Turkish 2 8 0's to arrive at Portbury

mow · Post by **mow** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:54 pm

Link to news report on BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/ ... 353553.stm

Robin Summerhill · Post by **Robin Summerhill** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:37 pm

mow wrote:Link to news report on BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/ ... 353553.stm

"Last steamed 30 or 40 years ago"

Is somebody exaggerating just a tad in that clip?

Blackthorn · Post by **Blackthorn** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:01 am

mow wrote:Link to news report on BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/ ... 353553.stm

Thank you for posting that!!

Sodbury Box · Post by **Sodbury Box** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:41 am

WR Tim wrote:
bristolian wrote:
WR Tim wrote:
bristolian wrote:http://www.marklinciyiz.com.tc/forum/in ... ic=3615.90 ...
My web browser flags this site up as containing malware. I suggest users proceed with caution and/or do scans using your favourite spyware killer if you have already visited.
Hello Tim,

Might I ask what browser you're using?
The website is only a railway forum! I use Opera - which is regarded as the safest browser, by default...
Google Chrome on Mac. The whole screen goes red when I click on the link. Strangely Chrome on PC doesn't have the same reaction. I don't dare try it with Internet Explorer in case it really does have malware.

Google Chrome on my PC does have the same reaction.

bristolian · Post by **bristolian** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:01 am

Sodbury Box wrote:
WR Tim wrote:
bristolian wrote:
WR Tim wrote:
bristolian wrote:http://www.marklinciyiz.com.tc/forum/in ... ic=3615.90 ...
My web browser flags this site up as containing malware. I suggest users proceed with caution and/or do scans using your favourite spyware killer if you have already visited.
Hello Tim,

Might I ask what browser you're using?
The website is only a railway forum! I use Opera - which is regarded as the safest browser, by default...
Google Chrome on Mac. The whole screen goes red when I click on the link. Strangely Chrome on PC doesn't have the same reaction. I don't dare try it with Internet Explorer in case it really does have malware.
Google Chrome on my PC does have the same reaction.

Hmmmm, must be a Chrome-thing then, let me have a go...

OK, the forums' URL is similar in part to a web site that apparently could have malware that could harm a computer. The forum itself doesn't seem to have any such thing, indeed I'd find it very hard to believe that the person(s) running a railway forum would do so!
After clicking the various 'warning' messages and continuing to the forum, there are some more interesting messages, and indeed pictures of an 8F ready to depart on a low loader. This was then unloaded again whilst waiting for paperwork to come through from Turkey.

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.

Robin Summerhill · Post by **Robin Summerhill** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:51 pm

Robin Summerhill wrote:
mow wrote:Link to news report on BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/ ... 353553.stm
"Last steamed 30 or 40 years ago"

Is somebody exaggerating just a tad in that clip?

There are about 6 hours left to see this clip on the BBC I-player, but you'll probably have to replay Monday nights' Points West to see it. Its right at the end, before the weather forecast.

Is it just me that finds, whenever you see or read something in the media, the story is never quite right? At the beginning of the clip we are told that these engines are the same as one "on a preserved railway in Cheltenham" (wonder why they couldn't name it), making it sound that importing restoration projects is the only way we get to see Stanier 8Fs!

Towards the end of the clip, when the term "Stanier 8F" appears, we hear the howler "most went abroad" They must have built a lot of the things that I didn't know about then, given that over 650 were in service in this country!

WR Tim · Post by **WR Tim** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:29 pm

bristolian wrote:OK, the forums' URL is similar in part to a web site that apparently could have malware that could harm a computer. The forum itself doesn't seem to have any such thing, indeed I'd find it very hard to believe that the person(s) running a railway forum would do so!

As far as I know most sites distributing malware do so not because of deliberate malicious behaviour, but because the administrator didn't have the necessary technological savvy to secure his site against those who do want to distribute the malware. Much like the way that all the world's spam email is sent by hijacked PCs belonging to those who don't know how to avoid viruses/malware.

The only sites I assume aren't distributing malware are the likes of the BBC, who do have the resources and know-how to keep themselves safe.

bristolian · Post by **bristolian** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:47 pm

Morning everyone,

The new owner(s) of 45170 have an interesting set of shots on Flickr,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76084stand ... 335680252/

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.

Robin Summerhill · Post by **Robin Summerhill** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:55 pm

bristolian wrote:Morning everyone,

The new owner(s) of 45170 have an interesting set of shots on Flickr,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76084stand ... 335680252/

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.

There are also some more here of the engine at Shildon:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/76084standard4/

bristolian · Post by **bristolian** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:59 pm

A nice interesting selection of shots on their Flickr page...

Donkey · Post by **Donkey** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:10 am

Think this is the subject of Monster Moves on Channel 5 tomorrow, 19th July.

From their website

A pair of vintage steam locomotives are shipped 850 miles across Turkey, before being shipped back to the UK.

The two old steam locomotives were sent to Turkey by Winston Churchill but are now in desperate need of some TLC. The scrap manÃ†s blowtorch draws ever closer for this pair of ancient engines, unless a group of British steam enthusiasts can execute a cunning plan to return them to their country of origin.

Unable to run under their own steam, the locomotives need to be moved over torturous terrain towards the port of Izmir, the only Turkish port capable of handling such big pieces of kit. They weigh too much to handle the trip on the roads, so the plan is to hitch a ride on a series of freight trains, before hopping on board a cargo ship that will bring them back to Britain.

But these big beasts are very delicate, the logistics of negotiating a predominantly single-track rail system are, at best, challenging and there is also a time issue. Will the old locos survive the trip around the mountains in one piece? And will they make it to the port before the ship sets sail?

jules · Post by **jules** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:42 am

It's on at 8pm tonight. Should be fascinating!

antnee · Post by **antnee** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:29 pm

Well It should be Its just remembering its on thanks for the infomation.
Cheers all Antnee

jules · Post by **jules** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:03 am

Well that certainly wouldn't have been allowed on Network Rail!!!

tonyperks · Post by **tonyperks** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:40 am

I sky pluss'd it only to get home and find my daughter stopped it as she wanted to watch something else whilst the wife was recording another show..................going free one mid teenage daughter buyer pays for food and delivery!!!!

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