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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Marks DTM Calib on 08 January 2010, 22:37:59
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI[/media]
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Excellent clip, Mark! There is something oddly exciting about watching a snowplough hammering into those drifts. I have to say that, on one occasion there, I thought the train would disappear entirely (maybe the driver thought so, too!)
;) ;D :y :y :y
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My earliest memory is the snow in the winter of 63.I was 4 at the time.
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modern trains would just fall apart doing that ;D
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Proof that the world didn't stop for 3 inches of snow !!
I doubt we have anything with the weight and "grunt" to do that now-a-days ???
Amazing how things change.
Was talking to a guy I went to junior school with (now that is a LONG time ago) and we both remember a long stretch of road with open fields where wheat was always grown. It is still there, and still farmed the same way ... but there is one difference.....
We BOTH remember the erection of slatted wooden fences along the edge of the field every winter, to stop snow drifting onto the road .. I believe the snow drifted against the wood instead. I don't recall the road closing.
Those fences haven't been put up for years now, but what road was the first one to close due to drifting ??? :)
Progress ???
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I enjoyed that mark thanx it made me think of my dad and how much he really enjoyed working on the footplate as a fireman and later as a driver......Thanx again :y :y
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I didn't think the world was in colour that long ago!!!
............. (I'm older ::) ::) ) :y :y
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I didn't think the world was in colour that long ago!!!
............. (I'm older ::) ::) ) :y :y
Not when you were a lad..... :D :D :D
I think we have gone soft in so many ways. I sit here with the heating going and has been on since before Christmas, albeit lower during the day and night. When I was a lad, and in 1963, we had 1 coal fire in the house....... :D :D :D
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.... and in 1963, we had 1 coal fire in the house....... :D :D :D
I can't remember, ::) ::)
I was 1 in 1963! :y :y :y :y
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.... and in 1963, we had 1 coal fire in the house....... :D :D :D
I can't remember, ::) ::)
I was 1 in 1963! :y :y :y :y
Bet your Mum told you ....... :D :D :P
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I'm sure that 'elf 'n' safety rules these day would stop drivers from standing on open footplates, have a guard around the boiler so you didn't burn yourslf when stoking it and would have everyone in a bl00dy Hi-Viz vest no matter waht you did! ;) ;) :y
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I'm sure that 'elf 'n' safety rules these day would stop drivers from standing on open footplates, have a guard around the boiler so you didn't burn yourslf when stoking it and would have everyone in a bl00dy Hi-Viz vest no matter waht you did! ;) ;) :y
Have you noticed those idiot reporters on tv news ?? half the time they are wearing a hard hat/high vis jacket interviewing a manager in a suit and tie with no gear at all !!! couple of days ago one blonde one even had safety goggles on stood in an office !!!
mad .. the worlds gone mad .... :(
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My son was complaining his bedroom was cold last night, I asked him was there frost on the inside of the windows? he replied no, to which I retorted then it wasn't cold then. When I lived with mum and dad It wasn't unusual for my bedroom window to be totally frozen up on the inside looking like frosted glass you get on your bog window. We had heating supplied by a coal fire in one room only. We had very little money when I was a kid, and in winter my dad used to put one of his full length overcoats on top of my blankets and it did the trick, but it was feking freezing when you had to get out of bed :o
Kids of today don't know there born >:(
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My son was complaining his bedroom was cold last night, I asked him was there frost on the inside of the windows? he replied no, to which I retorted then it wasn't cold then. When I lived with mum and dad It wasn't unusual for my bedroom window to be totally frozen up on the inside looking like frosted glass you get on your bog window. .......
You mean when Jack Frost had been! ;) My kids were dumfounded too when I told them the same thing! ;D ;D ;D ;D
....... and our toilet was in the back yard!!!! :-? :y :y :y
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Try as I might, I just can't remember the snow and major disruptions of 1963. I was 17, and therefore I was living on Charing Cross Road and catching a 176 bus to Lisson Grove every day to go to school.
Perhaps London didn't have any snow. Or more likely, because we were so important, we got an army of Northern folk in to clear the beastly stuff away before we got up. :) :) :)
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and we've all made "foot marks" in the frost with our hands haven't we .... :) well us old ones anyway .. :)
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My son was complaining his bedroom was cold last night, I asked him was there frost on the inside of the windows? he replied no, to which I retorted then it wasn't cold then. When I lived with mum and dad It wasn't unusual for my bedroom window to be totally frozen up on the inside looking like frosted glass you get on your bog window. We had heating supplied by a coal fire in one room only. We had very little money when I was a kid, and in winter my dad used to put one of his full length overcoats on top of my blankets and it did the trick, but it was feking freezing when you had to get out of bed :o
Kids of today don't know there born >:(
When I do the 'when I was a lad' I get the raised eyebrows and the 'look' from swmbo, you are absolutely right......... :D :D :D
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I enjoyed that mark thanx it made me think of my dad and how much he really enjoyed working on the footplate as a fireman and later as a driver......Thanx again :y :y
Reminds me of my old dad. Started off as a fireman then ended up seeing is retirement out on the intercity 125 out of St Pancras - Derby. He thoroughly enjoyed his job, but could see the change coming :'( and took early retirement back in the early 90's. Even now though he still loves his trains. Must admit as a schoolboy I did a few runs up front on the old diesel locos 8-). Don't matter what you say about trains when your up fron travelling about 50mph with 15 -20 wagons behind you, thats adrenaline ;)
Nice video mark, have to show the old man that one, he will love it.
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I doubt we have anything with the weight and "grunt" to do that now-a-days ???
Those same engines are probably still on stand-by! :y
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My son was complaining his bedroom was cold last night, I asked him was there frost on the inside of the windows? he replied no, to which I retorted then it wasn't cold then. When I lived with mum and dad It wasn't unusual for my bedroom window to be totally frozen up on the inside looking like frosted glass you get on your bog window. We had heating supplied by a coal fire in one room only. We had very little money when I was a kid, and in winter my dad used to put one of his full length overcoats on top of my blankets and it did the trick, but it was feking freezing when you had to get out of bed :o
Kids of today don't know there born >:(
Our home was the same.. :y one room was heated with charcoal.. and many mornings when I wake up cant see through the windows as they were covered with ice from inside :) and I also remember father only let me sleep there when I'm sick (because it was dangerous)..
I also remember I like those black trains when I was a child ( and still) .. :) it took nearly 2 days to go near grandma from where we live.. :-?
may be for that reason I love trains whole out my life..
thanks :y
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Thank you Mark I was only 7 at the time but still remember that winter very vaguely.
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Really enjoyed that. Great piece of design those snow ploughs.
The guys in cloth caps digging reminds me of 63. Our parents dug our village out after weeks of being snowed in. The snow was 8 to 10 feet deep in the roads. At the time I remember talking to an old guy from the next village. He said in 47(I think that was the year) the snow was up to the second floor windows in their street!
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Really enjoyed that. Great piece of design those snow ploughs.
The guys in cloth caps digging reminds me of 63. Our parents dug our village out after weeks of being snowed in. The snow was 8 to 10 feet deep in the roads. At the time I remember talking to an old guy from the next village. He said in 47(I think that was the year) the snow was up to the second floor windows in their street!
:o burried alive!
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Try as I might, I just can't remember the snow and major disruptions of 1963. I was 17, and therefore I was living on Charing Cross Road and catching a 176 bus to Lisson Grove every day to go to school.
Perhaps London didn't have any snow. Or more likely, because we were so important, we got an army of Northern folk in to clear the beastly stuff away before we got up. :) :) :)
Well it wasn't me. I was too busy sweeping chimneys.
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Try as I might, I just can't remember the snow and major disruptions of 1963. I was 17, and therefore I was living on Charing Cross Road and catching a 176 bus to Lisson Grove every day to go to school.
Perhaps London didn't have any snow. Or more likely, because we were so important, we got an army of Northern folk in to clear the beastly stuff away before we got up. :) :) :)
Well it wasn't me. I was too busy sweeping chimneys.
;D ;D ;D
Best place for you! :) :) :)
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I doubt we have anything with the weight and "grunt" to do that now-a-days ???
Those same engines are probably still on stand-by! :y
Ow yes, we have engines of similar weight with more grunt and they have been out cleaaring the snow using very old plughs......cant see gangs these days clearing it by hand though!
They also have them with mini ploughs to clear smaller quantities of snow.
There has not been much disruption on the trains (except down in scalextric country) with even the services through Avimore running (until an accident on Monday)
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What a wonderful clip Mark! :y :y :y :y
Brilliant, and reminds me of the fact that many steam engines that had been destined for the scrap lines at the time were given a reprieve and pushed back into service due to the poor availability / reliability of the diesels. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
The freeze of course came to an end though, and then the scrapping recommenced at full speed :'( :'( :'( :'(
However, steam can be still far superior to modern traction in freezing conditiions!!:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8428097.stm
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y :y :y
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What a wonderful clip Mark! :y :y :y :y
Brilliant, and reminds me of the fact that many steam engines that had been destined for the scrap lines at the time were given a reprieve and pushed back into service due to the poor availability / reliability of the diesels. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
The freeze of course came to an end though, and then the scrapping recommenced at full speed :'( :'( :'( :'(
However, steam can be still far superior to modern traction in freezing conditiions!!:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8428097.stm
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y :y :y
Thats scalextric country,.......nothing works properly south of Watford gap ::)
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What a wonderful clip Mark! :y :y :y :y
Brilliant, and reminds me of the fact that many steam engines that had been destined for the scrap lines at the time were given a reprieve and pushed back into service due to the poor availability / reliability of the diesels. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
The freeze of course came to an end though, and then the scrapping recommenced at full speed :'( :'( :'( :'(
However, steam can be still far superior to modern traction in freezing conditiions!!:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8428097.stm
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y :y :y
Thats scalextric country,.......nothing works properly south of Watford gap ::)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Yep Mark, the third rail system is not at it's best in the snow.....er, rain, er.........wind - leaves on line...... ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)
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What a wonderful clip Mark! :y :y :y :y
Brilliant, and reminds me of the fact that many steam engines that had been destined for the scrap lines at the time were given a reprieve and pushed back into service due to the poor availability / reliability of the diesels. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
The freeze of course came to an end though, and then the scrapping recommenced at full speed :'( :'( :'( :'(
However, steam can be still far superior to modern traction in freezing conditiions!!:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8428097.stm
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y :y :y
Thats scalextric country,.......nothing works properly south of Watford gap ::)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Yep Mark, the third rail system is not at it's best in the snow.....er, rain, er.........wind - leaves on line...... ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)
They used to blat around in 73's running light loco on the diesel engine with the shoe down to clear the frost......but now nobody wants to pay to do that.
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What a wonderful clip Mark! :y :y :y :y
Brilliant, and reminds me of the fact that many steam engines that had been destined for the scrap lines at the time were given a reprieve and pushed back into service due to the poor availability / reliability of the diesels. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
The freeze of course came to an end though, and then the scrapping recommenced at full speed :'( :'( :'( :'(
However, steam can be still far superior to modern traction in freezing conditiions!!:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8428097.stm
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y :y :y
Thats scalextric country,.......nothing works properly south of Watford gap ::)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Yep Mark, the third rail system is not at it's best in the snow.....er, rain, er.........wind - leaves on line...... ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)
They used to blat around in 73's running light loco on the diesel engine with the shoe down to clear the frost......but now nobody wants to pay to do that.
Network Rail do have a track cleaning machine running along the lines, but it seems useless in the current conditions at least! ::) ::) ;)