Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:54 pm
"Last steamed 30 or 40 years ago"
Is somebody exaggerating just a tad in that clip?
The Bristol Railway Archive
This is the original forum of the Bristol Railway Archive that existed between 2003 and 2013. I finally rescued it after it seemed unrecoverable after a large crash. I have made it available for viewing. It is locked, all posts to the new version please!
https://www.bristol-rail.co.uk/forum2013/
Turkish 2 8 0's to arrive at Portbury
https://www.bristol-rail.co.uk/forum2013/viewtopic.php?t=2116
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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:37 pm
Is somebody exaggerating just a tad in that clip?
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:01 am
Thank you for posting that!!
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:41 am
Google Chrome on my PC does have the same reaction.WR Tim wrote: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.bristolian wrote:Hello Tim,WR Tim wrote: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.bristolian wrote:http://www.marklinciyiz.com.tc/forum/in ... ic=3615.90 ...
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...
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:01 am
Hmmmm, must be a Chrome-thing then, let me have a go...Sodbury Box wrote:Google Chrome on my PC does have the same reaction.WR Tim wrote: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.bristolian wrote:Hello Tim,WR Tim wrote: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.bristolian wrote:http://www.marklinciyiz.com.tc/forum/in ... ic=3615.90 ...
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...
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.
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:51 pm
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.Robin Summerhill wrote:"Last steamed 30 or 40 years ago"
Is somebody exaggerating just a tad in that clip?
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!
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:29 pm
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.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!
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.
Posted: 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.
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.
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:55 pm
There are also some more here of the engine at Shildon: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.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76084standard4/
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:59 pm
A nice interesting selection of shots on their Flickr page...
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:10 am
Think this is the subject of Monster Moves on Channel 5 tomorrow, 19th July.
From their website
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 manÆs 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?
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:42 am
It's on at 8pm tonight. Should be fascinating!
Pair of Conuls make it back to Portbury
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:29 pm
Well It should be Its just remembering its on thanks for the infomation.
Cheers all Antnee
Cheers all Antnee
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:03 am
Well that certainly wouldn't have been allowed on Network Rail!!!
Posted: 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!!!!