Tornado

My phone works equally well as held for portrait or landscape modes, switching automatically as I change its orientation. I believe this is the case for any "smart" phone. If youngsters cannot cope with this flexibility, they must be as stupid as some claim.

 

I blame Matt Munro,he recorded Portrait of my love,but when singing it on TV he was in landscape mode.

 

I've seen some thread drifts off topic,but this one takes the proverbial biscuit.

 

If you squint a bit and turn it through 90 degrees and you might start to see the correlation…

 

Is it? How many locos on the network are running with no external water treatment and relying on manual addition of treatment with a very high pH? Get this stuff in your eye and you're in trouble. As opposed to having an automatic system with equipment that you could make fairly cheaply yourself.

 

The fun comes when some software looks at the orientation tag in the metadata and then conspires to cock it up...

 

I tried to change my phones Orientation, now it identifies as Sheilla I don't mind, I'm broad minded, but the endless adverts for make up, and blusher, well, it's making me blush.

 

Could we get back to Tornado please. Is it still running in at GCR or is it on its way to Tyseley?

 

Still running in this week scheduled to do some loaded test runs later in the week before moving to Tyseley hopefully

 

I hear there’s an outside chance it may appear on GCR services this weekend - zero guarantees though.

 

https://www.emarketer.com/content/almost-half-of-youtube-viewership-happens-on-tv-screens

 

My gast is well and truly flabbered. Thank you, and apologies to @The Green Howards for scepticism!

Simon

 

Its flabbers being ghasted in these parts.

 

Just when you thought we were back on topic ……

 

There will always be one to take it back off though.

Dave B

 

The wider water space requirement may be related to the stay material. On the old WR (and with current practice), the rule was to change from steel to copper stays when you reached 3/4", otherwise the inner ends would burn away. A wider water space would give a greater cooling area for the stay and possibly allow the use of steel at 3/4" and above? If you have good circulation anyway, a wider water space is probably not going to make a great deal of difference.

 

Tornado confirmed to be running passenger services at GCR this weekend

 

For those that prefer not to use Facebook, latest news from the Great Central Railway.. <BJ>

''Big News! We’re thrilled to announce that 60163 Tornado will be in full steam at the Great Central Railway THIS WEEKEND for its first running since the last 2 years, and it's hauling our passenger trains! Get ready to experience the thrill of one of the most famous steam locomotives in the UK in action. Don't miss your chance to be part of history. Book your tickets now!''

 

Hopefully the A1 Trust will be donating the steaming fees to the Nene Valley but I won’t hold my breathe

 

Why do you think there are steaming fees involved? The loco has gone to the GC at the owners request as part of its re-commissioning. It is the GC that is providing the facility and, if normal commercial terms applied, would be asking a facilities fee. (I’m not saying this is actually the case, though.)