Thanks for the great video again Art. Wow, these great days just keep coming. One beautiful day after another for almost two months. Steam steam steam.
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STEAMIN AT STEVE'S NOV 4TH 2008
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Posted By Dave -- Use Coal on 11/10/2008 9:35 AM
Somehow when I have money to spend on trains the decision is made to spend it on engines rather than cars. This became especially true once I got hooked on coal firing. The Flying Scotsman is the first of three engines that John Shawe piut together for me. Therefore, I pull those I have. I am not a "rivet counter" and just pull those that look okay to me. I must say I am impressed with folks that know enough to be able to make comments like yours.
Dear Mr use-coal - please don't be so touchy. I'm lucky enough over here in UK to see the real FS whenever I care to, and was simply remarking that it looked very different hauling dark-green German passenger cars instead of the usual LNER teak, maroon or blood and custard mainline passenger stock that we see it hauling here. You see, here in UK we never see German passenger cars on our track - they are all simply too high or wide, or both, and AFAIK, FS has never been to Germany to run on THEIR tracks.
I was not criticising either your choice of locomotives, your passenger cars or casting aspersions on how you spend your money.
As I noted in my post, it's your trainset - for all I care you can haul a couple of dozen dancing chicken or bubble-blowing cars. Behind the FS they'd look just as unusual to me.
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tac
http://www.ovgrs.org/
Somehow when I have money to spend on trains the decision is made to spend it on engines rather than cars. This became especially true once I got hooked on coal firing. The Flying Scotsman is the first of three engines that John Shawe piut together for me. Therefore, I pull those I have. I am not a "rivet counter" and just pull those that look okay to me. I must say I am impressed with folks that know enough to be able to make comments like yours.
Dear Mr use-coal - please don't be so touchy. I'm lucky enough over here in UK to see the real FS whenever I care to, and was simply remarking that it looked very different hauling dark-green German passenger cars instead of the usual LNER teak, maroon or blood and custard mainline passenger stock that we see it hauling here. You see, here in UK we never see German passenger cars on our track - they are all simply too high or wide, or both, and AFAIK, FS has never been to Germany to run on THEIR tracks.
I was not criticising either your choice of locomotives, your passenger cars or casting aspersions on how you spend your money.
As I noted in my post, it's your trainset - for all I care you can haul a couple of dozen dancing chicken or bubble-blowing cars. Behind the FS they'd look just as unusual to me.
tac
http://www.ovgrs.org/
Posted By Dave -- Use Coal on 11/10/2008 12:20 PM
I did not mean to sound touchy. I did not feel that way. I was just commenting on why the FS had those cars behind it.
Sorry about that.
Dave
LOL Dave.
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I never heard them called 'thunderboxes' before. I guess that's Brit speak.
I did not mean to sound touchy. I did not feel that way. I was just commenting on why the FS had those cars behind it.
Sorry about that.
Dave
LOL Dave.
Posted By jfrank on 11/10/2008 12:54 PM
LOL Dave.
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I never heard them called 'thunderboxes' before. I guess that's Brit speak.
Sorry to have to put you right. These old-style passenger cars [four and six wheel versions alike] are called 'Donnerkisten' by their German passengers - 'thunderboxes' in English.
tac
www.ovgrs.org
LOL Dave.
Sorry to have to put you right. These old-style passenger cars [four and six wheel versions alike] are called 'Donnerkisten' by their German passengers - 'thunderboxes' in English.
tac
www.ovgrs.org
You guy's have got to get a job. or do it more Tack Ful Ly
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Posted By tacfoley on 11/10/2008 1:59 PM
Posted By jfrank on 11/10/2008 12:54 PM
LOL Dave.
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I never heard them called 'thunderboxes' before. I guess that's Brit speak.
Sorry to have to put you right. These old-style passenger cars [four and six wheel versions alike] are called 'Donnerkisten' by their German passengers - 'thunderboxes' in English.
tac
http://www.ovgrs.org/
Any idea where that name came from Tac?
Posted By jfrank on 11/10/2008 12:54 PM
LOL Dave.
Sorry to have to put you right. These old-style passenger cars [four and six wheel versions alike] are called 'Donnerkisten' by their German passengers - 'thunderboxes' in English.
tac
http://www.ovgrs.org/
Any idea where that name came from Tac?
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