Here's one for the rivet counter(s).

[zeitghost]

Trevithick's locomotive replica:

BBC - Swansea goes loco with replica

Samuel Homfray bet rival ironmaster Richard Crawshay 500 guineas that the locomotive would pull a train of wagons loaded with 10 tons of iron to the canal basin at Abercynon, and return.

The locomotive succeeded but Crawshay apparently refused to pay because the track had to be moved slightly in one place, and the locomotive needed slight repairs before returning to Merthyr.

Typical of Crawshay to welsh on a bet.

No wonder they buried the bastard under an iron "gravestone".

[NickFitz]

They say "ten tonnes" at the start and "10 tons" at the end

Leaving aside the fact that tonnes != tons, don't the BBC have a style guide that dictates whether it should be "ten" or "10"?

[Peoplesoft bloke]

They say "ten tonnes" at the start and "10 tons" at the end

Leaving aside the fact that tonnes != tons, don't the BBC have a style guide that dictates whether it should be "ten" or "10"?

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[NickFitz]

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[gricerboy]

Deltics in the news

Morning everyone.

Here's one for you Zeity, an ITN news report on the last Deltic on the Kings Cross - Edinburgh run. Never got pulled by a Deltic myself but have cabbed one or two. Not wanting to blow my own trumpet but I am in the crowd on this video!Link

[Drewster]

Morning everyone.

Here's one for you Zeity, an ITN news report on the last Deltic on the Kings Cross - Edinburgh run. Never got pulled by a Deltic myself but have cabbed one or two. Not wanting to blow my own trumpet but I am in the crowd on this video!Link

Gimpy - You were once one of a crowd???

Wow who'd a thunk it?

PS Morning

[gricerboy]

Gimpy - You were once one of a crowd???

Wow who'd a thunk it?

PS Morning

Still am. I'm a member of the Peak Army.

[Drewster]

Still am. I'm a member of the Peak Army.

Are you pretty indistinguishable in that too?

Gimpy - third from the left...... seventh row...... just behind the fat bloke..... you can just see his kagule.... Oh No! thats not him!!!

[gricerboy]

Are you pretty indistinguishable in that too?

Gimpy - third from the left...... seventh row...... just behind the fat bloke..... you can just see his kagule.... Oh No! thats not him!!!

Second row, next to the bloke with the bow tie. Was taken a few years ago!

link

[Drewster]

Second row, next to the bloke with the bow tie. Was taken a few years ago!

link

Nah! You are back row, extreme left "near" the bloke in the white teeshirt......