Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind. - Page 10

Gravdigr · 04-26-2018, 02:13 PM

Kinda Vader-y...

fargon · 04-27-2018, 01:41 PM

That's a Steam Engine.

Griff · 04-28-2018, 08:52 AM

Beautiful machine.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-28-2018, 10:23 AM

Uh, that's Bluetiful.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-13-2018, 09:10 PM

His last run...

Undertoad · 05-29-2018, 08:55 PM

I never thought of that dep't: In 1857, before time zones were invented, every town had its own time.

(Not in Britain, where a more civilized nation had Greenwich posting an agreed-upon time for everyone by 1852...)

It was the railroads that forced a common time to happen. Suddenly there was a need for everyone to understand the same time. The agreed-upon time used to be called "Railroad Time". But people agreed to call it Standard Time. And we still do.

Griff · 05-30-2018, 06:15 AM

It's interesting which are the principle cities in the US, Toronto's inclusion implies a pretty porous border. With the trains running they probably didn't mess around with border checks.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-30-2018, 06:51 AM

Hell, in my time, driving through the border meant a 30 second stop to hear welcome to Canada.

Gravdigr · 05-31-2018, 04:15 PM

When we crossed about a hundred years ago, the guy said "Ya got any guns, eh?"

We said "Uhh--"

He said "Welcome to Canadia, eh."

It wasn't that strict crossing back.

Carruthers · 06-11-2018, 04:46 AM

Ever thought that you are deserving of a higher station in life?
For a mere £425,000* (minimum!) you can be the proud owner of Dent Station House high in the Pennines in Cumbria.

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Offered for sale for only the third time since being built in 1877 and situated on the legendary Settle to Carlisle railway line, Dent is England's highest mainline railway station.
The classic Victoria station property has undergone a sympathetic restoration and has been available for holiday rental since 2007.

Flying Scotsman

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Around five passenger trains in each direction link Leeds and Carlisle and stop at Dent daily, and the line is regularly used by freight trains.
Dent Station is a great place from which to explore the Dales by train, with rover tickets available allowing exploration of surrounding towns and villages.
Dent village itself is approximately four miles away and has its own brewery.
The trip from Settle to Carlisle is regarded as one of the most scenic and quintessential railway journeys in the world.

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Should you become jaded by the iron horse, then thrill to the sight and sound of a low flying RAF jet.

*$568,000.

Link.

Griff · 06-11-2018, 06:08 AM

Pretty enough.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-11-2018, 06:48 AM

Pay for it by selling trinkets to tourists.

Carruthers · 06-11-2018, 06:59 AM

It might be largely self-financing, assuming you don't want to live there yourself.

This from yesterday's Sunday Times:

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Cumbria £425,000

Dent, on the Settle-to-Carlisle line, is the highest mainline station in England and Wales, and the views are suitably lofty.
The three-bedroom former station house, near the hamlet of Cowgill and nine miles from the shops in Sedbergh, is now a holiday let turning over up to £50,000 a year.
Trains to Carlisle (1hr 15min) pull in every two hours or so, and fast community broadband will arrive in the next few months.

Link It's behind a paywall but there might be free access for a limited number of articles, not sure.

Gravdigr · 06-12-2018, 02:54 PM

If ya buy this place, do ya gotta deal with the ten trains a day stopping there?

Pass.

Carruthers · 06-12-2018, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

If ya buy this place, do ya gotta deal with the ten trains a day stopping there?

Pass.

No, it's a private dwelling fenced off from the working part of the station itself.
Reading between the lines, in a manner of speaking, the holiday rental side of it probably appeals to steam railway enthusiasts so it will never be a railway free zone.

Here's someone else who is reading between the lines.

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04-26-2018, 02:13 PM	#1
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04-27-2018, 01:41 PM	#2
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04-28-2018, 08:52 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Beautiful machine. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-28-2018, 10:23 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Uh, that's Bluetiful. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-13-2018, 09:10 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	His last run... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-29-2018, 08:55 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I never thought of that dep't: In 1857, before time zones were invented, every town had its own time. (Not in Britain, where a more civilized nation had Greenwich posting an agreed-upon time for everyone by 1852...) It was the railroads that forced a common time to happen. Suddenly there was a need for everyone to understand the same time. The agreed-upon time used to be called "Railroad Time". But people agreed to call it Standard Time. And we still do.

05-30-2018, 06:15 AM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	It's interesting which are the principle cities in the US, Toronto's inclusion implies a pretty porous border. With the trains running they probably didn't mess around with border checks. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-30-2018, 06:51 AM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Hell, in my time, driving through the border meant a 30 second stop to hear welcome to Canada. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-31-2018, 04:15 PM	#9
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	When we crossed about a hundred years ago, the guy said "Ya got any guns, eh?" We said "Uhh--" He said "Welcome to Canadia, eh." It wasn't that strict crossing back. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

06-11-2018, 06:08 AM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Pretty enough. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-11-2018, 06:48 AM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Pay for it by selling trinkets to tourists. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-12-2018, 02:54 PM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	If ya buy this place, do ya gotta deal with the ten trains a day stopping there? Pass. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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