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Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
I never knew this about George Jackson Churchward:
"Sadly, Churchward was killed near his house on the misty morning of 19th December 1933. He was hit by “Castle” class 4085 “Berkeley Castle” with Driver Griffiths was hauling the late-running 8.55 a.m. Paddington to Fishguard express. He was seen bending down inspecting what he thought was a track defect and was struck by the locomotive’s buffer. Some reports say he had glaucoma affecting his eyesight, vertigo and defective hearing. He may have thought the express had already passed as living next to the line he kept an active interest in the passing trains."
"Sadly, Churchward was killed near his house on the misty morning of 19th December 1933. He was hit by “Castle” class 4085 “Berkeley Castle” with Driver Griffiths was hauling the late-running 8.55 a.m. Paddington to Fishguard express. He was seen bending down inspecting what he thought was a track defect and was struck by the locomotive’s buffer. Some reports say he had glaucoma affecting his eyesight, vertigo and defective hearing. He may have thought the express had already passed as living next to the line he kept an active interest in the passing trains."
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Doesn't that bung up the lock fairly permanently?
Apparently not, with the gates shut the ash is forced by water pressure into the cracks in tge gates.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Now I understand: I was thinking in terms of the water leaking between the gates, not the individual planks.
Still sounds a filthy process though.
Didn't look it, simply buckets of the ash tipped in as necessary
Moon bunny
Judging your grammar
- Location
- Basking in my own brilliance.
It is going to sit outside awhile during a rearrangement of the vehicles.
Hover Fly
He, him, his
- Location
- Besides the lake, beneath the trees
Plumpton Junction, 5 June, rainstorm
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
I've worked on both but Swan was my ship when I worked up there. I was principle barman for the 2023 season.
Pouring pints of Swan Blonde was something of an art as it didn't like the conditions in the "cellar".
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Some from a visit to the Severn Valley Railway yesterday.
Hover Fly
He, him, his
- Location
- Besides the lake, beneath the trees
I've worked on both but Swan was my ship when I worked up there. I was principle barman for the 2023 season.
Pouring pints of Swan Blonde was something of an art as it didn't like the conditions in the "cellar".
I also worked on Swan, back in the 90s: father worked on building her and Teal at Vickers in the 30s, then caught up with them again in the 60s and 70s, as deckie, them helmsman and finally spare skipper.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Newly doubled section of the Stuttgart-Switzerland line: there are long loops now on several sections between Horb and the border; it was double track until 1945 when France removed one line as war reparations.
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
I've worked on both but Swan was my ship when I worked up there. I was principle barman for the 2023 season.
Pouring pints of Swan Blonde was something of an art as it didn't like the conditions in the "cellar".
I was served by a young guy with blonde, slightly curly hair and with a camping hat on.
He was also doing various other things, like the ropes and so on, along with an older guy who was doing the shop, etc.
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Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
I thought it might be going to be displayed at Derby, as the '83 and '85 are already there, along with 58023, in readiness for the big event next month!
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