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"Royal Scots Grey"

Discussion in 'Diesel & Electric Traction' started by Swiss Toni, Dec 2, 2011.

  1. Swiss Toni

    Swiss Toni Well-Known Member

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    Todays S.R.P.S. railtour to Lincoln.

    "Royal Scots Grey"
     
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    Grand photograph is that, a mighty machine out and about.:thumb:
     
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    Swiss Toni Well-Known Member

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    Thanks Brian, I know you love 'em.

    I've travelled behind most of them between Leeds and London in their heyday and I used to go to Holbeck just to watch and hear them start up, they still make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. :thumb:
     
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    To quote the late, great railway photographer Eric Treacy ---

    'If you have to have diesel-electric locomotives, then a Deltic is about the best you can get'........

    Not forgetting 40s, Peaks, Westerns, Warships, 47s.........
     
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    Nice clip Ralph. Pity it's not a whole lot longer.
     
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    Us oldies do get carried away reminiscing sometimes, nice clip Chafford...
     
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    Can't be, the name doesn't start with 'Western ....' ;)
     
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    //

    Listen, we are old and we know.:yell: A Western is not in the same league as the mighty machines. So there.:nod: :peep:
     
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