Amusing railway phtographs

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I'll start this off
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I took this photo of Musgrave viaduct on the Eden Valley Railway in 1978 and only recently noticed the young lovers in the field :oops:

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I have posted this one on the forum before, but I think it is worth repeating; no doubt the driver had a bit of explaining to do:
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Coboman wrote:I'll start this off
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needs that extra bit of adhesion to haul ten coaches out of kx :lol:
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PinzaC55 wrote:I took this photo of Musgrave viaduct on the Eden Valley Railway in 1978 and only recently noticed the young lovers in the field :oops:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinzac55/3238970303/
She looks a bit of a heffer
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60041 wrote:I have posted this one on the forum before, but I think it is worth repeating; no doubt the driver had a bit of explaining to do:
I've heard some strange stories about that. I've a feeling it might have been done on purpose as some sort of experiment?
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Coboman wrote:
60041 wrote:I have posted this one on the forum before, but I think it is worth repeating; no doubt the driver had a bit of explaining to do:
I've heard some strange stories about that. I've a feeling it might have been done on purpose as some sort of experiment?
Doesn't look like UK rail is there a matching set about 20 yards away from the other bogie?

However I have seen this done on brand new rail laid that day by a driver in a 37 near New Pudsey station who didn't know his wheels were slipping until I yelled at him. He went down about an inch into the head.
Fortunately we had some spare rail and managed to change it before possession was given up.
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Micky wrote:
60041 wrote:I have posted this one on the forum before, but I think it is worth repeating; no doubt the driver had a bit of explaining to do:
Ruddy hell!!. Wot made that and how did he make it??. :shock:

I know or 'rail burn' but thats taking the biscuit!!. :wink:
I don't really know much about it, but I think it was taken on Brazil's Estrado de Ferro Vitória a Minas railroad which is a metre gauge iron ore operation. The loco involved was a Krauss-Maffei unit mechanically similar to the WR Hymek's.
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The steam loco at the top of the page, is it one of Stratfords Neilson derived shunters or a pure industrial?
Hi interested in the area served by 52D. also researching colliery wagonways from same area.
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I could not resist this one, it's a poor copy scan from today's I newspaper showing Bangladeshis travelling to a religeous festival this week. There is a train under there somewhere!
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I checked, they were all on cheap day returns
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Are you sure that wasn't National Flailing Day, as the last vacuum braked, steam heat fitted loco on the system was booked on its final passenger working?
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