woodenhead Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 12 hours ago, Nearholmer said: We need a closer look at that bike, because Colnago, which is what the badge is, make the most cunningly disguised e-bike around, almost impossible to tell from their not-e ones. That having been said, I’ve plenty of times been huffing and puffing up a hill and been overtaken by a wiry blokes of his age who have no e-assistance whatsoever. Regardless of whether the bike is assisted, I would be quite happy with his arms and legs at 78, he's clearly keeping fit. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Keeping fit clearly does keep you fit. I sometimes get into conversation with old guys at cafe stops when out cycling, and some of them amaze me. I met a guy who looked maybe three or four years older than me, and clearly far fitter, and it turned-out that he had only taken-up cycling when he retired, 25 years ago - he was 83yo, so 20 years older than me! Humbled, I was. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 More video. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aire Head Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Keeping fit clearly does keep you fit. I sometimes get into conversation with old guys at cafe stops when out cycling, and some of them amaze me. I met a guy who looked maybe three or four years older than me, and clearly far fitter, and it turned-out that he had only taken-up cycling when he retired, 25 years ago - he was 83yo, so 20 years older than me! Humbled, I was. I will always remember driving up a long steep hill by me and witnessing 3 blokes in their 30s/40s clad head to toe in Lycra on proper road bikes being overtaken by a bloke in his 70s on a bike with a basket on the front. 3 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Now in the Borders. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-57440761 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 On 10/06/2021 at 15:18, Aire Head said: I will always remember driving up a long steep hill by me and witnessing 3 blokes in their 30s/40s clad head to toe in Lycra on proper road bikes being overtaken by a bloke in his 70s on a bike with a basket on the front. Either the bike with a basket was an ebike or its rider was properly only doing a c 2 mile ride whereas the other three were no doubt going a lot further, probably had been knackered by battling a head wind and were taking the hill as easily as they could to save what energy resources they had left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aire Head Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 3 hours ago, Butler Henderson said: Either the bike with a basket was an ebike or its rider was properly only doing a c 2 mile ride whereas the other three were no doubt going a lot further, probably had been knackered by battling a head wind and were taking the hill as easily as they could to save what energy resources they had left. Oh I’m quite aware, doesn’t make it any less humourous 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamThomas Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 To be fair, the IJ films are made for entertainment & in that respect they make a resonable job in that respect. The films are not made for railway enthusiests. Most of the people who will watch the film will neither know or care about the accuracy. FWIW you cannot make a 9F into a very accurate representation of a BR52 ; The BR52 had ; Loads more plumbing & gubbins on & around the boiler. A fully enclosed squarer cab. An 8-wheeled tender. Horizontal Cylinders. AFAIK no smoke deflectors when first built. A louder "bark" to the exhaust. Looks to me that this part of the filming is set in France. There is (or was) a non running BR50 or 52 on the NVR. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Haigh Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Interestingly (to me anyway), it appears that Ford will be digitally 'de-aged' for this portion of the movie, as suggested by these more recent on-set photos. So these scenes may be set in the 1930s/1940s after all (probably a flashback in a movie mainly set much later): https://www.gamesradar.com/new-indiana-jones-5-set-photos-tease-de-aged-harrison-ford-and-a-new-cast-member/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 On 12/06/2021 at 17:13, SamThomas said: There is (or was) a non running BR50 or 52 on the NVR. It left a while back - IIRC about 10/15 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamThomas Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 1 hour ago, pete_mcfarlane said: It left a while back - IIRC about 10/15 years ago. Must have left not long after I saw it. One of the guys there told me that it was actually quite sound in spite of the poor condition of the cab's sheet steel sections. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 1 minute ago, SamThomas said: Must have left not long after I saw it. One of the guys there told me that it was actually quite sound in spite of the poor condition of the cab's sheet steel sections. It's a shame it left - it was a nice loco (if a bit on the big size for a preserved line, but then so are all those 9Fs). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 On 10/06/2021 at 22:18, Aire Head said: I will always remember driving up a long steep hill by me and witnessing 3 blokes in their 30s/40s clad head to toe in Lycra on proper road bikes being overtaken by a bloke in his 70s on a bike with a basket on the front. I had a not dissimilar experience when toiling up our local railway trail; not especially steep, but a bit relentless. I'd just been overtaken by a group of riders on serious machinery, when we were all passed by what I can only describe as a handsome lady of late middle years, vigorously pedalling a sit up and beg roadster that was probably made for "The Empire" 30 years before I was born. Yes, it had a basket on the front. She breezed by with a cheery "Lovely day for it", in the sort of accent that has caused my memory to insist that she was clad in tweed twinset and green wellies, although this seems unlikely. Well, more unlikely than the rest of it anyway. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted June 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 19, 2021 On 09/06/2021 at 12:28, Titan said: Possible titles: Raiders of the lost biscuit tin. Indiana Jones and the Stairs of Stannah. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Bingo. Indiana Jones and the Packet of Werthers Indiana Jones and the desperate continuation of the franchise. Mike. 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejstubbs Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 On 11/06/2021 at 16:02, Steamport Southport said: Now in the Borders. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-57440761 Oh dear god, not another American actor wheeling out an utterly cringe-making faux Scottish accent. See also: Robin Williams and Mike Myers for starters. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkersson Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 (edited) 55 minutes ago, ejstubbs said: Oh dear god, not another American actor wheeling out an utterly cringe-making faux Scottish accent. See also: Robin Williams and Mike Myers for starters. Why would he be doing a Scottish accent? He's playing Indiana Jones, who is American Edited June 19, 2021 by Monkersson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Monkersson said: Why would he be doing a Scottish accent? He's playing Indiana Jones, who is American It never held back Sean Connery! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejstubbs Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Monkersson said: Why would he be doing a Scottish accent? He's playing Indiana Jones, who is American I made the mistake of starting to watch the YouTube clip in Steamport Southport's post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzmIAF4xjFo (not recommended for those of a nervous disposition). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 That was the joke though. Don't forget who his dad in the film is.... The Mickey Mouse joke is also used in Spectre. Definitely a homage to the Indiana Jones film as they admitted it. Mild language in subtitles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted June 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2021 Fitting. Riddles was very impressed by the design philosophy of Richard Wagner's DR standard classes, when he visited Germany as part of an LMS CME's jolly in the 30s. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted June 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Compound2632 said: Fitting. Riddles was very impressed by the design philosophy of Richard Wagner's DR standard classes, when he visited Germany as part of an LMS CME's jolly in the 30s. Strangely enough, it was only a few days ago that I was wondering if Riddles had been influenced by German loco design. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted June 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2021 40 minutes ago, Joseph_Pestell said: Strangely enough, it was only a few days ago that I was wondering if Riddles had been influenced by German loco design. I'm wishing I could give chapter and verse for this. It might be in the LMS Locomotive Profiles volume on the Coronation Pacifics. Stanier and Wagner were on friendly terms - Stanier had Wagner present a paper on his streamlined Baltics at a meeting of one of the professional institutions, IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 How many hours does the "Streamlined Baltics" go on for.... This one is only 15 hours. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 On 19/06/2021 at 18:59, Mark Saunders said: It never held back Sean Connery! As opposed to Sean Connery playing a Lithuanian speaking Russian with a Scottish accent? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 I've no idea what sort of accent he was meant to have in Highlander! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Sánchez-Villalobos_Ramírez Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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