Off darn sarf

[Progmeister]

One will be out of ones office till Sunday night due to one going to a horse show darn sarf. Have a great weekend chaps.

[brit-pop]

One will be out of ones office till Sunday night due to one going to a horse show darn sarf. Have a great weekend chaps.

Enjoy Mr P.

Heading north to Lindisfarne for more mud, booze and bands in a field at the festival. Packing my warm coat I think

[Progmeister]

Well, what do ya know? Guess where i visited whilst i was away this weekend?

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Yes indeed, Nene Valley Railway.

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

NVA started about a mile away from that point in 1982.

[Progmeister]

Grand little place Doc. Unfortunately it was about six am and raining when i took these pics.

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

I never had time to go and play choo-choos at NVR, but we moved there from Leicester and while there I used to go play choo-choos at the MLST (main line steam trust) at Loughborough Station. They needed people trained for the footplate so I quickly became a cleaner passed to fire, did a couple of driving turns (under supervision) as well. Mostly on the GNR N2 tank which at that time had extremely temperamental injectors (firemans responsibility), much swearing and hitting with a wrench eventually got them to pick up. Ah! dirty days, coal dust, oil

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

Interesting (boring) fact #231 (not many people know that) The NVR when rebuilt and reopened was to Continental loading gauge so can take taller and wider locos and carriages than the rest of the country apart from HS1 (high speed one).

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

Peterborough is not souf, its the bloody midlands - mi duck

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

Here she is this summer on the Epping - Ongar railway on loan. Much smarter and cleaner than I remember her, in my day she was pretty dirty and painted in BR Black. I wonder if they ever sorted the injectors out, bash - bash ****in ******* stupid ****** thing



My very own Thomas the Tank Engine