Great Western Railway thread

[dik9]

When I used to live in Dunfermline as a kid. We visited the park there often. In it was an old steam train that was very run down, and was used by children to climb on.  This thread has brought those memories back . Looking back on it now, it seems a shame for a nice old train to be used this way. 

Here is a pic. I don't know a great deal about trains.  Can you tell me what kind of steam train it is?

http://2dunfermline.co.uk/index.php?ID=2418

My Childhood holidays were usually at Dawlish Warren, in converted GWR Carriages ah the memories. I thought they were small until I bought a narrow boat.

[thetank]

My favourite trainy type thing is the London Underground

The first time I was in London, I fell in love with the tube. Fascinated by the whole mass transit thing.
Bought myself a "Mind the Gap" hat so everyone knew I was a big tourist 

Rollox to the natural history and British museums, it was the transport museum I found most interesting.

Harry Beck was the man who designed the famous tube map back in 1933. His ingenious idea was to not feature above ground landmarks and not make it to scale. It makes it so easy to use.

His design ideas have been copied all over the world. He was only paid 5 guineas for his trouble.

I know a heap of useless information about the London Underground. For instance, there are 287 stations and only 2 contain all 5 vowels.
Mansion House and South Ealing.

I'm so sad I took a wee trip to Farringdon, just to see the station.
Even sadder, I went to Angel to ride Europe's largest escalator.

[madasahatstand]

heres a poem i wrote some years back about my uncle jolly. he was a railway man up the west coast line in Scotland and quite acharacter

 Uncle Jolly ©
Annemargaret 
Glasgow, Scotland
2003
Jolly was a tough man
He drank whisky and beat up his wife
Had a million pals
Travelled the West Coast Line
A retired railway man
"How ye dain tinker?"
Highlanders would shout
As he killed and gutted a sheep
Took it back to Glasgow to feed his ego
Young family children would quiver
Hid behind mothers
As he ate worms and licked a red hot poker
Man of steel!
Don't go near him!!
Don't touch or see his whisky under the cushion where it was hid
Feart to the heart of uncle Jolly
His kilt was dirty, almost boggin
All the boys in his family still longed to have it.
And travel the line he called his home
Free to roam where everyone knew him
Highlander Heart.
 

[Wardonkey]

Seems like a nice bloke....

[madasahatstand]

he was a nasty piece of work. he kept his kids in the floor under a trap door if they were 'bad'
hes pan bread now. hope he mends his ways in the next life


mad

[tikay]

When I used to live in Dunfermline as a kid. We visited the park there often. In it was an old steam train that was very run down, and was used by children to climb on.  This thread has brought those memories back . Looking back on it now, it seems a shame for a nice old train to be used this way. 

Here is a pic. I don't know a great deal about trains.  Can you tell me what kind of steam train it is?

http://2dunfermline.co.uk/index.php?ID=2418

Don't know the specifics Sark, but that would be, generically, an 0-4-0 Pannier Tank.

The 0-4-0 refers to the wheel & bogie configuration. This one has no front or rear bogie, just 4 wheels in the middle, being designed for light duties. Larger locomotives were likely to be, for example, 4-6-4, 4-6-2, etc.

Pannier, because it has no Tender, so the water is carried on large "Pannier" tanks either side of the boiler, hence the "slab-sided" look, bearing in mind that the boilers are always round.

I actually think it's rather nice that kids can play on it.

[tikay]

he was a nasty piece of work. he kept his kids in the floor under a trap door if they were 'bad'
hes pan bread now. hope he mends his ways in the next life


mad

"pan bread" - not heard that one before! In cockney rhyming slang, that'd be "brown", as in "brown bread".

[Sark79]

Thanks Tikay.  I would prefer to see it restored and back running again on a Railway enthusiasts line. That would probably cost a fortune though.  It looks alot better than it used to do 20 years ago.  Back then it was spray painted and had graffiti all over it.

[brad.strider]

he was a nasty piece of work. he kept his kids in the floor under a trap door if they were 'bad'
hes pan bread now. hope he mends his ways in the next life


mad

"pan bread" - not heard that one before! In cockney rhyming slang, that'd be "brown", as in "brown bread".

its a scottish thing tikay, its acctually "pan breed"

[tikay]

Thanks Tikay.  I would prefer to see it restored and back running again on a Railway enthusiasts line. That would probably cost a fortune though.  It looks alot better than it used to do 20 years ago.  Back then it was spray painted and had graffiti all over it.

I am afraid it costs a fortune to restore these things. The main cost is the boiler, which has to be tested & certified for safety reasons, as they operate at extremely high pressure, & if one exploded, it would have dire consequences.

I shall be all night answering & commenting on this thread, it's fascinating, to me, anyway. Kev is, secretly, loving it too.

[tikay]

he was a nasty piece of work. he kept his kids in the floor under a trap door if they were 'bad'
hes pan bread now. hope he mends his ways in the next life


mad

"pan bread" - not heard that one before! In cockney rhyming slang, that'd be "brown", as in "brown bread".

its a scottish thing tikay, its acctually "pan breed"

They spell "bread" wrong in Scotland?

[Colchester Kev]

I shall be all night answering & commenting on this thread, it's fascinating, to me, anyway. Kev is, secretly, loving it too.

No, Kev is only reading it to remind himself that his life isnt that bad after all

[bhoywonder]

i work in the railway too


can you guess from this little ditty what i do:-

Its not my job to drive the train
Its not my job to take fares
Its not my job to signal the trains
but let one leave the tracks
and its hell i catch

[tikay]

I shall be all night answering & commenting on this thread, it's fascinating, to me, anyway. Kev is, secretly, loving it too.

No, Kev is only reading it to remind himself that his life isnt that bad after all

Get back to your daft Eurovision junk thread Couch. This thread is for grown-ups.

[Sark79]

You are too young Tikay. You should have been born 80 years ago when the idea of electric trains was not yet thought of.