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Title: How stuff works Post by: chrisoates on February 08, 2009, 00:36:28 Made an awful mistake - went to Youtube looking for Valenta engine sounds and spent the whole evening looking at train videos - it's just toooooo addictive.
One I found was a bit useful for us passengers as it explains a bit about what goes on in the cab and at signal boxes. It's in three parts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_ooheAqz6c&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_ooheAqz6c&feature=related) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEqieTcay5g&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEqieTcay5g&feature=related) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTmvuRU_2Gg&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTmvuRU_2Gg&feature=related) Maintenance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NgjtNpWrMY&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NgjtNpWrMY&feature=related) Signalling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTeNmYRx3KE&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTeNmYRx3KE&feature=related) Coal trains http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0SkapMBB94&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0SkapMBB94&feature=related) Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: G.Uard on February 08, 2009, 09:27:14 Very interesting. However...One S Sixteen...No way!... always One S One Six. (Or Two U Nine Nine etc etc). Too much margin for lack of clarity otherwise.
Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: devon_metro on February 08, 2009, 10:44:43 Very interesting. However...One S Sixteen...No way!... always One S One Six. (Or Two U Nine Nine etc etc). Too much margin for lack of clarity otherwise. One Sierra One Six surely? Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: G.Uard on February 08, 2009, 13:49:39 Yankee echo sierra. I was trying to be too bravo lima oscar oscar delta yankee clever. :-[
Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: thetrout on February 08, 2009, 15:55:24 Yankee echo sierra. I was trying to be too bravo lima oscar oscar delta yankee clever. :-[ I will admit, it took me a few seconds to work that out... ... ;D Well done G.Uard ;D Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: TerminalJunkie on February 08, 2009, 16:13:48 Yankee echo sierra. I was trying to be too bravo lima oscar oscar delta yankee clever. :-[ .-.. -- .- --- :D Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: Btline on February 08, 2009, 16:51:36 Very interesting. However...One S Sixteen...No way!... always One S One Six. (Or Two U Nine Nine etc etc). Too much margin for lack of clarity otherwise. Very interesting. However...One S Sixteen...No way!... always One S One Six. (Or Two U Nine Nine etc etc). Too much margin for lack of clarity otherwise. One Sierra One Six surely? Yankee echo sierra. I was trying to be too bravo lima oscar oscar delta yankee clever. :-[ Yankee echo sierra. I was trying to be too bravo lima oscar oscar delta yankee clever. :-[ I will admit, it took me a few seconds to work that out... ... ;D Well done G.Uard ;D Yankee echo sierra. I was trying to be too bravo lima oscar oscar delta yankee clever. :-[ .-.. -- .- --- :D ??? Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: Chris from Nailsea on February 08, 2009, 17:07:39 Sorry if it's caused any confusion, Btline, but this topic does seem to have ranged fairly widely from correct use of the phonetic alphabet to Morse code* - and TerminalJunkie's previous post was just a little 'cheeky', possibly? ;D
* See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code for details of the code, by the way. Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: TerminalJunkie on February 08, 2009, 17:28:20 Quote from: Btline ??? (http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/matadorsmilef.gif) (http://www.millan.net) Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: thetrout on February 08, 2009, 18:59:19 for those who have not quite worked it out. Allow me to explain... ;D
Yankee echo sierra. I was trying to be too bravo lima oscar oscar delta yankee clever. :-[ Translates to: Yes. I was trying to be too bl**dy clever. (worked out from the first letter of each phonetic alphabet word ;D) Yankee echo sierra. I was trying to be too bravo lima oscar oscar delta yankee clever. :-[ .-.. -- .- --- :D Translates to: LMAO Short for: Laughing My A**e Off!! and TerminalJunkie's previous post was just a little 'cheeky', possibly? ;D Insert an F into that code and it all of a sudden becomes a different kettle of fish... :P ;D Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on February 08, 2009, 21:40:53 lol dont start that off again!
maybee we should have a thread for interesting videos on youtube Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: Btline on February 08, 2009, 21:56:59 I oscar bravo vase ill oscar utensil slack line yankee won abseil slack nose ' tent bravo lima oscar oscar delta yankee clam line ear abseil vomiter ear rail ear nose oscar utensil glad help!
??? Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on February 08, 2009, 23:03:00 I oscar bravo vase ill oscar utensil slack line yankee won abseil slack nose ' tent bravo lima oscar oscar delta yankee clam line ear abseil vomiter ear rail ear nose oscar utensil glad help! ??? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/relex109/3260998234/) all i got was something about voyagers being naff? Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: Ollie on February 08, 2009, 23:10:51 I oscar bravo vase ill oscar utensil slack line yankee won abseil slack nose ' tent bravo lima oscar oscar delta yankee clam line ear abseil vomiter ear rail ear nose oscar utensil glad help! ??? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/relex109/3260998234/) all i got was something about voyagers being naff? "I obviously wasn't bloody clever enough" Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: TerminalJunkie on February 08, 2009, 23:59:18 Quote from: Ollie "I obviously wasn't bloody clever enough" Yeah, but he misspelled 'clever'... (http://www.takeforum.com/forum/images/smiles/th_whisteling.gif) Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: Ollie on February 09, 2009, 00:05:15 Quote from: Ollie "I obviously wasn't bloody clever enough" Yeah, but he misspelled 'clever'... (http://www.takeforum.com/forum/images/smiles/th_whisteling.gif) oops, didn't spot that Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: TerminalJunkie on February 09, 2009, 15:50:33 http://www.timesspellingbee.co.uk/Training/SpellingBee.aspx (http://www.timesspellingbee.co.uk/Training/SpellingBee.aspx)
Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: G.Uard on February 09, 2009, 16:23:17 Just watch a few re runs of 'The Bill' on
Title: Re: How stuff works Post by: Btline on February 09, 2009, 18:45:12 http://www.timesspellingbee.co.uk/Training/SpellingBee.aspx (http://www.timesspellingbee.co.uk/Training/SpellingBee.aspx) Ok, no need to rub it in! ;D 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 |