Not the bloke with the notebook, or that dreadful (I may have missed the point) movie. Rather; a TV series, it's on 'Discovery Shed', right now.........
Oh
My
God!
It's *truly* cringeworthy and the kind of stuff that gives us a bad press.
Rant over, 'appen I should go to bed, G'night xx
Don't follow your gibberish.
Quote from: Agrippa on October 29, 2014, 12:37:17 AM
Don't follow your gibberish.
Don't see the need to be quite so rude?
Trainspotting the TV series, presented by Mark Collins and Mark Found (of 'Garden Railway' fame), was a lighthearted look at various aspects of our railway system such as particular lines, trains, and operators. Not meant as a serious programme I found it quite entertaining without being so in-depth to become boring :)
One memorable feature was the chat with the Northern Rail boss who didn't recommend having a large breakfast before travelling on a Pacer :D
Paul
Haven't seen the show but the Pacer thing is funny. Mind you I've been on some buses like that :sick2: I'm thinkin' about the last courtesy bus home from the club here.... :D
Quote from: Bealman on October 29, 2014, 05:17:45 AM
......... courtesy bus home from the club....
How
very civilised! :claphappy:
Talking about trainspotting, I recall some years ago at the Bristol show, seeing a bloke spending time at each layout with an Ian Allan combined ABC marking off the loco numbers as they went round.
Quote from: Dorsetmike on October 29, 2014, 11:27:27 AM
Talking about trainspotting, I recall some years ago at the Bristol show, seeing a bloke spending time at each layout with an Ian Allan combined ABC marking off the loco numbers as they went round.
What a cheat...........and very sad, too ::)
Yeah, that IS strange. Spooky even. :uneasy:
Makes sense, if you've already seen them all in 1:1, start seeking them in a more sensible size :D
Not with my eyesight. I'm gonna need a Labrador soon :D
Quote from: Bealman on October 29, 2014, 10:21:20 PM
Not with my eyesight. I'm gonna need a Labrador soon :D
How do they train them to recognize the numbers?
:laughabovepost: Woof!
Quote from: railsquid on October 29, 2014, 11:07:27 PM
Quote from: Bealman on October 29, 2014, 10:21:20 PM
Not with my eyesight. I'm gonna need a Labrador soon :D
How do they train them to recognize the numbers?
Easy, they are ca
NINE after all :D
Paul
:laughabovepost:
I recently found a DVD set of the Trainspotting programmes here. I took a chance and bought it, I really don't think the programmes are that bad. The humour is a bit corny though.
I suppose it takes all sorts :D one thing that does drive me mad is some of the absolutely awful music featured on some railway DVDs.
If you want to see some beautifully shot footage of preserved railways look on YouTube for a contributor named pennysteam.
http://youtu.be/_UvO9i83XMs (http://youtu.be/_UvO9i83XMs)
Must be me; I found it all a bit patronising.
...........mind, I am a picky bugg person!
Quote from: silly moo on October 30, 2014, 05:59:14 AM
I recently found a DVD set of the Trainspotting programmes here. I took a chance and bought it, I really don't think the programmes are that bad. The humour is a bit corny though.
I suppose it takes all sorts :D one thing that does drive me mad is some of the absolutely awful music featured on some railway DVDs.
If you want to see some beautifully shot footage of preserved railways look on YouTube for a contributor named pennysteam.
http://youtu.be/_UvO9i83XMs (http://youtu.be/_UvO9i83XMs)
Very nice quality of the video, one thing it showed was how trains are dwarfed by lineside trees, a point
discussed elsewhere on the forum. Strangely scale height trees seem to look out of place on a layout.
Yes, that is a paradox. You put real size trees on a model railway layout of any scale, and they seem hugely out of scale.
If you really want boring, try listening to a vinyl record entitled "Steam over Shap" ;D :thumbsup:
I rode behind an A4 on the North Yorkshire line. I found it rather sad, a bit like seeing a Grand National winner giving rides on the beach at Blackpool if you see what I mean.
That's an interesting analogy!
Quote from: steve836 on October 30, 2014, 09:00:36 PM
I rode behind an A4 on the North Yorkshire line. I found it rather sad, a bit like seeing a Grand National winner giving rides on the beach at Blackpool if you see what I mean.
At least it wasn't visiting the glue factory...
I know what you mean about preserved railways, some of the engines never really get a good long run but least they are still moving, and in steam better than being displayed on a plinth in a museum. Some even get to venture on to the mainline.
:NGaugersRule:
I know and my head says at least they are being preserved as working engines but my heart still felt sad. Its especially so for B.R. standard types, they were hardly run in when the plug was pulled! :'(