[rikur_]

I've only driven standard gauge tank engines (and great fun they were too)

eeek.... I've got something in common with @chevvron

[chevvron]

I've only driven standard gauge tank engines (and great fun they were too)

eeek.... I've got something in common with @chevvron

Sshhh don't spread it around - the other guys on here might get jealous; even Sengupta would fit on the footplate of a steam loco and just think of the fryups you can have using the shovel; might even be possible to bake a cake on the firebox.

[mick w]

My worst ever journey was an overnight Train ride to the South of France , tiny Bunks, & sitting next to Mr Bean's double , who proceeded to open his Bag on his Knee & reveal a Kitten , we thought it was his Sandwiches !!.

[RichardPearse]

...asking them if they'd seen the class 37 in the carriage sidings and 'do you prefer the mkIII vs mkIV?'.

rikur and his colleague.

Ah, but are these jokers genuine spotters or just conducting a recce for train engines to nick?

(Black Alfa parked just out of shot...)

[Mr Bags]

The Farmer's mistake was failing to travel First Class.

[Dave W]

...asking them if they'd seen the class 37 in the carriage sidings and 'do you prefer the mkIII vs mkIV?'.

rikur and his colleague.

That's a Class 47. And I've had my hair cut since then.

[Lindsayp]

The first job I had after leaving school in 1967 was working at the Alcan Aluminium Foil factory. About 10 Pakistani males worked there (none of them born or 'educated' here) and it was clear the concept of using a handkerchief or even tissue to blow their noses was completely alien to them, any nasal gunge they drew into their mouths somehow then spat it out just outside the door.

Hong Kong taxi drivers regularly kept a see-through plastic bag hanging on the driver's door window winder handle, and topped it up during the day with phlegm. AIUI they thought that the use of a handkerchief was most unpleasant...

The Pakistanis in Chesham were aged from about 16 upwards and only arrived in the town from about 1961 or 2, so none of them could have been brought up in this country; only one or two could even speak English.

and some still don't as I recall..

[Paultheparaglider]

I suspect this thread will run and run.

[rikur_]

I suspect this thread will run and run.

naah, it's about trains - it will stop running unexpectedly any time

[chevvron]

I suspect this thread will run and run.

I've got a runny nose today.

[Rob L]

1) I wouldn't be seen dead in those striped shorts.
2) I've only driven standard gauge tank engines (and great fun they were too)

Cracking reply, chevvron

[Flintstone]

I've only driven standard gauge tank engines (and great fun they were too)

eeek.... I've got something in common with @chevvron

You're both tankers?