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Title: The Great Gathering - Mallard and chums
Post by: annew on July 04, 2013, 01:20:41 PM: A great family reunion at York's National Railway Museum to mark 75 years since Mallard's record breaking run - see http://www.nrm.org.uk/PlanaVisit/Events/mallard75.aspx (http://www.nrm.org.uk/PlanaVisit/Events/mallard75.aspx)

For all the train buffs out there, but if you want to go, get there early to avoid long queues. It's on for 2 weeks.
Title: Re: The Great Gathering - Mallard and chums
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Post by: Brian Ellis on July 04, 2013, 01:24:02 PM: Lovely Anne, I had a model of Sir Nigel Gresley as a child and have always loved this streamline train. There was a spot on the television last night too.
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Post by: David Nicholson on July 04, 2013, 02:15:26 PM: Many thanks Anne. Takes me back to my boyhood train spotting days on York station and all of us yelling "STREAK" as a streamlined engine came in to view. Those were the days! ;D
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Post by: TC on July 04, 2013, 05:54:30 PM: I was expecting this post to be about ducks !! However, interesting none-the - less.
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Post by: Anthony Darby on July 07, 2013, 04:25:06 AM: I had several A4 models - including an early Hornby Dublo with single blast pipe and a Trix version which had the motor in the tender. Sold the lot on Ebay before coming here.
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Post by: arillady on July 07, 2013, 07:04:41 AM: Tom - exactly my thoughts too.
It would be great to see such trains though.
Title: Re: The Great Gathering - Mallard and chums
Post by: Anthony Darby on July 07, 2013, 09:35:51 AM: My Dad used to put me in a seat on the back of his push bike and take me from Loughborough to Grantham to watch A4s come thundering through! Later, in the mid 60s, I would run from my piano lesson to see the last of them leave Stirling with the 5 o'clock mail train to Perth. I remember a few years ago there were regular driver training runs through Stirling. Union of South Africa was about to depart platform 2 and I asked John (Cameron) if he could "give us a skid". He said he couldn't possibly as he was a professional. As then train departed, the wheels did a fantastic skid, at the same time as a oil blackened hand, thumb up, was thrust through the driver's window. Brilliant! 8)