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Train spotters ... heads up !
08-02-2017 7:32 PM
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Channel 19 * Yesterday * on Freeview... tonight at 20:00
The Shanghai Maglev.... 435kph passenger train... fastest on earth !...
Programme title.... "Impossible Engineering"...
Re: Train spotters ... heads up !
08-02-2017 11:59 PM - edited 09-02-2017 12:01 AM
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Going to need a high speed camera to 'spot' that!
Just a thought.... as it does not run on rails, is it a train?
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Re: Train spotters ... heads up !
09-02-2017 12:34 AM
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Hovercraft?
Re: Train spotters ... heads up !
09-02-2017 6:15 AM
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Re: Train spotters ... heads up !
09-02-2017 8:32 AM
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@Minivanman wrote:
Going to need a high speed camera to 'spot' that!
Just a thought.... as it does not run on rails, is it a train?
Train.... as in a train of coaches....
Brides do not run on rails... .... yet they have a train...( usually )
Re: Train spotters ... heads up !
09-02-2017 8:34 AM
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@twocvbloke wrote:
Is it full of eels?
Nope.... It is the fastest delivery of chinese takeaway in the world...
Re: Train spotters ... heads up !
09-02-2017 8:59 AM
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'One or more self-propelled vehicles that move along fixed rails to transport passengers or cargo' according to Wiki.
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Re: Train spotters ... heads up !
09-02-2017 9:40 AM
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so, Yes !... it`s a train ! .
Re: Train spotters ... heads up !
09-02-2017 10:07 AM - edited 09-02-2017 10:09 AM
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How so, it's not on a fixed rail, is it?
You'll be telling me this is the Flying Scotsman next!
Mumbles Swansea c1870.
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Re: Train spotters ... heads up !
09-02-2017 10:16 AM
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You'll be telling me this is the Flying Scotsman next!
Alex Salmond's colleagues decided it would be a worthy gesture to name a railway locomotive after him, so an official went to the National Railway Museum at York to investigate the possibilities.
"There are a number of locomotives at the NRM without names," a consultant told the official, but they are mostly freight locomotives."
"Oh dear, a freight locomotive is not very fitting for a party leader," said Sir Humphrey. "How about that big green one, over there?" he said, pointing to the 'Flying Scotsman'.
"That one has already got a name" said the consultant. "It's called 'The Flying Scotsman'."
"Oh well. Couldn't we rename it ?" asked the official.
"I suppose for Alex Salmond it might be considered," said the consultant.
"That's excellent", said the official, "So that's settled then...let's look at re-naming 'The Flying Scotsman'. How much will it cost? Remember we can't spend too much, given the expenses scandal!"
"Well", said the consultant, "Why don't we just paint out the 'F'."
Re: Train spotters ... heads up !
09-02-2017 10:34 AM
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Excellent idea, I'll actually be in York next month so I'll check it out
Reminds me of the multi million pounds cost of that Stonehenge tunnel in Wiltshire where somebody suggested it might be cheaper to just move the stones!
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Re: Train spotters ... heads up !
09-02-2017 4:32 PM
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Mallard was a train according to whoever sets the questions on the BBC game show Pointless.
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Re: Train spotters ... heads up !
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But as we all know Mallard was the name of the engine, not the train, but trying to get people to understand that a train is a set of coaches with an engine on the front or nowadays a set of coaches with the power units in the coaches, ie diesel or electric 'units', is difficult.
Moderator's note by Mike (Mav): Full quote of preceding post removed as per Forum rules.
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