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Title: Golden Age of Steam.... Post by: old original on December 10, 2012, 18:16:17 ...part one on BBC4 at 21.00 tonight... just for info
Title: Re: Golden Age of Steam.... Post by: BerkshireBugsy on December 10, 2012, 19:49:50 Thanks for that...if I remember early in the morning I will download to the iPad for watching...on the train!
Title: Re: Golden Age of Steam.... Post by: trainer on December 10, 2012, 20:16:53 You couldn't have done that in the 'golden age' - the soot would have fouled up the i-thingy. In those days you were forced to look out of the window as the seats were inconveniently lined up, so you had little option. I shall be watching though, but on a tv set, being a traditionalist. ;)
Title: Re: Golden Age of Steam.... Post by: JayMac on December 12, 2012, 15:30:24 Just watched this programme. Fascinating.
Available on BBC iPlayer until Christmas Eve: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p8w38/The_Golden_Age_of_Steam_Railways_Small_is_Beautiful/ Title: Re: Golden Age of Steam.... Post by: trainer on December 12, 2012, 22:01:40 As a 'deviationist' from 1968 I had a wave of nostalgia and thought the programme wonderful. I think it is worth watching for the historic colour images alone. If you don't know what a deviationist was, watch the programme for a full explanation but basically they built the Ffestiniog Railway spiral. I only volunteered once: it was too much for me :o.
Title: Re: Golden Age of Steam.... Post by: chuffed on December 13, 2012, 07:33:37 And there was I thinking.....you were just round the bend..... ::) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |