sad to say i can remember them as daily transport (i was just a kid then honest)standing on the bridge as they went under,all this diesel and electric
stuff took the fun out of them
I have a vague memory of standing next to one in Swansea station when I was a kid - and being terrified when the 'pop' safety valve went
off!
(If you've never heard a pop valve go off... there's no warning - one second it's quiet, and the next there's tremendous roar and
a column of steam goes 100 foot into the air! They make me jump at model engineering sizes, too...)
Anyone hear that Radio4 documentary a couple of months ago about the 'missing 70' or so steam trains that have disappeared in the UK?
Quite interesting!
Cheers,
James
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Originally posted by James
Anyone hear that Radio4 documentary a couple of months ago about the 'missing 70' or so steam trains that have disappeared in the UK?
Quite interesting!
Cheers,
James
awesome. Just need to reopen a few of the old lines too! 
Programme on BBC4 8PM Thursday 16th Oct.
Absolutely Chuffed: The Men Who Built a Steam Engine
Documentary about the 18-year odyssey of a group of enthusiasts who set out to build a brand new mainline steam engine from scratch in 1990.
repeated:
17 Oct - 1:50 AM
19 Oct - 10 PM
20 Oct - 2 AM
Cheers, set that to record.
on now!
It does make you wonder how the manufacturers made a profit in those days without the benefit of mass production techniques etc....the time it must
have took to hand craft some if the kit!!
Dread to think what the wages must have been to keep costs down - or indeed what the sale price was?