OK - a couple for the steam buffs. Bordeaux Station, 26th june. Sorry -
Canon gear.
http://www.pbase.com/image/32750397
http://www.pbase.com/image/32750398
Pulling in next to the Lille-Bayonne TGV on which I had just arrived.
Didn't believe it when I first heard the steam whistle coming in behind
me. Dragging a train of around 12 1940's vintage carriages, full of
slightly deranged local steamies. Celebration trip of some kind.
Classic French loco covered in external pipework but a product of the
American Loco Works, Schenectady (sp?).
AndrewF
On 18/08/2004, at 5:29 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
> Oh all right, you're right ;-)
>
> I used to travel to school (boarding school) in a steam train, from
> Paddington (London) to Bath (Somerset); I used to watch with delight as
> we entered tunnels and all the smoke and steam billowed back down the
> train!
>
> When I lived in India, most of the trains were still steam.
>
> But the diesels in some of the locomotives, Napier Deltics, were
> wonderful workhorses ...
>
> Chris
>
> On 18 Aug 2004, at 7:49, Christian Cederberg wrote:
>
>>> From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [OM] Re: Gayton Northamptonshire #3
>>> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 12:46:22 +0100
>>
>>> Very clever Graham. I like the Virgin machine vs the narrowboat. I
>>> like railway locomotives (all that power!), but I miss the great
>>> sound
>>> of the diesel-electrics. A reasonable substitute for steam I
>>> believe.
>>
>>> Chris
>>
>> Nothing can and nothing will ever replace steam. The Iron Horse was
>> the
>> closest man has ever come to build the perfect living, breathing
>> machine.
>> The lonesome whistle wail, the hiss of steam in the cylinders, it is
>> just
>> pure poetry.
>> No, the railroads are just not the same without steam.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Christian Cederberg
>> ------
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