Calling all steam railway fanatics!

On another note these are impressive locos. Built to haul express passenger services across the Sierra Nevada.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...u/HPIM0841.jpg

At the Railway Museum in Sacramento CA

Regards,
Tote

Mods....let's start a forum on locomotives,there appears to be a hell of a lot of interest in it when a member starts a thread.
John.

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Originally Posted by Disco44

Mods....let's start a forum on locomotives,there appears to be a hell of a lot of interest in it when a member starts a thread.
John.

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I'll second that!!
Regards
Robbo

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Mods....let's start a forum on locomotives,there appears to be a hell of a lot of interest in it when a member starts a thread.
John.

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Hey I think it stems from the fact that LR folk are a bit mechanically inclined on the whole and appreciate stuff that goes suck squeeze bang blow.

If you are an LR buff you just seem to get the idea of things & appreciate things mechanical.
Example:-
In Iraq when I was doing a job there, I was out at Waddi Tharthar when I saw this Swedish bloke and his Nissan patrol sunk up to his axles in mud on the lake shore.

My truck was a Series 3 at the time, having got a chain on it, I managed to stop in from sinking some more, but not enough grunt to pull it out!.
Then from nowhere came some Auzzies in a Range Rover with a Wormold construction sticker on the side!
No need to explain what was up, they instantly grabbed another chain from my LR and together we pulled the blighter out!

We congratulated each other on a job well done, then celebrated from a cooler in the back of the Classic --Fosters--I bet the cans are still rolling about in the desert even today.
New mates to have beers with at the Brit Club in Baghdad!
Talk Rovers! Trains, Women, Rugby, Cricket, Beer, things that interest real men, nuff said!
Dennis

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I'll second that!!
Regards
Robbo

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Me Three!!!!:D:D

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Originally Posted by zedcars

Hey I think it stems from the fact that LR folk are a bit mechanically inclined on the whole and appreciate stuff that goes suck squeeze bang blow.

If you are an LR buff you just seem to get the idea of things & appreciate things mechanical.
Example:-
In Iraq when I was doing a job there, I was out at Waddi Tharthar when I saw this Swedish bloke and his Nissan patrol sunk up to his axles in mud on the lake shore.

My truck was a Series 3 at the time, having got a chain on it, I managed to stop in from sinking some more, but not enough grunt to pull it out!.
Then from nowhere came some Auzzies in a Range Rover with a Wormold construction sticker on the side!
No need to explain what was up, they instantly grabbed another chain from my LR and together we pulled the blighter out!

We congratulated each other on a job well done, then celebrated from a cooler in the back of the Classic --Fosters--I bet the cans are still rolling about in the desert even today.
New mates to have beers with at the Brit Club in Baghdad!
Talk Rovers! Trains, Women, Rugby, Cricket, Beer, things that interest real men, nuff said!
Dennis

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Funny thing Zedcars hardly anyone drinks Fosters in Australia.Highjack I know but the only place I found it was in the UK here it's mainly VB or the like.
John.

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Originally Posted by zedcars

Hey I think it stems from the fact that LR folk are a bit mechanically inclined on the whole and appreciate stuff that goes suck squeeze bang blow.

If you are an LR buff you just seem to get the idea of things & appreciate things mechanical.
Example:-
In Iraq when I was doing a job there, I was out at Waddi Tharthar when I saw this Swedish bloke and his Nissan patrol sunk up to his axles in mud on the lake shore.

My truck was a Series 3 at the time, having got a chain on it, I managed to stop in from sinking some more, but not enough grunt to pull it out!.
Then from nowhere came some Auzzies in a Range Rover with a Wormold construction sticker on the side!
No need to explain what was up, they instantly grabbed another chain from my LR and together we pulled the blighter out!

We congratulated each other on a job well done, then celebrated from a cooler in the back of the Classic --Fosters--I bet the cans are still rolling about in the desert even today.
New mates to have beers with at the Brit Club in Baghdad!
Talk Rovers! Trains, Women, Rugby, Cricket, Beer, things that interest real men, nuff said!
Dennis

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Fosters made by the Oil Can Brewery in Georgia. Probably an even worse brew than the rubbish made in Australia by Foster's Brewing. Australian equivalent of Bud, brewed without taste for customers without taste.

Crank up the sound, sit back, enjoy.

Garratts- Double AD 60 Class with Coal Trains near Newcastle. Quad steam at Zig Zag - YouTube

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Fosters made by the Oil Can Brewery in Georgia. Probably an even worse brew than the rubbish made in Australia by Foster's Brewing. Australian equivalent of Bud, brewed without taste for customers without taste.

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Steady, old fella, I've had many a Bud. with Asian ladies , in the Phillipines, purely on a social basis, of course. At the time I thought it was a sophisticated beverage, which opened up all sorts of interesting discourse. Bob

Hi guys, I'm not a train buff but took this little video in southern Sydney where I went to collect mulberry leaves for my mother's silkworms. The owner's name is Pete and he's an elderly chap who's had these locos for at least 30 years. Some one else I know referred to him as a gunzel (had to look that one up). Apologize for the commentary - was done for my workmate. As you can I don't know much about trains. If anyone is interested in contacting the owner I;m sure I could pop past and get his details (if he gives them to me)
See : [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFBx6_gO9YU]Loftus trains 1 - YouTube[/ame]
cheers Gerald