Re: Deltic 55016 for GCR?
Von: MIG (googlespam@doreenbird.co.uk) [Profil]
Datum: 08.10.2008 16:40
Message-ID: <ee872f7b-5168-4cd3-b635-92aabe2aa7aa@b30g2000prf.googlegroups.com>
Newsgroup: uk.railway
Datum: 08.10.2008 16:40
Message-ID: <ee872f7b-5168-4cd3-b635-92aabe2aa7aa@b30g2000prf.googlegroups.com>
Newsgroup: uk.railway
On Oct 8, 3:20 pm, "Peter Masson" <peter.mass...@privacy.net> wrote: > "BH Williams" <bhwilli...@letra.co.uk> wrote > > > > > Wasn't also the case that the 'Flying Scotsman' was, to the general pub lic > > at least, the non-stop express to Edinburgh from King's Cross, rather t han > > one of a class of locomotives- at least until Alan Pegler bought > 4472/60103 > > in the 1960s. > > Indeed. The first mental picture that comes into my mind at the mention o f > 'Flying Scotsman' is a Deltic-hauled train with the wings-and-thistle > headboard on the front. Mine is trying to see a Deltic-hauled train with that headboard at Hornsey station over the top of that hideous wall which, with hindsight, suggests that it must have been on the down slow.[ Auf dieses Posting antworten ]