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VE3WBZ > TRAINS 22.02.11 15:12l 66 Lines 2360 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Hi Tony VK3API :)
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From: VE3WBZ@VA3BAL.#SCON.ON.CAN.NOAM
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TO: TRAINS @WW
FR: VE3WBZ
DT: Tuesday,February,22nd.,2011 @0703hrs EST
<< Quoting VK3API to TRAINS @WW >>
> From : VK3API To : TRAINS@WW
> Type/Status : B$ Date/Time : 21-Feb 23:26
> Bid : 1C4227VK3API Message # : 85253
> Title : Re: VE3WBZ > Puffing Billy, etc.
>
> From: VK3API@VK3API.#MEL.VIC.AUS.OC
> To : TRAINS@WW
>
> Hi All,
Hi Tony, from one of the Alls; :)
> Have a heart, don't give those VK4's all the credit.
> Here in VK3 we also have a "Puffing Billy". This narrow gauge
> steam train has been running for at least 70 years.
"BOING!" ... Sorry Tony , but thanks for the info, on the
" Puffing Billy Railway", that is, and includes historical
engines, even one from Canada.
The idea of the topic , was where and what engine, in UK was
the real "Puffing Billy". Also a term used in UK, as an
descriptive adjective to describe one sweating and breathing
hard ....such as... "He or she is like a puffing billy".
I am sure given the accents in UK, and the British Isles,
there is slants on this term.
> It is currently only a tourist railway but 60 odd years ago
> I used to catch it to go to school in the town of Upwey.
> In those days it ran from Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook and
> ran numerous services per day.
>
> Part of it's route has now been electrified but it is still is,
> and also is, a world famous tourist attraction.
>
> Regards Tony VK3API
>
> [End of Message #85253 from VK3API]
Interesting. World Famous...now there is a interesting thought
used in many countrys, to describe what they "think" might be
"World Famous" , but in reality... is what? Really. Case in point
is a CD I go from South America, where this entertainer was supposed
to be "World Famous" ...but "BOING" ! He wasn't ...not to me
and others in North America. Only in their mind's eye.
"Puffing Billy Railway" is a great collection. But nothing beats
seeing the real McCoy ... which is a saying. Dates like 1797, in
plans and models, to existing upgraded actual engines or well boilers
on wheels. Some like the "Wylam Dilly" that saw service as both
on the rails and powering a steam powered boat.
For some reason Tony, this posting came here twice?
73 Pete VE3WBZ
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