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Somacandra

2009-12-26 12:39:38 AM

Pretty simple when you've got the power of Shooping (new window).

DarthBrooks

2009-12-26 12:52:46 AM

The pensioners in the comments section are raving about the superiority of steam over electric.

Apparently they don't recall London during the coal-fired epoch.

www.london-architecture.info

Black lung much?

Shadow Blasko

2009-12-26 03:16:23 AM

wild9

2009-12-26 03:16:32 AM

I hate that version of Thomas The Train with Alec Baldwin as the conductor. Farking creepy.

NEDM

2009-12-26 03:18:37 AM

DarthBrooks: The pensioners in the comments section are raving about the superiority of steam over electric.

Apparently they don't recall London during the coal-fired epoch.

Black lung much?

Well, steam does have enormous motive power, especially when compared to standard diesel locomotives. And, while most of the later steam locomotives were oil fired, coal locos do have the advantage of have a extremely large supply of fuel.

/train buff

musashi1600

2009-12-26 03:22:15 AM

Tornado laughs at iced-over overhead lines.

PhiloBeddoe

2009-12-26 03:29:27 AM

~~Thomas the Tank Engine comes to life:~~ English steam locomotive subs for electric trains delayed by snow and ice; Sir Topham Hatt approves

Much better. I'm not usually one to nit-pick, but c'mon. You gotta save some punch for the punch line.

theotherbilly

2009-12-26 03:32:32 AM

And I'll be a happy choo choo train 'til the day I die.

jonmurr

2009-12-26 03:38:37 AM

Gotta give credit to the British for this achievement. American rail fans would never agree on what to build. I'm a NYC guy, so I would build a J3 Hudson or S1 Niagara
www.rr-fallenflags.org

Finest American steam locomotive ever.

Psycat

2009-12-26 03:41:03 AM

That's really cool to see that the steam era hasn't completely died yet.

"I was fine until my train of thought derailed and I went loco."

/last post

plamadude30k

2009-12-26 03:49:20 AM

wild9: I hate that version of Thomas The Train with Alec Baldwin as the conductor. Farking creepy.

I don't recall him ever being Mr. Conductor. I do recall George Carlin, which is interesting because I later became a huge fan of his other work.

/Cool story, bro.

fragMasterFlash

2009-12-26 03:50:06 AM

RIP Mr. Conductor

dj_spanmaster

2009-12-26 03:50:37 AM

I think it can, I think it can.

JonnyBGoode

2009-12-26 03:52:38 AM

Steampunk, kick, etc.

musashi1600

2009-12-26 03:52:40 AM

jonmurr: Gotta give credit to the British for this achievement. American rail fans would never agree on what to build. I'm a NYC guy, so I would build a J3 Hudson or S1 Niagara

I'd pull for a Mikado built to 36-inch gauge, only because those were the biggest locos on the Oahu Railway.

/Not actually a railfan
//Am a planespotter
///Lurks on airliners.net
////RIP Aloha

adambuck

2009-12-26 03:53:36 AM

Gotta give credit to the British for this achievement. American rail fans would never agree on what to build. I'm a NYC guy, so I would build a J3 Hudson or S1 Niagara

Finest American steam locomotive ever.
Come to Mt. Pleasant Iowa where many steam engines are built and rebuilt every year.

/Old Thresher's is a highlight of every year.

mreuther

2009-12-26 04:03:17 AM

An English steamer?

jclaggett

2009-12-26 04:04:31 AM

wild9

2009-12-26 04:07:15 AM

plamadude30k: wild9: I hate that version of Thomas The Train with Alec Baldwin as the conductor. Farking creepy.

I don't recall him ever being Mr. Conductor. I do recall George Carlin, which is interesting because I later became a huge fan of his other work.

/Cool story, bro.

Not sure if it was even in a show. He was the conductor in one of the movies my son loves and freaks me out.

cigerz

2009-12-26 04:13:46 AM

It looks more like the "City of Truro" engine rather than Thomas, even ignoring the fact that it doesn't have a face.

pecosdave

2009-12-26 04:15:55 AM

As long as it remains Thomas the Tank Engine and not Charlie the Choo-Choo.

adambuck

2009-12-26 04:19:53 AM

plamadude30k: wild9: I hate that version of Thomas The Train with Alec Baldwin as the conductor. Farking creepy.

I don't recall him ever being Mr. Conductor. I do recall George Carlin, which is interesting because I later became a huge fan of his other work.

/Cool story, bro.

Don't forget Ringo Starr either as Mr. Conductor. Were Ringo and George Carlin doing community service projects for various "adult" illicit substances?

spamalope

2009-12-26 05:09:55 AM

Steam train pic thread?

Taken this summer:

www.seanpix.com

Goetz

2009-12-26 05:13:33 AM

Link (new window)

MrFi5ter

2009-12-26 05:45:40 AM

That's big but it's hard to believe it weighs 3 million pounds.

crab66

2009-12-26 05:56:15 AM

mreuther: An English steamer?

www.sex-ts.com

smask

2009-12-26 05:58:15 AM

They used that train in a Top Gear challenge:

Jaguar XK120 vs Vincent Black Shadow vs The Cathedral Express

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5 (new window)

crab66

2009-12-26 06:00:37 AM

MrFi5ter: That's big but it's hard to believe it weighs 3 million pounds.

Freight trains can weigh 10x that or more.

NEDM

2009-12-26 06:03:02 AM

jonmurr: Gotta give credit to the British for this achievement. American rail fans would never agree on what to build. I'm a NYC guy, so I would build a J3 Hudson or S1 Niagara

Finest American steam locomotive ever.

Bah. Build a T1.

www.railarchive.net

/Pennsy all the way

X15

2009-12-26 06:12:18 AM

FTFA: About 100 passengers climbed aboard the first mainline steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost half a century at London Victoria when electric trains were delayed.

100 passengers on the locomotive?

Talk about a full house.

Doctor Jan Itor

2009-12-26 06:49:01 AM

I found it super creepy that I grew up with the same model train set as the one the Trinity killer had in Dexter. Same track, locomotive and power control thingy.

/That's all I got

swahnhennessy

2009-12-26 07:56:20 AM

I don't know where I'm going, or why I came.

RocketRay

2009-12-26 09:00:24 AM

"They're two, they're four, they're six they're eight..."

/two toddlers

Sir Topham Hatt approves

Look for some of the original English clips on YouTube. He was called The Fat Conductor.

Guess_Who

2009-12-26 09:03:12 AM

smeesmee

2009-12-26 09:11:10 AM

"shunting tracks and hauling freight
red and green and brown and blue
they're a very useful crew..."

/4 year-old nephew :)

SilverStag

2009-12-26 09:25:38 AM

You need one of these. (new window)

hagar129

2009-12-26 09:26:27 AM

Not to be a huge fag but what was the engine in Harry Potter movies. That one looked great.

urger

2009-12-26 09:31:55 AM

J3 Hudson

m0llusk

2009-12-26 09:37:31 AM

British rail, what happened, man? You used to be cool.

RadicalMiddle

2009-12-26 09:39:34 AM

16 hours from New York to Chicago.

eddyatwork

2009-12-26 09:46:16 AM

I miss the days of trains. There's just something magical about them that you don't have in a car.

General Vayo

2009-12-26 10:43:53 AM

Impudent Domain

2009-12-26 10:51:23 AM

spamalope Quote 2009-12-26 05:09:55 AM
Steam train pic thread?

Taken this summer:

I have some great pics of that same train on my blog

Link (new window)

CougarJeff

2009-12-26 10:55:22 AM

What a great comment:
B Thompson from Scotland who insults anyone "into trains and steam" would be the sort of character who would enjoy gawping at a dead shark in a tank of formaldehyde.

Also, gotta show some love to the Class J:
www.railarchive.net

maddogdelta

2009-12-26 11:00:41 AM

adambuck: /Old Thresher's is a highlight of every year.

Did someone say "Thresher"?
upload.wikimedia.org

bobbette

2009-12-26 11:02:44 AM

hagar129: Not to be a huge fag but what was the engine in Harry Potter movies. That one looked great.

This one

I don't know anything about trains but I was wondering that myself.

Claude Ballse

2009-12-26 11:03:56 AM

TRAIN PORN!

www.pdxhistory.com

DarthBrooks

2009-12-26 11:20:49 AM

No love for the K-4? Heathens.

www.rrmuseumpa.org

safeinsane

2009-12-26 11:26:29 AM

You fail, subby. That's obviously Henry.

www.percyengine.com

My son used to love Thomas when he was little and we got to ride an engine similar to this one a few times. But the boy's almost 6 now and Thomas has given way to more important things like construction trucks and whatnot. Still fun, but I miss watching Thomas with that little guy.

*sniff*

Ball of Confusion

2009-12-26 11:30:14 AM