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Title: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: Ironside on July 25, 2006, 06:34:28 PM nice program for you on sky 805 tonight at 20:00hrs you might need to be able to speak french to understand wht they are saying though
it follows the train all the way from st petersberg to varsovie (russia to poland) Title: Re: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: Claw75 on July 25, 2006, 07:24:53 PM ;sleep; ;sleep; ;sleep;
Title: Re: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: Nem on July 25, 2006, 07:26:08 PM ;sleep; ;sleep; ;sleep; ;sleep;
Title: Re: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: booder on July 25, 2006, 07:27:34 PM video all set up...thanks for the reminder iron :)up
Title: Re: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: Jim-D on July 25, 2006, 07:27:54 PM ;sleep; ;sleep; ;sleep; ;sleep; ;sleep; ;sleep; ;sleep; ;sleep; ;sleep;Title: Re: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: Sark79 on July 25, 2006, 08:38:53 PM I was suppose to be away on Holiday for a few days today. It is now delayed by a day. This TV show sounds good, thanks Iron
Title: Re: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: tikay on July 25, 2006, 10:56:24 PM TheRailway Station in St Petersburg is called Moscow Station as the Trains go to Moscow, & in Moscow, the opposite applies. Just thought you'd be fascinated by that. When passengers alight at the Station in St Petersburg, instead of walking down to the exit end of the platform, as we do in the UK, passengers just wander off over the tracks if thats the way they want to go. All very weird. I was in St Petersburg for 5 days, & spent the whole of Day 4 at the Railway Station. Awesome stuff. Then I went to the KFC. Title: Re: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: Graham C on July 25, 2006, 10:57:45 PM Then I went to the KFC. What did you have? I'm into the Twister meals myself, although I do like a side order of hot wings. Title: Re: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: raab11 on July 25, 2006, 10:58:38 PM TheRailway Station in St Petersburg is called Moscow Station as the Trains go to Moscow, & in Moscow, the opposite applies. Just thought you'd be fascinated by that. When passengers alight at the Station in St Petersburg, instead of walking down to the exit end of the platform, as we do in the UK, passengers just wander off over the tracks if thats the way they want to go. All very weird. I was in St Petersburg for 5 days, & spent the whole of Day 4 at the Railway Station. Awesome stuff. Then I went to the KFC. you really are a culture vulture tk love it Title: Re: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: tikay on July 25, 2006, 11:11:27 PM TheRailway Station in St Petersburg is called Moscow Station as the Trains go to Moscow, & in Moscow, the opposite applies. Just thought you'd be fascinated by that. When passengers alight at the Station in St Petersburg, instead of walking down to the exit end of the platform, as we do in the UK, passengers just wander off over the tracks if thats the way they want to go. All very weird. I was in St Petersburg for 5 days, & spent the whole of Day 4 at the Railway Station. Awesome stuff. Then I went to the KFC. you really are a culture vulture tk love it When Jen & I were in Helsinki recently, Jen forced me to go with her to the Railway Statioin, & even forced me to sit in First-Class Compartment of a train that was due to leave shortly. We had spaghetti in the station buffet, too. Talking of trains, yesterday I went from Derby to Windsor & back by train - fascinating! Visited the following stations - Derby (8/10), Birmingham New St (0/10), Reading (6/10), Slough (7/10), Windsor & Eton Central (8/10), Paddington, (11/10) & St Pancras (11/10). And used a Wooly Jumper Train (broke down, changed at Birmingham), First Great Western, & Midland Mainline. Does it get any better? Title: Re: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: raab11 on July 25, 2006, 11:15:57 PM hey tk i wasnt being sarcastic i think its great you spend your freetime visiting the train stations of the world more stories greatly appreciated Title: Re: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: Ironside on July 25, 2006, 11:19:35 PM with that i am off to bed got a car to buy tomorrow
NOW CARS thats the way to travel not them smelly sticking trains full of people who havent washed in a week kids vommiting all over the place and running 3 hours late Title: Re: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: tikay on July 25, 2006, 11:31:17 PM with that i am off to bed got a car to buy tomorrow NOW CARS thats the way to travel not them smelly sticking trains full of people who havent washed in a week kids vommiting all over the place and running 3 hours late No, that's just Wooly Jumpers Plastic Virgin trains. It don't happen on First Great Western, GNER or Midland Mainline. I must make a confession here - when I go by train, I always travel First Class. It's my indulgence, & I love it. Oh, & another thing I saw yesterday. I was wandering round Paddington Station at about 10pm last night, soaking up the atmo, & I spotted a Diesel-hauled sleeper train, presumably Penzance-bound. How cool would that be - going to bed on a train, & waking up on a train? It's been added to the "to do" list. Does the sleeper-train still run up to Fort William, anyone know? Title: Re: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: Ironside on July 25, 2006, 11:35:43 PM i know it runs to inverness not sure if it goes onto fort william
Title: Re: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: booder on July 25, 2006, 11:43:49 PM my father used to work for british rail , and recieved free travel passes for the family , valid to the border of spain. as a kid we used to have 2 foreign holidays every year , always travelling by train. used to be great fun sleeping on the trains .
Title: Re: for all you sad cases (train spotters) Post by: tikay on July 26, 2006, 12:25:21 AM my father used to work for british rail , and recieved free travel passes for the family , valid to the border of spain. as a kid we used to have 2 foreign holidays every year , always travelling by train. used to be great fun sleeping on the trains . Those Free Passes were called "Privelege Tickets" - "privs" for short. Best value in the world. British Railways (as was) used to operate the ferries to the Isle of Wight & The Channel Isles, so it was trains & boats for every holiday. My sister - now in Aussie - worked on the Railways too (at Paddington) & she travelled the length & breadth of Europe by train. Iron - sorry, I meant Inverness. Alan Clark (son of Lord Clark) often used the Sleeper to travel up to Eriboll, his Scottish Estate. I'd love a bit of that. Sleeper to Scotland, wonderful. |