twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
In a rush to get indoors Rocky didn't make it in time and soiled the garden. Keep off the curries Rocky
Post a lie about the poster above.
- Thread starter Mr Pig
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- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
He makes sure there is Law 'n' Order.
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
Rocky's lawn is more like the Serengeti. He can often be found stalking a Wildebeest out there.
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
TBT grows fruit in his garden and listens carefully to what the strawberries say. He knows the strawberry's stalk.
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
Rocky was very tetchy when he grew prickly pears.
Mad Doug Biker
I prefer animals to most people.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Further to my post about 'Western' names previously, it isn't well known, but Rocky is actually of Russian descent and worked for the Railways at the highest level during the Soviet era.
He saw what the Western Region in this country were doing here and mooted a plan for their own 'Westerns'.
Sadly the plan was shelved, but not before some nameplates were made...:
He saw what the Western Region in this country were doing here and mooted a plan for their own 'Westerns'.
Sadly the plan was shelved, but not before some nameplates were made...:
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Mad Doug Biker
I prefer animals to most people.
- Location
- Craggy Island
This is page 1057 and D1057 was Western Chieftain, incidentally.
Next: D1058 Western Nobleman...
Incidentally, if you wonder what I am wittering on about, here is D1015 Western Champion (now preserved) at Plymouth, 1975, in the absolutely deplorable state they were allowed to get in too, but which weirdly just endeared them even more to the enthusiasts, like, no doubt, the boy in the picture!
... And the same loco 50
years later.
Designed by Sir Misha Black, they were certainly striking looking, even when run down. In fact, it could be argued that they looked better when in a bad state:
Next: D1058 Western Nobleman...
Incidentally, if you wonder what I am wittering on about, here is D1015 Western Champion (now preserved) at Plymouth, 1975, in the absolutely deplorable state they were allowed to get in too, but which weirdly just endeared them even more to the enthusiasts, like, no doubt, the boy in the picture!
... And the same loco 50
years later.
Designed by Sir Misha Black, they were certainly striking looking, even when run down. In fact, it could be argued that they looked better when in a bad state:
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- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
MDB knows that one of my favourite locos is the Crocodiles on the Rhaetian Railway in Switzerland.
https://www.rhb.ch/en/blog/five-exciting-facts-about-the-rhb-crocodile
https://www.rhb.ch/en/blog/a-historic-journey-between-filisur-and-davos
https://www.rhb.ch/en/blog/five-exciting-facts-about-the-rhb-crocodile
https://www.rhb.ch/en/blog/a-historic-journey-between-filisur-and-davos
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Mad Doug Biker
I prefer animals to most people.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Speicher also knows that I saw one (414?) working at Tiefencastle, on the ascent up to Bergün (where there's another one (407 I think) on static display) and Preda! 😍
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