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Subject: Re: Snowplow Extra comes to life int he UK Author: Wes [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 08:48:49 12/26/09 Sat In reply to: boballab 's message, "Snowplow Extra comes to life int he UK" on 00:41:04 12/26/09 Sat >Hey Wes saw this little headline and said Omg Snowplow >Extra comes to life. > >"Passengers were rescued by a steam locomotive after >modern rail services were brought to a halt by the >snowy conditions in south-east England." > >"Tornado, a £3m Peppercorn class A1 Pacific based at >the National Railway Museum in York, was in the South >East for one day, offering “Christmas meal” trips from >London to Dover." > > >href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/12/25/steam-train >-rescues-stranded-passengers-in-britain-where-electric- >trains-failed/#comment-273154">http://wattsupwiththat.c >om/2009/12/25/steam-train-rescues-stranded-passengers-i >n-britain-where-electric-trains-failed/#comment-273154< >/a> Very cool! Steam engines may be out of the past, but they are still awesome to watch. If you didn't read the whole story and comments, this engine, "Tornado", is very special, the first new steam engine build in Britian in half a century, to the original plans for the class -- which had all been scrapped years before. I read an extended article about it in "Trains" here a while back. -- Wes [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Snowplow Extra comes to life int he UK - old tech wins again Author: Deadly Ernest [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 22:38:23 12/26/09 Sat I love it, just shows how the great oldies just keep on going. >Hey Wes saw this little headline and said Omg Snowplow >Extra comes to life. > >"Passengers were rescued by a steam locomotive after >modern rail services were brought to a halt by the >snowy conditions in south-east England." > >"Tornado, a £3m Peppercorn class A1 Pacific based at >the National Railway Museum in York, was in the South >East for one day, offering “Christmas meal” trips from >London to Dover." > > >href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/12/25/steam-train >-rescues-stranded-passengers-in-britain-where-electric- >trains-failed/#comment-273154">http://wattsupwiththat.c >om/2009/12/25/steam-train-rescues-stranded-passengers-i >n-britain-where-electric-trains-failed/#comment-273154< >/a>