Author Topic: Trainspotters. Why? (Read 93495 times)

longers · « **Reply #175 on:** 15 October, 2011, 11:44:43 pm »

That'd turn a few heads, be a shame if it's been repainted. I quite like looking at the graffiti on forrin trains when I get chance to see them.

mr magnolia · « **Reply #176 on:** 16 October, 2011, 08:14:04 am »

I'd just like to say that I'm loving this - you can't have too many trains. It's an n+1 thing.
Since scotrail put on the extra fast trains from Embra to Glasgow central, my life has been transformed by the ability to easily travel with bicycle to one of my regular places of work in darkest lanarkshire. Lots of trains have been seen and enjoyed.

rower40 · « **Reply #177 on:** 15 March, 2012, 11:46:26 am »

Thread necromancy because we haven't had much steamy goodness around here recently.

From/THROUGH my office window:

That's as much zoom as the camera on my phone allows. It looks bigger in real life.

clarion · « **Reply #178 on:** 15 March, 2012, 11:57:52 am »

Where is it going?

rower40 · « **Reply #179 on:** 15 March, 2012, 12:24:25 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 15 March, 2012, 11:57:52 am

Where is it going?

Nowhere. Or possibly back into the Railway Technical Centre. There's an ever-growing cluster of hi-viz vests on the adjacent track, peering at the wheels and driving gear. The photo I posted shows two - it's now at least 5. I suppose this is what proving-runs are for.

Biggsy · « **Reply #180 on:** 15 March, 2012, 12:26:39 pm »

Crop, Rower, crop! Please.

rower40 · « **Reply #181 on:** 15 March, 2012, 12:41:22 pm »

Quote from: Biggsy on 15 March, 2012, 12:26:39 pm

Crop, Rower, crop! Please.

Sorry - that assumes IT and photo-manipulation skillz which are well beyond me. I'll attempt to learn sometime.

Biggsy · « **Reply #182 on:** 15 March, 2012, 12:49:57 pm »

It also assumes you want to spend time doing it.

Cropping is easy with Irfanview (free).

Biggsy · « **Reply #183 on:** 15 March, 2012, 12:51:37 pm »

Itsok. We can see a larger version of the steamy goodness here: http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm63/rower40/IMAG0035.jpg

rower40 · « **Reply #184 on:** 10 July, 2012, 10:13:14 pm »

Thread bump. More trainspotter-spotting.
Start them train-spotting when young...

Arch · « **Reply #185 on:** 10 July, 2012, 10:22:37 pm »

When Oli was still but a Very Little Nephew, we had a day out at Alresford steam railway, where I took this especially nice family group.

S7001125 by Panticle, on Flickr

Why look at boring Auntie Sue's camera, when there's a TRAIN behind you....

clarion · « **Reply #186 on:** 10 July, 2012, 10:25:39 pm »

Black one, so that's Donald or Douglas, isn't it?

rower40 · « **Reply #187 on:** 10 July, 2012, 10:30:50 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 10 July, 2012, 10:25:39 pm

Black one, so that's Donald or Douglas, isn't it?

Can't be. The maker's plate (just above the bufferbeam) says Crewe. Donald & Douglas were from Glasgae.

Regulator · « **Reply #188 on:** 10 July, 2012, 10:33:56 pm »

Jack is a trainspotter. When he's out on his walk, he'll quite happily sit for ages, watching trains go past the allotments. And on Saturday (his first birthday) his treat was a trip on the Bo'ness Steam Railway. He loved it and they even gave him a special doggy ticket!

Arellcat · « **Reply #189 on:** 11 July, 2012, 12:06:56 am »

Quote from: rower40 on 10 July, 2012, 10:30:50 pm

Can't be. The maker's plate (just above the bufferbeam) says Crewe. Donald & Douglas were from Glasgae.

Donald and Douglas were essentially Caledonian Railway Class 812, though Donald carried an imaginary BR number. Black was their freight livery although The Fat Controller soon had them painted in blue, ostensibly North Western Railway blue, but Caley blue to trainspotter readers. Oli is looking at a LMS Ivatt Class 2.

How about some LNER blue?

rower40 · « **Reply #190 on:** 11 July, 2012, 05:35:29 am »

Quote from: Arellcat on 11 July, 2012, 12:06:56 am

How about some LNER blue?

"Oh, no, Officer. We didn't cut down these trees just so that we could get a proper view. No, really."

mcshroom · « **Reply #191 on:** 11 July, 2012, 05:37:53 am »

I was slightly worried about myself on my way home from Scotland when I noticed a class 57 parked up on the through line at Carlisle and immediately knew it was there as a thunderbird loco for the WCML (which was having overhead power problems at the time).

I really do blame this thread

rower40 · « **Reply #192 on:** 07 October, 2012, 02:42:35 pm »

While I was making an impromptu connection at Doncaster just now, a GBRF freight train rumbled through. 3 class 66 engines, three hopper wagons (empty). Now THAT's a power-to-weight ratio!

rogerzilla · « **Reply #193 on:** 07 October, 2012, 04:20:19 pm »

You saw a Class 66 in the wild? I thought they were all at Didcot.

interzen · « **Reply #194 on:** 07 October, 2012, 04:41:05 pm »

Quote from: rower40 on 07 October, 2012, 02:42:35 pm

While I was making an impromptu connection at Doncaster just now, a GBRF freight train rumbled through. 3 class 66 engines, three hopper wagons (empty). Now THAT's a power-to-weight ratio!

Maybe someone had finally cottoned on to the fact that light engine movements aren't exactly cost effective. I shudder to think how much money DB Schenker must be pissing up the wall given the number of Class 66s I see running light past my house.

Anyway ...

About half an hour ago I heard a 'certain' sound which I'd not heard for a while - lo and behold, the Network Rail weedkiller train top'n'tailed by DRS Class 20s

mcshroom · « **Reply #195 on:** 07 October, 2012, 04:46:59 pm »

We've got a couple class 20s parked in the marshalling yard at the South of site. They make a change as we are usually a class 37 only zone

rogerzilla · « **Reply #196 on:** 07 October, 2012, 07:08:48 pm »

Quote from: mcshroom on 07 October, 2012, 04:46:59 pm

We've got a couple class 20s parked in the marshalling yard at the South of site. They make a change as we are usually a class 37 only zone

Back to the 1950s!

Wasn't Diesel from The Railway Series a class 20?

Andrij · « **Reply #197 on:** 11 October, 2012, 01:24:27 pm »

IANATS, but I spotted a reference elsewhere to the Luxtorpeda. Thought some of you might be interested.

Jacomus · « **Reply #198 on:** 15 January, 2013, 04:31:14 pm »

Threadcromancy!

I present: The commemorative 150 years of the Tube, restored and running it's original route. Snapped at Farringdon.

The odd looking unit number 12 was a very early electric electric locomotive, which seemed to be helping the steam train for some reason. Also snapped was a maintenance train of some sort.

You can tell that I was a little caught out for the first pic, as the lens on my phone was smeared with finger grease

Annoyingly the train was running really quite fast, which my phone couldn't quite cope with, though I'm pleased with my panning ~~ability~~ luck for the side-on photo, even if there is still a smear on the lens.

The random not-as-old pic is only in there because I think it is a good photo

Deano · « **Reply #199 on:** 16 February, 2014, 08:24:43 pm »

I'll be taking an old trainspotter to the Great Goodbye at Shildon this week