Bon Accord Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Perhaps not while they're in the air, but I'm pretty sure at least some pilots still use them for planning purposes. Only a couple of weeks ago a bunch of guys from RAF Conningsby asked me for an OS 1:50000 map of the Cholsey & Wallingford Railway.... One thing about the Crabs that never ceases to amaze me is that no matter which theatre they're flying in (weekends and bank holidays excepted, naturally), they'll always find a Marriot or Hilton in which to billet. Those magnificent men in their flying machines need no maps! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 One thing about the Crabs that never ceases to amaze me is that no matter which theatre they're flying in (weekends and bank holidays excepted, naturally), they'll always find a Marriot or Hilton in which to billet. Those magnificent men in their flying machines need no maps! And the fact that they are the one animal that can survive in my pants Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Still use maps in the helicopter I fly around in... Its kind of handy for height of ground, wires, masts etc etc...Oh and navigation.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted February 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2016 Most of us are simply rejoicing at the return of this fine historical locomotive. Hear Hear. Well said that man. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted February 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Regarding Trigger's broom every one of us is like that broom as our bodies' cells renew themselves on a regular basis. Edited February 26, 2016 by Colin_McLeod Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted February 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2016 Regarding Trigger's broom every one of us is like that broom as our bodies' cells renew themselves on a regular basis. Dunno about the trespassers though. Their brain cells haven't renewed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Some of us are original despite the mileage and occasional periods of storage except that some parts that were in the leg have moved to the heart, the valve gear has to be renewed every 10 years, blow-down occasionally gives trouble and the injector doesn't knock off as much nowadays... Edited February 26, 2016 by coachmann 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomag Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Regarding Trigger's broom every one of us is like that broom as our bodies' cells renew themselves on a regular basis. Except for our teeth which is why they use them in archaeology for finding where you grew up. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted February 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2016 Don't forget that the central nervous system has no capacity for regeneration. And that every time our cells divide we suffer telomerase deletion - initially resulting in structural DNA loss only but the older we get the more at risk our genes are... Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 With regard to the ' trespassers' the most disgraceful fact is that a large majority of these idiots think that they have a perfect right to be on the track and don't give a 'flying ----' about what their selfish actions could result in. And we all wonder why we live in THE NANNY STATE. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted February 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2016 Don't forget that the central nervous system has no capacity for regeneration. And that every time our cells divide we suffer telomerase deletion - initially resulting in structural DNA loss only but the older we get the more at risk our genes are... Phil My genes are most at risk from my ever expanding waistline...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted February 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2016 My genes are most at risk from my ever expanding waistline...... As are my jeans......... Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLD Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Also just out of interest, one of the team who did the painting was a volunteer from a Tramway Museum who has now been taken on by Heritage Painting as an apprentice. And we're certainly proud of Miss P, Jamie, and also proud of Heritage Painting's slightly less high profile work on two of the tram fleet (with another possibly to be done this year!) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted February 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2016 [smug mode] Luckily I am the exception to that rule. I am not sure I dare take her to a model railway exhibition as they might not be able to find enough ambulances for all the heart failures.... [/smug mode] When your wife gets described in Model Railway Journal then you have something to be proud of.... Andi 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 This made me laugh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 With regard to the ' trespassers' the most disgraceful fact is that a large majority of these idiots think that they have a perfect right to be on the track and don't give a 'flying ----' about what their selfish actions could result in. And we all wonder why we live in THE NANNY STATE. Sort of makes you wish for a fatality or two, to provide candidates for the annual Darwin Awards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Sort of makes you wish for a fatality or two, to provide candidates for the annual Darwin Awards. Well yes, in a way you do, but then when you think of the law suits that would probably arise from the bereaved families and the ink spilled by the Red Tops it would set mainline steam back for years. Better they should be charged and fined, say, 5 000 quid? Cheers, David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted February 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 27, 2016 I recall that FS went from KX along the ECML to York on a special circa 1980 and my Dad witnessed (and I think he took a photo as well) the mass trespass at Newark Northgate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2016 Sort of makes you wish for a fatality or two, to provide candidates for the annual Darwin Awards. Well maybe, and then not really. The idea of the 'body bags' in that spoof set strikes me as rather uninformed to say the least - if a person is hit by a train travelling reasonably fast, let alone one travelling at high speed, you'd be a pretty 'lucky' (depending one one's viewpoint) person doing the clearing up if you actually manage to find all the bits within the better part of a mile of where the collision took place. Black plastic sacks are probably a lot more useful that a body bag because use of the latter implies that you actually have 'a body' to put into into it. Having on a number of occasions had to go and help 'pick up the pieces' (yes, literally) I don't wish that fate on anyone - I just want to see these halfwitted dumbos fined beyond their limit to pay and incarcerated for a few months, or longer, as a consequence to give them time to reflect on their moronic level of stupidity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted February 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 27, 2016 Is there any way NR could use the photo evidence to pursue a charge with BTP? P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 ... I just want to see these halfwitted dumbos fined beyond their limit to pay and incarcerated for a few months, or longer, as a consequence to give them time to reflect on their moronic level of stupidity. Recidivism being what it is, they'll come straight out and do it all again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted February 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2016 Sort of makes you wish for a fatality or two, to provide candidates for the annual Darwin Awards. Having been involved in a fatality incident on a preserved line nothing makes you wish for that believe you me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Having been involved in a fatality incident on a preserved line nothing makes you wish for that believe you me. Fair enough, but why do people risk their lives - and not just once, it would seem - just to get that photo/film/momentary glimpse? What is it about the steam-hauled train that makes them lose their heads? This sounds like a suitable subject for a Ph.D thesis, if anyone's casting around for some ideas. "The Steam Locomotive Today: Human Ingenuity, Human Stupidity". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2016 Getting back to the loco, what's wrong with the whistle? It sounds awful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 When your wife gets described in Model Railway Journal then you have something to be proud of.... Andi She is not my wife (yet) and the modelling journals she has been described in concern 12 inches to the foot scale modelling! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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