Great Western Railway thread

[tikay]

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

Permanent Way maintenance? Safety Inspectorate?

[tikay]

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

You hear that Kv?

"You are too young, tikay".....!

That's a first on blonde.

Hope he did not mean to Post it in "things I never expected to hear".....

[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"

They spell "bread" wrong in Scotland?

i meant it was pronounced pan breed, smart arse

[Colchester Kev]

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

What sark actually means is you should have been born 80 years ago instead of 95 years ago.

[bhoywonder]

yeah tikay

Im an engineer for a railfreight company..based on a terminal so i dont go near the mainline

thats way to scary wouldnt trust those damn coss's or lookouts...u can buy a PTS down the pub i hear for 30 quid

Im actually more of a wheel tapper and shunter than p-way

[ifm]

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

You hear that Kv?

"You are too young, tikay".....!

That's a first on blonde.

Hope he did not mean to Post it in "things I never expected to hear".....

sigh, all that hard work undone.........

[b4matt]

Whats the highest mainline station in england?

[Colchester Kev]

Whats the highest mainline station in england?

The one that takes the most drugs ??

[b4matt]

sigh

[Colchester Kev]

If you lob them up, you cant expect me not to volley them home

[tikay]

Keep OFF this thread Colchester Chiropodist. It's for grown-ups.

[Colchester Kev]

grown ups who still play with train sets ??

[RED-DOG]

I watched a show on the discovery channel last night  (well 4am this morning) it was called 'Trains' with Pete Waterman.

Wow!!!! I learned some cool stuff.

An express locomotive used 12000 gallons of water while travelling from London to Glasgow. That means they have to refill 6 times en route. They managed to do this without stopping by lowering a scoop into a long water trough that sat between the lines. If they didn't get the scoop out quickly enough, it was torn off when it hit the end of the trough. Wow!!

Express train drivers were apparently the equivalent of todays commercial jet pilots and commanded as much respect. Wow!!!

During its record breaking run, the Mallard had reached the incredible speed of 124mph when the driver recieved a warning that the bearings were overheating, this warning came from a device desiged to emit a strong SMELL when the temperature got too high. He smelled the warning!!! Although he knew his engine would be destroyed within 12 seconds, he pushed on and set a top speed record of 125mph, the record stands to this day. Wow!!!!

The Cornish Riviera Express, built over 100 years ago, is still in use today. Wow!!!

Luxury trains had restaurants, cinemas, beds, even barbers shops. Wow!!!

GWR used so much coal, they mined their own. Wow!!!

What a great programme, I'ts on again next week to tell us all about the role the railways played during the war.

"During the war........"  I can't wait!

[Sark79]

Doesn't Pete Waterman own a private line for old steam trains?   I am sure I watched  a TV show profiling him once

[marcro]

I watched a show on the discovery channel last night  (well 4am this morning) it was called 'Trains' with Pete Waterman.

Wow!!!! I learned some cool stuff.

An express locomotive used 12000 gallons of water while travelling from London to Glasgow. That means they have to refill 6 times en route. They managed to do this without stopping by lowering a scoop into a long water trough that sat between the lines. If they didn't get the scoop out quickly enough, it was torn off when it hit the end of the trough. Wow!!

Express train drivers were apparently the equivalent of todays commercial jet pilots and commanded as much respect. Wow!!!

During its record breaking run, the Mallard had reached the incredible speed of 124mph when the driver recieved a warning that the bearings were overheating, this warning came from a device desiged to emit a strong SMELL when the temperature got too high. He smelled the warning!!! Although he knew his engine would be destroyed within 12 seconds, he pushed on and set a top speed record of 125mph, the record stands to this day. Wow!!!!

The Cornish Riviera Express, built over 100 years ago, is still in use today. Wow!!!

Luxury trains had restaurants, cinemas, beds, even barbers shops. Wow!!!

GWR used so much coal, they mined their own. Wow!!!

What a great programme, I'ts on again next week to tell us all about the role the railways played during the war.

"During the war........"  I can't wait!

Did you take notes during the show or do you just remember all these facts from one viewing at 4:00 AM?