guess they'd be well Polish-ed.:D

    Apologies in advance.

    edit: looks like Tom beat me to it. Great minds think alike. Sometimes.
     
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    Dunfanaghy Road Well-Known Member

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    I can't answer for India (or its loco sheds) but when I lived in Rawalpindi many years ago the monsoon drain across the road from our bungalow was used as a public toilet (and unisex at that). Monsoon season meant that it got an annual flushing!
    Pat
     
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    I can easily imagine - my dear wife was virtually born in a monsoon drain (fortunately dry at the time!)- her mother was accidentally pitched into one from a rickshaw accident in Malacca, the shock of which immediately induced her labour. A fairly unique way of entering the world!
     
    Mark Thompson, Apr 19, 2023
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    marshall5 Part of the furniture

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    Does anyone else on here remember the "Embassy" down the bank in Llanfair Caereinion yard? Once visited never forgotten!
    Ray.
     
    marshall5, Apr 20, 2023
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    And so it became true

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    Dead Sheep, Apr 21, 2023
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    Somehow, that picture reminds me of a basking shark...

    Steve B
     
    Steve B, Apr 21, 2023
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  8. Dunfanaghy Road

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    The sublime leading the ridiculous :)
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  9. martin1656

    martin1656 Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    Next, there should be a picture of 257 with its smokebox open, people in orange boiler suits round it, all looking for Marcia, it's here somewhere, driver, did you hear anything as you opened her up :)
     
    martin1656, Apr 21, 2023
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    I'm casting my vote right now to paint 257 in K&ESR blue.
     
    Mrcow, Apr 22, 2023
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    Sadly, it looks as though 257 may well be sulking tomorrow, and Sapper will be taking her place for one day.
     
    Fireline, Apr 22, 2023
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    Apparently the raw power of Marcia ripped off 257's front headstock.
     
    Dead Sheep, Apr 23, 2023
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    I understand that the offending spring has been replaced, after a journey to Swanage and back to collect it. The loco has been re-weighed, and should be back in service by this Saturday.
     
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  14. Robin Moira White

    Robin Moira White Resident of Nat Pres

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    1980’s moment at Tenterden Town today.

    136ADADF-8CE9-4F99-8517-E2507A826BCD.jpeg
     
    Robin Moira White, May 7, 2023
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    Can't open the file, but I get the idea from the thumbnail. Yes, definitely a summer of '85 moment. "Fire up the Quattro!"
    Never had a mullet, but I had enough hair for one, then. *Sighs wistfully*
     
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    Except it's a Rover 3500SE.
     
    H Cloutt, May 7, 2023
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    In their defence I can see how, in a small thumbnail, it may look like an early Quattro.
     
    alexl102, May 7, 2023
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  18. Matt37401

    Matt37401 Nat Pres stalwart

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    Did Gene Hunt Commandeer the 33?
    Fire up the Crompton doesn’t exactly have the same ring to is as firing up the Quattro does it?
     
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    johnofwessex Resident of Nat Pres

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    Wait till you have fired up The Freshspring (Or other oil fired steamship) from cold
     
    johnofwessex, May 7, 2023
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    Robin Moira White Resident of Nat Pres

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    I’m the only person I know who has more hair at 59 than I had at 19…
     
    Robin Moira White, May 8, 2023
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