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Kent & East Sussex Railway

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by martin1656, Apr 10, 2017.

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  1. Mark Thompson

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    I have an American pen pal who always signs herself off with "TTFN".
    How things spread...
     
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    "TTFN" has been pretty common in the US for quite a long while; many decades now.

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    Tigger …. TTFN
     
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    Possibly picked up by GIs who were stationed in the UK and listened to ITMA on the radio during that time?

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    He'd hate the Louis Jordan song GI Jive... to this day I can't work out what "...worn out 3As or beat-up 4Fs" refers to - some sort of physical assessment of GI recruits?
     
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    Probably - there certainly was a classification system
     
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    Meanwhile, back on the Kent & East Sussex....
     
    Fireline, Sep 9, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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    Would that be the K&ESR or the KESR?

    Asking for a friend...
     
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    I wonder if searchers for the Rother Valley Railway have ever headed for Doncaster by mistake. (In the same way that (allegedly) a bride once booked her reception at Leeds Castle, when she was getting married in Leeds (Yorkshire).)
     
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    Paul, given that the railway has concluded that it needs proper branch line engines, rather than predominantly shunting locomotives, how do you see the current motive power strategy developing in the longer term? In particular, are there any other suitable locomotives that the railway would realistically consider acquiring or hiring if the right opportunity arose?
     
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    How about the U class that we had (1618?).
    Iirc it's currently languishing.
     
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    Isn't 1618 due to be the next MLS project once Stowe and 541 are back out?

    Mentioning U classes....I wonder if Swanage will get round to doing anything more with the other U and N? (Off topic I know, sorry)

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    Yep, that's it. I love that toon- just makes a mockery of that whole acronym thing.
     
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    Yes 1618 is the next MLS project.
     
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