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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753  
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A thing of beauty but OMG the emissions wouldn’t please Greta and not great to have to fill up with water every few miles. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! Last edited by Tim in Scotland on 13th Jul 2020 5:21am. Edited 1 time in total |
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12th Jul 2020 9:40pm |
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| williamthedog Member Since: 29 Dec 2012 Location: south wales Posts: 3441 
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It's good to see them on the roads occasionally... As long as you're not in a rush if you get stuck behind one
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13th Jul 2020 4:20am |
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| 90 Dreamer Member Since: 13 Jul 2019 Location: Oop North Posts: 2188  
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we often call into the local museum (approx 3.5miles from home) just for a walk and a look around to see what's new............
one sunny afternoon as we were arriving a traction engine and trailer were just exiting after being on display for the annual "steam" weekend - we spent an hour or so there and then set off home, about 1/4mile from home we passed said engine & trailer  |
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13th Jul 2020 7:54am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17603 
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A good few years ago I was driving home through the back-roads of Dorset in the late dusk when I met coming the other way a convoy of about four traction engines leaving the Great Dorset Steam Fair. They were all running with paraffin lamps, and each was towing a traditional living van and a water cart. I had to pull over off the road and got out to watch them pass. It was a fantastic evocative sight, and apart from my car pulled into a gateway there was nothing in the picture that couldn't have been 100 years earlier. Extremely memorable!
When I was a sprog there was a chap with a farm about three miles up the road who had a number of steam-rollers, and I used to love watching when he took them out. With the diplomacy of a very small child, I used to call him "monkey-man" because he was rather dark and swarthy and had very long arms. Long gone now, of course, and even the farm isn't a farm any more, just a rather posh housing development. We miss these things when they're gone. Last edited by blackwolf on 13th Jul 2020 12:01pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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13th Jul 2020 8:28am |
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| Daisy90 Member Since: 01 Feb 2015 Location: Hampshire Posts: 845 
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Some years ago I had the pleasure of helping to propel a steam engine on a village float,
A lot trickier than it looks, All I had to do was wave ( of course ) and control the oil flow to the bearings, But - when you are moving along the breeze cools the oil slightly and becomes thicker therefore you need to open up the feeder a bit more, but when slowing or stationary the heat builds up and thins the oil, therefore having to reduce the feed , and keeping the resivoirs topped up of course
It was a great experience but not one I would take up as an expensive hobby, Good so see them out n about though  |
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13th Jul 2020 10:54am |
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| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347 
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Proper machines
Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197
Self confessed mileage hunter |
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13th Jul 2020 11:17am |
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| X4SKP Member Since: 29 Nov 2013 Location: Berkshire Posts: 2298 
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A new LR Prototype....
 SKIP
https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic83242.html |
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13th Jul 2020 12:14pm |
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| lohr500 Member Since: 14 Sep 2014 Location: Skipton Posts: 1330 
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Complete with Land Rover leaks as well!
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13th Jul 2020 12:17pm |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1978
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Who will take on these lovely machines when the current generation of owners / enthusiasts move on? I wonder the same with the steam train enthusiasts. My neighbour has a train set which runs around his garden and includes a tunnel and turntable. He has a number of engines and every Boxing Day invites his neighbours to a brew and a mince pie and a ride around on the train. He has a very patient wife. My son has been learning how to steam up the trains and drive them. Sorry it is a poor pic.
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13th Jul 2020 1:19pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17603
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^^^ If that is your neighbour's garden railway, I don't think the term "train set" really does it justice! Awesome!
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13th Jul 2020 1:24pm |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1978
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 I wasn't entirely sure what else to call it! |
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13th Jul 2020 1:29pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17603
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That is technically a "miniature railway", and not a model railway or anything on those lines, the distinction being that it is a small real railway rather than a miniature representation of a larger prototype.
There are not many people nowadays who have their own miniature railway. I am seriously impressed. |
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13th Jul 2020 1:34pm |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1978
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The owners father was one of the originals who went about preserving the Talylln railway, so he was hooked at a young age.
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13th Jul 2020 2:14pm |
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| Ads90 Member Since: 16 Jun 2008 Location: Cots-on-the-Wolds Posts: 812 
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It's a good point, many of the more mature enthusiasts would remember steam from their childhood and I'm guessing the nostalgia is strong. Whether there will be a similar number happy to give the same time & effort in 20, 30 or more years is questionable. |
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13th Jul 2020 2:44pm |
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