RMweb Gold big jim Posted February 24, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2023 (edited) 59 minutes ago, AY Mod said: Betjeman or Auden it ain't! Old Nigel came up with a design for it. The man with the marketing plan Calling it the Flying Scotsman. Every grandad had a go at driving it But we know they're all full of .... Where's my Laureate? get in the queue…. There was a young man called gresley, A statue was placed for all to see, It came with a duck, people said what the ****, And it was removed overnight quite promptly! Edited February 24, 2023 by big jim 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium RichardT Posted February 24, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2023 42 minutes ago, woodenhead said: One hundredth birthday, many happy returns, such good service to the country over all these years.... Oh no Woodenhead, not you too. I thought you were better than that! RichardT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted February 24, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Johann Marsbar said: According to the BBC, it carried the number 10000 at one point !!! (look at the photos...) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64758467 That was painful to read. When it left the LNER?! And many, many other awful bits. To coin a phrase, it started badly, got worse in the middle, and the less said about the end the better. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 46 minutes ago, RichardT said: Oh no Woodenhead, not you too. I thought you were better than that! RichardT I apply Triggers Broom to all steam locomotives. You have to give it to the LNER they created a marketing sensation that outlasted not only LNER but also BR, I think only Thomas is better known around the world. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin smith Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 1 hour ago, AY Mod said: Biggest load of guff I've heard all day. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av-embeds/64758467/vpid/p0f554lc I like Armitage but I admit this isn't the literary equivalent of JMW Turner's 'Rain, Steam and Speed'. But how often do steam engines get poems written about them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 “This is the Night Mail…” That’s a bit more like it. Centurions’ ’elmets? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted February 24, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2023 1 hour ago, colin smith said: I like Armitage but I admit this isn't the literary equivalent of JMW Turner's 'Rain, Steam and Speed'. But how often do steam engines get poems written about them? Here comes the supper train, the driver's name is Bertie. If you open wide he'll pop inside, unless his engine's dirty! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted February 24, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2023 Conflats………jumping on the bandwagon springs to mind £25 you’ve got to be kidding . 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Szeto Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Confused. The product is called "British Empire Exhibition Condition", but isn't that what the Dublo R30207 condition is? At the BEE, Scotsman had the taller cab, with LNER and 4472 on the tender (like R30207). But the box for the locomotion models edition shows it with the lower cab and 4472 on the cab. Whilst this is arguably the most famous guise (LNER 4472 A1 corridor tender, the look she had for the majority of the LNER years), and was missing from the Dublo lineup, why is it being advertised as BEE? Also a "lower" price of £250 means presumably not Dublo (this diecast), even though it's the livery most people wanted. Confusing and expensive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted February 24, 2023 Author Moderators Share Posted February 24, 2023 21 minutes ago, Sam Szeto said: Confusing One is Dublo; one isn't. Straightforward enough. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium RichardT Posted February 24, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2023 3 hours ago, woodenhead said: I apply Triggers Broom to all steam locomotives. I was speaking more in sorrow than in anger (as I’ve responded to The Johnster in another thread) not because I was hoping that you wouldn’t use that particular cliché! The concept behind it is obviously universally applicable to any plant and machinery that requires maintenance and repair. It’s more astonishing that a lot of railway enthusiasts seem to think it only applies to FS. RichardT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tramshed Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 (edited) On 24/02/2023 at 19:25, Sam Szeto said: Confused. The product is called "British Empire Exhibition Condition", but isn't that what the Dublo R30207 condition is? At the BEE, Scotsman had the taller cab, with LNER and 4472 on the tender (like R30207). But the box for the locomotion models edition shows it with the lower cab and 4472 on the cab. Whilst this is arguably the most famous guise (LNER 4472 A1 corridor tender, the look she had for the majority of the LNER years), and was missing from the Dublo lineup, why is it being advertised as BEE? Also a "lower" price of £250 means presumably not Dublo (this diecast), even though it's the livery most people wanted. Confusing and expensive Have we been told exactly what will be inside the box? Is "BEE condition" the condition it was in around the time of the exhibition or the condition it was actually displayed in? RCTS 'Green book' vol. 2A fig.5 shows the loco displayed with a 6 wheel tender borrowed from class K3 (for display space reasons iirc). If the Locomotion version comes with an 8 wheel tender then this leaves yet another version for Hornby to exploit in 2024 for the centenary of the exhibition itself! Edited February 26, 2023 by Tramshed 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrB Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I wouldn't mind a photo or graphic of how the loco will be produced, to illustrate livery style and tender choice? 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 25, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2023 18 hours ago, big jim said: I lasted 4 seconds before switching it off, once I heard the word phantasmagoria that was enough for me! I got as far as 'they fired up the furnace' at which point I realised it had been written by a script writer for fifth rate cable tv show so gave up 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Hopefully someone will write something Swindon style for Caerphilly Castle in August, whilst pointing out the superior merits of the Castle class and perhaps mentioning it was City of Truro that broke the 100mph barrier first! 🤭 Where's my tin hat! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted February 27, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2023 3 minutes ago, didcot said: Hopefully someone will write something Swindon style for Caerphilly Castle in August, whilst pointing out the superior merits of the Castle class and perhaps mentioning it was City of Truro that broke the 100mph barrier first! 🤭 Where's my tin hat! Surely if you're a gone wrong railway fan it should be a brass or copper hat? 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, Bucoops said: Surely if you're a gone wrong railway fan it should be a brass or copper hat? I stand corrected. Where's me brasso! Edited February 27, 2023 by didcot 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted February 27, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2023 1 minute ago, didcot said: I stand corrected. Where's me brasso! Ah so you can polish a tu... Um, anyway. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted March 1, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 1, 2023 On 28/02/2023 at 05:55, Bucoops said: Surely if you're a gone wrong railway fan it should be a brass or copper hat? As oppose to the hard hat station staff had to wear at stations on the Late Never Early Railway? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Szeto Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 The model is now in stock and ready to ship on the locomotion website (notified because I received an email from Locomotion). Not sure why it took so long, it appears to be the same as the Dublo 4472, but without the metal body, and £100 cheaper 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
22C Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 12 hours ago, Sam Szeto said: The model is now in stock and ready to ship on the locomotion website (notified because I received an email from Locomotion). Not sure why it took so long, it appears to be the same as the Dublo 4472, but without the metal body, and £100 cheaper And correct cab and chimney! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Photos here https://www.locomotionmodels.com/exclusives/steam-locomotives/flying-scotsman-1924-british-empire-exhibition-condition 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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