RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted August 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) Well I never. Mrs rodent and I are into an American sitcom called Parks & Recreation. It's a bit like The Office, but based around the Parks & Recreation local government team in the fictional town of Pawnee. We watch it on Amazon, using a Firestick. Season 3 Episode 2, about two min from the end, and the two main characters are in a town hall office. Behind them on the wall is a picture of a steam loco. I only clocked the tender at first, but thought it looked familiar, so I rewound. Lo and behold, there it is- a picture of GWR no 111, The Great Bear. Pretty much the last thing I'd expect to see a photo of hanging on the wall of a local govt office in a fictitious American town! Screenshot attached. Link to the episode here:- https://mythewatchseries.com/parks-and-recreation-season-3-efd-episode-12 I'd reccomend it, you'll be hooked! In a similar vein, some years ago, Mrs rodent & I were in a lively bar in Madrid. Hanging on the wall was a nameplate off GWR no. 4016 "Knight of the Golden Fleece". Whether it's original or not I don't know, but another unlikely plac e to find a UK railway related item. Link to photo here:- https://flic.kr/p/UaAQxZ Anyone else got any similar spots of UK rail related items in unusual places, either in real life or on film/tv? Edited August 9, 2017 by rodent279 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 In a room at the Roundhouse Railroad Museum in Savannah, Georgia: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian keane Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) There was a portrait of flying scotsman in a hotel room in mr bean and there was a painting of a jenny lind class (I think) in thomas the tank engine https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/ttte/images/b/bc/TheVictorian-styleEngine.png/revision/latest?cb=20161107164327 Edited August 10, 2017 by Killian keane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted August 10, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 10, 2017 Parks and Recreation is brilliant, it is one of my favourite TV shows! I find it to be genuinely funny and very well observed, it is the sort of clever sitcom that the BBC used to make. I must admit, Ron Swanson is a bit of an inspiration for me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted August 10, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 10, 2017 In a room at the Roundhouse Railroad Museum in Savannah, Georgia: post-1771-0-49470300-1321818031.jpeg Seems to be an unusual variant of the Royal Scots having a rear bunker rather than a tender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 4069 Posted August 10, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 10, 2017 In a similar vein, some years ago, Mrs rodent & I were in a lively bar in Madrid. Hanging on the wall was a nameplate off GWR no. 4016 "Knight of the Golden Fleece". Whether it's original or not I don't know, but another unlikely plac e to find a UK railway related item. Link to photo here:- https://flic.kr/p/UaAQxZ I think that's a replica- the ends of the infill plate are the wrong shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Anyone noticed Sheldon, Big Bang Theory, with a GWR Queen 2-2-2 on the Royal train on his T shirt? Mike Wiltshire 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted August 10, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) Anyone noticed Sheldon, Big Bang Theory, with a GWR Queen 2-2-2 on the Royal train on his T shirt? vlcsnap-2015-03-15-09h32m21s32.png Mike Wiltshire Nice t-shirt. I did a search, seems there's a whole site for clothes seen on TV. Turns out there's a Welsh designer behind the t-shirt (Artberry Gallery on Zazzle): https://wornontv.net/46840/ Edited August 10, 2017 by Mikkel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted August 10, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 10, 2017 Behold, the genius of Ron Swanson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUilUzH5kx8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted August 10, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2017 Parks and Recreation is brilliant, it is one of my favourite TV shows! I find it to be genuinely funny and very well observed, it is the sort of clever sitcom that the BBC used to make. I must admit, Ron Swanson is a bit of an inspiration for me Oh it is very good, and very believable. Yes, Ron is good. So dry, on some levels really annoying, but also likeable because he sticks up for his team. I've worked for a Ron Swanson type character, he was a good boss, though grumpy as hell and with the people skills of a washing machine! Behold, the genius of Ron Swanson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUilUzH5kx8 Saw the first last night, haven't yet seen the second. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted August 10, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2017 I think that's a replica- the ends of the infill plate are the wrong shape. I'll bow to your better knowledge! What shape should they be? Must admit, the real thing would be worth a mint, and if it was mine, it wouldn't be hanging in such a visible & public place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 4069 Posted August 10, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 10, 2017 I'll bow to your better knowledge! What shape should they be? Must admit, the real thing would be worth a mint, and if it was mine, it wouldn't be hanging in such a visible & public place. See http://www.ianrathbonemodelpainting.co.uk/resources/GW15w.jpg , for instance. The base of the ends is at right angles to the splasher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted August 10, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2017 Parks and Recreation is brilliant, it is one of my favourite TV shows! I find it to be genuinely funny and very well observed, it is the sort of clever sitcom that the BBC used to make. I must admit, Ron Swanson is a bit of an inspiration for me Is it me, or does Chris (Rob Lowe) look like Cliff Richard? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 13, 2017 The most interesting one I've ever seen was also a picture of 'The Great Bear' - a very large print of a photo - which occupied a goodly part of one wall in a fish & chip shop in Caversham (opposite side of the river from Reading). The chap who had the chippy, which is long gone, back in the 1960s hadn't got a clue where it had come from but was not at all keen to get rid of it as he rather liked it. Goodness only knows where it went when the chippy came to an end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanchester Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Well I never. Mrs rodent and I are into an American sitcom called Parks & Recreation. It's a bit like The Office, but based around the Parks & Recreation local government team in the fictional town of Pawnee. We watch it on Amazon, using a Firestick. Season 3 Episode 2, about two min from the end, and the two main characters are in a town hall office. Behind them on the wall is a picture of a steam loco. I only clocked the tender at first, but thought it looked familiar, so I rewound. Lo and behold, there it is- a picture of GWR no 111, The Great Bear. Pretty much the last thing I'd expect to see a photo of hanging on the wall of a local govt office in a fictitious American town! Screenshot attached. Link to the episode here:- https://mythewatchseries.com/parks-and-recreation-season-3-efd-episode-12 I'd reccomend it, you'll be hooked! In a similar vein, some years ago, Mrs rodent & I were in a lively bar in Madrid. Hanging on the wall was a nameplate off GWR no. 4016 "Knight of the Golden Fleece". Whether it's original or not I don't know, but another unlikely plac e to find a UK railway related item. Link to photo here:- https://flic.kr/p/UaAQxZ Anyone else got any similar spots of UK rail related items in unusual places, either in real life or on film/tv? Replica I suspect: but not too out of place. The Order of the Golden Fleece has Spanish and Austrian versions; the current Grand Master of the Spanish Order is King Felipe of Spain, so quite appropriate to be seen in Madrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted August 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 13, 2017 I took my youngest to a theme park in Holland last year. At the entrance to a fairly tame rollercoaster called "Mine Train" was a metal Great Western Railway anti-trespass notice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Anyone noticed Sheldon, Big Bang Theory, with a GWR Queen 2-2-2 on the Royal train on his T shirt? vlcsnap-2015-03-15-09h32m21s32.png Mike Wiltshire Not forgetting NCIS, with Dr. 'Ducky' Mallard servicing his Hornby Mallard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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