Brilliant. Made me laugh out loud on a Sprinter...Sinatra was a Class 25 main man, along with Sammy Davis Jnr and Dean Martin they were regulars on the North Wales Coast, hence the name 'The Rat Pack'.
Pixie Lott is a big fan of Class 142s.Follow along from the Famous people on Train I was wondering how many people are enthusiasts?
Many moons ago, I worked with the brother of the drummer from Lieutenant Pigeon. His bag was soundtracks of steam trains, I heard some and they were bloomin' good.
Pixie Lott is a big fan of Class 142s.
On last Sunday's Great Canal Journeys Tim was wearing a F & WHR cap. Presumably Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway.Yes seen Tim & Pru boarding the Waverley at Penarth many years ago. I think Tim is a big fan of anything steam.
Captain Sensible loves his trains.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark did an album called 'English Electric'.
Class 56, I thought?The band Blyth Power are obvious examples - besides sharing a name with a Class 37, there's quite a few rail references in their songs.
Class 56, I thought?
I'm surprised a man with such a talent even needs a day job.Surprised nobody’s mentioned the world’s only performing flatulist - Mr Methane. Not only is he a train enthusiast, he was also a driver at Buxton in the 90s.
You can watch Macclesfield’s famous son break wind through a Deltic horn here:
Perhaps his finest work:
Pete Waterman.
Re the OP, I remember an issue of the Railway Magazine circa 1976, which had an article on all of Lt Pigeon, including Mum, being huge Western fans with a piccie of them all at Swindon recording them.
Funny what you remember.
May 1976, I recognised the cover.
Nicholas Owen? I know he's connected to the Bluebell Railway in some way.
The composer Arthur Honegger.
Ian Anderson seems to have a soft spot for railways, particularly the GC/GW joint route.
Warm Digits did an album called 'Interchange' all inspired by T&W Metro, and also a track called 'Trans-Pennine Express'.Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark did an album called 'English Electric'.
He's also one of the prime movers behind RevolutioN Trains - https://www.revolutiontrains.com/BBC News reporter Ben Ando also writes on N gauge for Model Rail magazine.