Yeah them were the days back then 1980s / 1990s

The awdry thomas has outside cylinders. But this one has inside cylinders

Quite surprising there isn’t a lot on KZfaq about it, keep expecting Francois to be invited on it 😅

Thanks… yeah it was absolutely RAMMED!!, good news for the railway bringing so many to see and experience all that the line has to offer!, it did overwhelm me in the end so I left rather than taking the 40 as I had a 3.5hr car journey home again, a very enjoyable day though

@@yesterdaystracks yes a very good day but i did feel very uncomfortable but the 40 wasn't to bad, i'll defo go for a quiter running day and the western region event

Just incredible engineering at its best!!, when the UK had a steel industry , nothing has lasted since, just look at how long the 60’s lasted, barely any time at all

@@yesterdaystracks wish we still had a engineering and manufacturing base like before! Imagine what newer design may have been!! :) Probably not as good as the 37 mind you 😁

@@macflod it really is incredible so many are still in mainline use to keep us entertained , long may it continue 👌

They only put it on during official Thomas and Friends public days

Just the one main halogen headlight but it never really gave off much light

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Cheers Mike 👌

Loved reading that !!, you’re not the only one coming down from Inverness too fast the Stobart / Tesco train regularly ‘runs away’ and even jumped the rails once at Carrbridge in 2010 , must be scary tho passing 17 signals 😱

@@yesterdaystracks Luckily, all the northbound trains were put into the station loops, allowing us to run through the straights, and the facing point locks held. Blair Atholl points which are 15 mph, we took at 85 mph. Had we been routed via the loop, we might have ended up in the River Tilt, having mounted the platform and taken out the footbridge. At 2 x Class 26 + Load 17, the signalmen routed us in the straights. With 7-5-5 each signalman is required to put the road back in front of the driver to tell the driver he is trying to stop the train. Personally, if my brakes had a problem, I would prefer to see green signals ! Blair Atholl passed us to Killkrankie (who no doubt exclaimed "oh poo" or some ancient Scots expletive - use your imagination here) who passed us to Pitlochry (who said "I need a physical needs break") who passed us to Ballinluig (who said "What a day, to leave my spare underpants at home") who passed us to Dunkeld (who said "oh my" - they are posh in Dunkeld) who passed to Stanley Junction (who let out a small fart) and finally Perth power signalbox, which is where we came to rest on the level bit. The first to alight in Perth were the Chief Steward (holding a caving knife) and his assistant (holding a meat cleaver). They legged it up the platform to the cry of "Stitch that Jimmy", which is an ancient welcome in the Highlands. They had been serving pea and ham soup, and it fell over, and all the glasses and crockery came flying off the walls. Passengers were skating in scolding hot soup and impaling their behinds on sharp fragments. Once they had cleared up the buffet car, they presented the passengers with a dinner plate on which was a very small chipolata sausage and two Brussel sprouts. They announced to the passengers "This is what we removed from the driver at Perth. He won't be doing that again." That was the RESL's Easter Highlander in April 1984. The same tour that blew up a Class 25 at St Albans on the outward leg, and caught fire to a second Class 25, also at St Albans on the return leg. No I don't what St Albans has against Class 25s. The 00.05 Sheffield to St Pancras was duly given a Special Stop Order to pick up 1,100 passengers at 3 a.m. The Class 45 driver was a tad astonished to see the platform wedged. We were less happy, as she was only Load 5, and 17 into 5 don't go ! I ended up in the front vestibule of the front coach. To stop about 50 men from ending up in a tangled heap on the floor (we were all knackered), I opened the door window and stuck my head out into the Arctic air to wake myself up. Whoosh ! A bridge abutment appeared out of the darkness with no warning, and narrowly missed my nose. It is surprising how quickly you can wake from a 70 hour railtour, when you need to !! Happy days. I caught a taxi home from the station at 6 a.m. The taxi driver looked at the state I was in, and said "That must have been one hell of a party you went to lad."

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Thanks , I thought it would be of interest to see some of the projects in the sheds , the 100 year old gunpowder wagon was very interesting to see

It’s slipping and uphill , very enjoyable to be behind 👌

There’s footage of a 47 coming to take the Edinburgh portion but I didn’t record any of the coaches being split