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Ray White
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This morning, Jean and I took the rare opportunity to ride upstairs on this open top double decker London Bus.
 we also saw these two Land Rovers.
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Penman
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Ray; did you meet Lawrie from Lawries mechanical marvels? He was there with his Ruston; Sir William McAlpine.
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Ray White
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| Penman wrote: | | Ray; did you meet Lawrie from Lawries mechanical marvels? He was there with his Ruston; Sir William McAlpine. |
Yes. This was at what was probably a once in a lifetime "Greatest Gathering" at Derby Alstom works.. I saw all the locos including that one. However, my interest is more towards steam and there was a veritable feast of locos of different classes.
For the first time I saw Flying Scotsman close up and in steam. The streamlined Sir Nigel Gresley was also there; as was Blue Peter, amongst many other famous engines.
 
Jean is pictured here against the magnificent Clan Line. I had never even heard of the Merchant Navy Class! (Sorry, that just shows my ignorance)  Here I am with Flying Scotsman (with me looking rather unwell it has to be said!)
   
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There were thousands of visitors but the only person I recognised was Pete Waterman who was displaying his vast model railway layout of Milton Keynes station.
I thought the 5" gauge steam models were very impressive.
Derby put on a fantastic event with something for everyone including actual rides on trains. We experienced a short trip in one of the brand new Elizabeth Line trains. All very nice and smart... even if the seats were a bit hard!  |
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Rusty
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[quote="Ray White"] | Penman wrote: |
For the first time I saw Flying Scotsman close up and in steam. The streamlined Sir Nigel Gresley was also there; as was Blue Peter, amongst many other famous engines.
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"You lucky devil", I am very envious !
My best ever steam experience was in 1988 and 89 during our "bicentennial celebrations" and "Flying Scotsman" came out to Australia to the East coast and was then brought over the Nullarbour to the West coast where I saw it at the East Perth rail terminal, "Double headed" to Pendennis Castle. Watching them pulling a fully loaded train through our metro area heading on an excursion up to Northam (about 80 odd miles) and back was something I will never forget. I wasn't lucky enough to be on it, but they sure were impressive pulling up the steeper gradients of our Darling scarp. |
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Keith D
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| Quote: | | My best ever steam experience was in 1988 and 89 during our "bicentennial celebrations" and "Flying Scotsman" came out to Australia to the East coast and was then brought over the Nullarbour to the West coast where I saw it at the East Perth rail terminal, "Double headed" to Pendennis Castle. Watching them pulling a fully loaded train through our metro area heading on an excursion up to Northam (about 80 odd miles) and back was something I will never forget. I wasn't lucky enough to be on it, but they sure were impressive pulling up the steeper gradients of our Darling scarp. |
I remember that Northam run very well. Like you Rusty, I was not on the train, but was standing on the footbridge at Ashfield station as the double headed train thundered from Bassendean along the 'mad mile'. WOW!
Back to Ray's post. I am also very envious of you, Ray. It must have been a fabulous day with all those locos under steam. The smell alone of wet coal and hot oil would be so nostalgic to some of us old timers who remember steam as normal on rail systems.
The Merchant Navy class were Southern Railway locos and initially had a box like streamining (air smoothed) that earned them the nickname of 'spam cans'. I believe that the streamlining was removed for ease of maintenance in the nineteen fifties.
Keith
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MikeEdwards
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^ Having spent a few weekends at a local heritage railway that runs a mixture of steam and heritage diesel-hauled trains, I find that I actually prefer to be behind the latter. I like to lean out of the window (perhaps I was a dog in a previous life...) to take photos, or just look at the view, and behind a steamer I just get stuff in my eyes. I'd far rather be looking at the steamer than be behind it. I get that there's the "experience" of being behind a special loco, and there's often something going on such as dining options and so on, but it's not for me.
Apart from anything else, my Dad was very much an LMS man, and quite disparaging of all the fuss around that particular loco.
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Penman
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Friday 25th July on the A419 near Cirencester.
Dec 1955 Reg. 4.9ltr. Green according to DVLA.
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Rootes75
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We're in Jersey on holiday for the week, we usually see plenty of classics over here but so far we've only spotted a couple MGBs and a Sunbeam Alpine.
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Penman
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Seen on The Magic Roundabout, fleetingly, from my taxi to the hospital was a "sit up and beg" Anglia or Popular in a bright luminescent Green.
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Rootes75
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Spotted on a driveway here in Jersey, a weather worn Standard flying 9 convertible, not used in many years I'd say.
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Rootes75
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A nice black ford Pop has just driven off the forecourt of the garage opposite work.
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consul 57
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2025 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Rootes75 wrote: | | A nice black ford Pop has just driven off the forecourt of the garage opposite work. |
maybe going to the eli's pub meet tonight at langport |
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Rootes75
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It could well have been. I heard there were two fields of vehicles last night.
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consul 57
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| Rootes75 wrote: | | It could well have been. I heard there were two fields of vehicles last night. |
i could not go but it is always busy on a nice night |
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