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  1. Bon Accord

    Wonderful day today at the NRM to see the six A4's. Also managed to get a seat on the Tyne-Tees Streak, so 90mph Bittern to look forward to!

    1. Jawfin

      Jawfin

      I suppose I'll have to stick to the wee O&Ks at Downpatrick for now..!

    2. Nelson Jackson

      Nelson Jackson

      I wish I could get a chance to go, damn you the Irish Sea :-)

  2. Bon Accord

    How typical, tickets booked on East Coast for York tomorrow. Question is, will anything run?...

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    2. hornbyandbf3fan

      hornbyandbf3fan

      HST should he through unless there's something on the line

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      I reckon it's all a hoax...........

    4. Nelson Jackson

      Nelson Jackson

      A steam locomotive would actually make its way through no problem :-)

  3. Bon Accord

    Interesting to see platform staff still brandishing Bardic lamps in anger. I thought they were all using the LED efforts now.

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Didn't Bardic represent Britain in the 1982 EuroSong Contest?

  4. Bon Accord

    Am I alone in feeling that individuals who quote in any fashion that damn meerkat advert should be shot on sight?

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    2. Satan's Goldfish

      Satan's Goldfish

      Obtain dungeon, equip with some of histories most gruesome devices, then round up all the culprits! Simples.

    3. Swifty11

      Swifty11

      I'll bring my hangmans nousce. Satan?

    4. hornbyandbf3fan

      hornbyandbf3fan

      Ok, a side we didn't want to know about Satans goldfish has come through. Suppose he lives up to his name

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    Thinking it's about time I caught up with technology, I bought a DSLR today. Now to work out what all the buttons do!

    1. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      I can recommend a good day course in Lincs!

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    It would appear I'm not being made redundant in December after all. Somewhat annoying.

  7. Bon Accord
    What a superb model and subject. I don't think I've ever seen a model of the Connel Bridge before, I look forward to watching it progress.
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    10 days to go until the next Wolsztyn visit, been almost a year since I last brandished a shovel in anger or had cause to throw a regulator about.

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Polish your skills?

  9. Bon Accord

    Listening to Shostakovich's Symphony No.7, inspiring stuff.

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    Big day tomorrow here in the Falklands: Liberation Day. Lest we forget.

    1. Satan's Goldfish

      Satan's Goldfish

      Really enjoyed my 4 month 'Holiday' there 5 years ago, would love to come back and visit again. Have a good day!

  11. Bon Accord

    Goodbye nice(ish) weather, cold, snow and high winds beckon on Wednesday - off to the Falklands!

    1. MarkC

      MarkC

      I was there on my ship 1983-86. The saying is - "If you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes..." I've literally seen all 4 seasons in one day down there...

    2. Bon Accord

      Bon Accord

      Mark, It's the wind that gets me, I know of nowhere like it for gale force winds to appear out of nowhere one minute then disappear the next and then reappear from a completely different direction a couple of minutes later! Were you down there on Scottish Eagle or Alvega perchance?

    3. MarkC

      MarkC

      This is true. I was on Scottish Eagle :)

       

  12. Bon Accord

    3 Stunning A4's and a rather woebegone A3 in one afternoon - marvellous!

    1. hornbyandbf3fan

      hornbyandbf3fan

      Been to the NRM then?

    2. Bon Accord

      Bon Accord

      Oh yes, and I'm in for another "please explain" from SWMBO later when she realises I've come back with the LE D11!

    3. hornbyandbf3fan

      hornbyandbf3fan

      That'll be tricky, hide it?

  13. Bon Accord

    About to tuck into a full English courtesy of East Coast - first time in some years we;ve had proper catering ex Aberdeen!

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    Not proper New England weathering, if it was, you wouldn't be able to see the paint, cabside numbers etc. This one is obviously not long out of works, but is getting there with the 34E look! Another grand photo by the way and I've had to seriously restrain myself from 60533 as it's one of the few non Scottish A2's!
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    Zadok the Priest.....appropriate for today.

    1. Jawfin

      Jawfin

      De de de de de de de de de de de de etc.

  16. Bon Accord

    Crikey England, talk about a mountain to climb! Bravo to the Kiwi's though.

  17. Bon Accord
    If memory serves the 58's had them from new, and they appeared in 1983. Didn't the 50's and 56's have centrally fitted (round) headlights from new?
  18. Bon Accord

    Bittern out on the GWML this morning doing 90+.....

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    2. hornbyandbf3fan

      hornbyandbf3fan

      *she'll

    3. Jon020

      Jon020

      Nice!

    4. Jawfin

      Jawfin

      90mpg!? Why does she need a second tender then!?

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    Ian/Mike, Many thanks for the above. Now that it's been mentioned, I distinctly recall both my Grandfathers having Teasmade's in their respective bedrooms (paternal Grandfather also became a Guard after he packed in going to sea). Showing my age perhaps, but way back when I always thought those Teasmade efforts to be quite innovative things, after all, freshly made tea next to your bed when you wake! Then again, I'm not of the ipad generation - simple things and all that!
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    Not a photo, but a human side of the railway nonetheless; a certificate presented to my maternal Grandfather on his retirement from BR in 1974 after almost a half century as a railwayman, from Guard to Inspector. Interestingly he was offered promotion to a higher grade in the late 50s which came with a 'tied' (larger) house which he refused, as he felt it was above his station in life - much to my Grandmother's annoyance! He started out with the newly formed LNER in Kirkcaldy, but was very much brought up in the NBR tradition (Father was a Driver with the NB) and saw the general strike, a world war and the formation of BR, with whom he was also based in Thornton and then Oakley, then as traffic further receeded the 60s he transferred to Grangemouth to see out his final 8 years before retirement. He also received a present which I think was a watch, but I've no idea where that's got to - do modern day staff receive such things after their half century? He very much relaxed and enjoyed his retirement, and this fly Fifer passed away in 2007, aged 98.
  21. Bon Accord
    Quite so. Trafford International Railfreight Park, Mission Accomplished and the like aren't quite the same.
  22. Bon Accord

    Teacher on BBC news: "teaching grammar is just plain boring". God almighty, what chance do the kids have if that's his attitude?

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      'Talk to the hand'...

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      The Curse Of The Misplaced Apostrophe....

    4. Sidecar Racer

      Sidecar Racer

      Captain K asked ,

       

      Where's Brinkly when you need a comment on education?!

       

      Asleep in the staff room probably . ;-)

       

  23. Bon Accord
    Seeing the porters in that video triggered a memory, didn't Intercity East Coast reintroduce them at Kings Cross sometime in the early 90's? How long did they last?
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    It was probably included in the brown envelope that landed on the desk of the planning committee....
  25. Bon Accord

    Running in my NRM compound - lovely model.

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