RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted November 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2012 Rain ? A driver ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Nope, nope, nope and nope. keep looking - its obvious!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gringo Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Overhead electrics, or somebody with a pooper-scooper? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul W Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 A "Keep Off The Grass" sign ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted November 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2012 No, I've got it! I've got it! A building! It's been left at home! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 No, I've got it! I've got it! A building! It's been left at home! I'm ignoring this comment, because i'm over it now, grrrhhh, I'm over it.... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Overhead electrics, or somebody with a pooper-scooper? Oh no. The kettle spotting old timer got it! The trams in Nice only run under overheads on some of the sections, so i'm guessing for the rest, where there are no overheads, batteries are involved somewhere? A very smart system that is clearly not that old and very very well used. Is our French correspondent able to add comment? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2012 Who - me? Not been as far south as Nice, and the new-ish tramway in Le Mans is deffo catenary-only. The system is being expanded there, and other cities seem to be introducing them as fast as they can. In conjunction with park-and-ride, an idea whose time has arrived. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Who - me? Not been as far south as Nice, and the new-ish tramway in Le Mans is deffo catenary-only. The system is being expanded there, and other cities seem to be introducing them as fast as they can. In conjunction with park-and-ride, an idea whose time has arrived. Hmmmm. and i'm guessing it's like over here where they are putting back trams in places where the used to be many years ago? By chance I was watching a video this afternoon that suggested there were more than one hundred tram systems in the UK at its peak. Of course this might need working out now. I bet 'Kettle Man' has a list somewhere. Oh and quiz part two, does anyone know what this is?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted November 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) Casey Jones on the 5:07 Cannes - Canonball Express?... Edited November 5, 2012 by bcnPete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 4, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2012 Bound to be a film connection. Not "La Bataille des Rails", is it? I think that got remade for worldwide consumption as The Train with Burt Lancaster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Any ideas what the engine is?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 The system the trams run on is also used for trolleybuses,when they reach a stop a charge is put into the motor and it carries on to the next stop a tecnology that makes tram systems a bit cheaper.Burt Lancasters film The Train was on today a brilliant film ,perhaps it was a PLM pacific it looked like it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Just had a flash of inspiration after last post,you chaps should now eat crepe and chips and coq au van ,possibly a new layout DITD ala Francaise! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gringo Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 The picture is from the film "La Bete Humaine", A Paris Film Production, 1938. Jean Gabin poses in the cab of a French Pacific on the Paris- Le Havre run. Possibly SNCF No. 22326, used in the last sequences of the film? Directed by Jean Renoir, Script by J.R. from a novel by Emile Zola about a engine driver who is subject to murderous brainstorms and is involved in a love affair with Simone Simon. By the way Jayne said, "Where's the wires?" when I first showed her the "Canney trammy". More pictures please! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Just had a flash of inspiration after last post,you chaps should now eat crepe and chips and coq au van ,possibly a new layout DITD ala Francaise! We've got enough 'Coqs' 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 And a van. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 5, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2012 And a van. Even if it doesn't always contain what it's supposed to..... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Even if it doesn't always contain what it's supposed to..... My therapist has been very clear with me that my freinds need to stop mentioning this, else i'll never recover. Inhale, and out, inhale, and out Drink! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpeo Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Could be worse 26, one of our members took his layout to a show and left the legs at home! kev. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Could be worse 26, one of our members took his layout to a show and left the legs at home! kev. There has been worse but not on this layout. Perhaps a tale for another day..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Excitement today.... Deltic 2 has undertaken its first mainline runs. Just before this picture was taken on the York avoiding lines it had pulled Streak No 9 through the station into Holgate sidings. Also of interest was that Streak number 8 was in York Works!! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted November 6, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 6, 2012 There has been worse but not on this layout. Perhaps a tale for another day..... I note that mr York is keeping quiet about leaving buildings behind for a show..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted November 6, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2012 Is that bloke on the dumper taking a photo? I'm ignoring this comment, because i'm over it now, grrrhhh, I'm over it.... I left a whole baseboard at home once... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I note that mr York is keeping quiet about leaving buildings behind for a show..... Oh! Do tell.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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