Same here!
Most influential railway engines
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Tuearts right boot
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These ore trains in australia are so long they need extra trains in the middle to prevent the trucks being pulled of in the bends......
manimanc
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Memories of getting on at Besses O'th the Barn into Manchester In the 80s with my mum.
york away to this!
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Some crackers on here already, though my uncle was fireman on the Mallard. Not on the record breaking run, mind, so I'll agree with Ivor.
Pshhhhh-te-cuffff....
Pshhhhh-te-cuffff....
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You are Jones the Steam and I claim my £5
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Reminds me of those 70s safety ads. If you weren't killed getting your frisbee off some power lines you'd be run over by one of these.
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There's a video on you tube that films one of these going past. It's seemingly never ending, at one point I was thinking this can't be real.
Totally bonkers.
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If you don’t mind listening for 15 minutes, there is a great song by a band called Big Big Train, ‘East Coast Racer’. It is about the story of the people who designed, built and drove the engine, which remains the World Record holder for steam engine speed