I notice on the inestimably violent BBC 'On this Day' a decidedly milder anniversary.
Link to a steaming train.
That is Oliver Cromwell - the last Steam engine to pull a passenger train on the British Rail network in the time of real trains.
It was all of too many years ago - I was just celebrating leaving junior school and didn't notice a thing.
My question is what is it that makes the damn things not lie down and rust respectably?
Harry Potter has to have one - and romances in the Rail Buffet are not the same thing since clean machines have failed to mist-up the platform.
Mind you, if you are going to have trains with names - all that huffing and puffing, steam and smoke does at least give a bit of personality. Can't stand the silly names of boats.
And it (restoring the things) does preserve the great English eccentric without killing too many harmless species on the way.
Technorati Tags: On this Day, Steam Trains, Oliver Cromwell
Link to a steaming train.
That is Oliver Cromwell - the last Steam engine to pull a passenger train on the British Rail network in the time of real trains.
It was all of too many years ago - I was just celebrating leaving junior school and didn't notice a thing.
My question is what is it that makes the damn things not lie down and rust respectably?
Harry Potter has to have one - and romances in the Rail Buffet are not the same thing since clean machines have failed to mist-up the platform.
Mind you, if you are going to have trains with names - all that huffing and puffing, steam and smoke does at least give a bit of personality. Can't stand the silly names of boats.
And it (restoring the things) does preserve the great English eccentric without killing too many harmless species on the way.
Technorati Tags: On this Day, Steam Trains, Oliver Cromwell
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