The best waste of time so far today ...

[ChrisGreaves]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWwTtYick0o
In all my months (well OK, years) of hunting down YouTube clips of steam locomotives I have not seen a clip with such a smoke "exhaust" as this.
Ever.
I am posting it here so that Elieen's Lounge will save me having to create yet another bookmark link in my browser.
Chris
Why Do I have to make do with Crank[y]? Why don't we have a choo-choo smiley?

[GeoffW]

Who is this Elieen of whom you speak?

In the absence of a smiley, I give you another memory of your youth

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[HansV]

Those motorcyclists were taking a risk by waiting on the left hand side of the road!

[ChrisGreaves]

Who is this Elieen of whom you speak?

Sorry about that; my eyes were brimming with soot, grit, and cinders, and, well, brimstone.
Cheers, Chris

[ChrisGreaves]

Those motorcyclists were taking a risk by waiting on the left hand side of the road!

They were probably Dutch.
If you look closely you'll see that in Holland, cars drive down the centre of the road, so as long as you are biking on the Left OR the Right hand side of the road, you are pretty safe.
0m00s
0m19s
0m29s
0m40s ...
When you have wachted this second video, note the badly-labeled sign at the crossing.
Cheers
Chris

[HansV]

The road is so narrow that cars will drive down the middle as long as there are no oncoming cars.

[ChrisGreaves]

The road is so narrow that cars will drive down the middle as long as there are no oncoming cars.

Hans, you'd feel right at home anywhere on the Bonavista Peninsula!
Cheers
Chris
P.S. Or left at home, for that matter.
C

[stuck]

A long time ago, before my wife and I were married, we took a ride on a steam train from York to Scarborough and back. She loved me enough to indulge me and accompany me on the trip but not enough to accompany me anywhere after we got off the train back in York until I'd been to the station toilets and washed the soot off my face.

Ken

[ChrisGreaves]

A long time ago, before my wife and I were married, we took a ride on a steam train from York to Scarborough and back. She loved me enough to indulge me and accompany me on the trip but not enough to accompany me anywhere after we got off the train back in York until I'd been to the station toilets and washed the soot off my face.

Yes. when I was eight years old (grin) my mum, too, used to nag me about spending the whole trip with my head out of the window!
Cheers
Chris

[stuck]

[ChrisGreaves]

I recognize that laugh.
You are Geoff Marshall, aren't you!

[stuck]

I do enjoy steam trains but I'm not that dedicated. The engine that was the cause of my soot incident was this one:

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More details about it here:
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.o ... locomotive

Ken

[ChrisGreaves]

The engine that was the cause of my soot incident was this one:

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Ooooh! I had this one in 1959/60, Kitmaster. I painted it in maroon, too. AND the coupling rods didn't end up stuck to the wheels!
At this distance in time I can't remember her name, but she was a 4-6-2 Coronation. I remember that.
This page suggests "Duchess Of Gloucester", so perhaps John Gray can provide details.
Cheers
Chris

[John Gray]

This page [<link>] suggests "Duchess Of Gloucester", so perhaps John Gray can provide details.
Cheers
Chris

Not specifically I, but Wikipedia can! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Coronation_Class
There are a couple of references to the Duchess of Gloucester (46225 to you peons!) in this page.

And hectares of Stuff from this search:
https://www.google.com/search?q=46225+d ... gloucester

[ChrisGreaves]

Not specifically I, but Wikipedia can!
And hectares of Stuff from this search:

Wow! She certainly got around, that Duchess of Gloucester!
Thanks John
Chris

[John Gray]

Wow! She certainly got around, that Duchess of Gloucester!

Not surprisingly - her wheels are configured 4-6-2!

[ChrisGreaves]

Wow! She certainly got around, that Duchess of Gloucester!

Not surprisingly - her wheels are configured 4-6-2!

Huh?
Down our way, she was described as "a cranky old boiler".
Chris

[LisaGreen]

Just as an addendum.. For those visiting, the train museum in Utrecht, the Netherlands is very well worth checking out!

Lisa

[HansV]

Even though Utrecht is not that far from where I live, it's a long time ago that I visited the railway museum!

[stuck]

With only minor edits, Lisa and Hans posts can be applied to the UK and myself...

Just as an addendum.. For those visiting, the train museum in York, UK is very well worth checking out!

Even though York is not that far from where I live, it's a long time ago that I visited the railway museum!

it seems the last time I was there was 2014

Ken