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[Entwood]

and we've all made "foot marks" in the frost with our hands haven't we ....    well us old ones anyway ..

[Vamps]

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
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.........

[johnnycboy]

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

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.

[pedroMV6]

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!

[cem_devecioglu]

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
Kids of today don't know there born 

Our home was the same..   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

[chunk]

Thank you Mark I was only 7 at the time but still remember that winter very vaguely.

[Varche]

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!

[cem_devecioglu]

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!

  burried alive!

[STMO999]

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.

[jereboam]

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.

 

Best place for you!

[Marks DTM Calib]

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!

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)

[Lizzie_Zoom]

What a wonderful clip Mark!

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.

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

 

[Marks DTM Calib]

What a wonderful clip Mark!

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.

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

 

Thats scalextric country,.......nothing works properly south of Watford gap 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

What a wonderful clip Mark!

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.

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

 

Thats scalextric country,.......nothing works properly south of Watford gap 

    Yep Mark, the third rail system is not at it's best in the snow.....er, rain, er.........wind - leaves on line......

[Marks DTM Calib]

What a wonderful clip Mark!

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.

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

 

Thats scalextric country,.......nothing works properly south of Watford gap 

    Yep Mark, the third rail system is not at it's best in the snow.....er, rain, er.........wind - leaves on line......

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.