AA Train thread

The all time winner is of course the Fell diesel.

I was in a second hand everything shop today and they had a box of vinyl records of steam engines. If anyone wants such a thing let me know. Be a real hifi stereo buff.

It’s adorable! :heart_eyes:

Interesting thought but a) someone has actually managed to make one of them sort of work regularly and b) you can drive it without the windscreen falling out.

Ploughing on:

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Weedy little Type 3 was never going to manage that much snow on its own!

Showing the wrong lights on the way out too…

Wonder if Kent will ever see that much snow again?

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Fluffers, innit:

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Diesel hydraulic stuff. Locally, I’ve seen a Western; Battleship and Hymek!

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Do love me a Hymek :heart_eyes:

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Will be on at least one of these two tomorrow, maybe one of the newer ones as well. Over 200mph, turning left on entry :slight_smile:

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Did manage to catch this from the bus to work this morning. Class 40 on a Royal Scot special. Duke of Gloucester Standard class 8 loco takes it forward from Crewe I believe. This was at Euston across the HS2 building site.

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And off YouTube later in the journey. Jealous of what’s looking like brilliant run.

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Bloody lovely! Very distinctive engine note, too - reminds me somewhat of a Class 37 diesel at full chat. Is DoG a four-cylinder engine?

No three cylinder unlike the Britannias which were two. The wiki is worth reading as it has a very interesting back story.

Talking of Cromptons… Alison is the smallest diesel I’ve driven. One of these is the biggest:

I’ll never forget the music as I gave it the beans…

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Love it, geekery²

An Envy: I has it :green_heart: