Railway mile high club

[NLC1072]

My laptop reset itself!

And in that time, nothing has happened. What gives?

Lol, if only this website had a "like" button like facebook... the possibilities are endless!

 

[Zamracene749]

David Maxey was a legend. I remember one (which I've lost sadly) where he was going on about a photo he had of a woman posing topless in front of a class 33 at Grateley. He showed it to some blokes on a railtour who produced a magnifying glass to try to read the number on the loco! Needless to say he despaired of them.

Cheers mate- I just read that and snorted half the Czech lager I was supping

 

[sprinterguy]

Now's the time for a quote from the legendary David Maxey, from his 'Railtour Groupie of the Month' section from the almost equally legendary 'Railtour Review' in Rail Enthusiast magazine in the mid-80s. This from August 1986.

"Name: Caroline Cholmondley-Featherstonehaugh; Age: 46; Home Town: Clitheroe; Vital Statistics: 94-61-97 (metric). Cute and cuddly Caroline is a familiar face on the railtour scene. In the past two years she has travelled over 97% of the BR network, scored hundreds of times for haulage, and given a whole new meaning to the expression 'a pair of 37s'. She is a founder member of the Bog Bonking Club and the Membership Secretary of C.R.U.M.P.E.T. (the Campaign for Really Unusual Motive Power on Every Tour). Our illustration shows her on the Orient Express softening up another willing victim prior to gaining route knowledge. So if you're after fun and frills, sorry, thrills on freight lines, you could do worse than make tracks for cock-a-hoop [sic] Caroline! Next Month: 'Much More' Madeleine from Manchester."

RAIL Enthusiast has certainly come a long way since then. And not necessarily for the better either. I’d love to have a chuckle at some similar articles in todays’ railway mags.
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Now if we could get a woman to enjoy a ride on a Pacer...

I think I mentioned it in the other thread that swerved into this subject, and I should probably stop bringing it up, but my missus joined the metre high club apparently on a 150 with her boyfriend at the time, long before I appeared on her radar; Given her northern roots, then were it in any other part of the region then it probably would have been a 142, but it was on the Buxton branch where Pacers are banned.
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Not offended in the slightest
It is indeed me in my avatar.

I would never be able to totally rule it out. God knows that would be impossible. However i suppose im very shy, and a fumble with a stranger on public transport just isnt me at all.

Im no prude, but to me (and this is purely my opinion) doing it in the close vicinity of others with a stranger just kinda screams "seedy" at me.

I don’t think it need necessarily be with a total stranger, as per my example above it can just require an amorous partner within a relationship!

Clearly it takes a certain *ahem* class of woman to acquiesce to such a request on board a train: If you can stomach doing it in the toilet of one of Northerns’ (would have been FNW at the time) much maligned 150/1s, you can probably do it just about anywhere…

 

[4SRKT]

RAIL Enthusiast has certainly come a long way since then. And not necessarily for the better either. I’d love to have a chuckle at some similar articles in todays’ railway mags.

It's very peculiar. Whereas most of society has become more decadent and louche (possibly too much so in some ways), the world of rail enthusiasm has become more puritanical and po-faced. I can't really understand it. Far from being vulgar smut, Zontar is actually a good face of the hobby to show the rest of the world, being both inventive and witty. His disappearance from YouTube is a nuisance in this respect.

 

[yorksrob]

It's very peculiar. Whereas most of society has become more decadent and louche (possibly too much so in some ways), the world of rail enthusiasm has become more puritanical and po-faced. I can't really understand it.

I blame the decline of the compartment carriage.

 

[Kernowfem]

The following has been taken from the book "Crossing the line" by Paul Screeton.

Goes like a train......

Having contemplated writing a book along just these lines twenty or so years ago i began making notes and collecting possible material. The cuttings categorised under sex became voluminous.

He goes onto to list examples. Such as the railway announcer who left on his microphone while speaking explicitly to his wife on the phone.

Apparently there is a thing called 'toothing' which he calls an unsavoury practice whereby commuters can arrange impromptu amourous sessions with strangers in train toilets.

Also he claims that this is also fashionable below the english channel and is actually a modern craze.

Paul refers to it as the mile low club!!!! 377 feet below sea level!

He goes on to say that a tabloid reported that an office worker and her boyfreind regularly enjoyed the pleasure on the eurostar.

A spokesman for eurostar then responded with "Our main concern is making sure that none of our passengers are upset or offended. We'll allow more or less anything within reason!"

Just thought i'd share this with you all

 

[4SRKT]

I blame the decline of the compartment carriage.

Especially the non-corridor variant on your beloved EPBs!

There was also one second class non-corridor compartment on a SR thumper (class 205 that is), which we always made a beeline for. Unless we were particularly desperate for thrash that is, as it was in the DTCSo (if I remember my abbreviation for Driving Trailer Composite Semi-open correctly).

 

[yorksrob]

Especially the non-corridor variant on your beloved EPBs!

There was also one second class non-corridor compartment on a SR thumper, which we always made a beeline for. Unless we were particularly desperate for thrash that is, as it was in the DTCSo (if I remember my abbreviation for Driving Trailer Composite Semi-open correctly).

Indeed, going by the stories I've heard, and I have some happy memories of the non-corridor compartment on the Hampshire units. Sadly none of them amorous though.

 

[sprinterguy]

I blame the decline of the compartment carriage.

Amen to that. Although with the level of boisterous, boyish behaviour that could be fostered when shut away from the world in a compartment, it’s easy to see from a staff point of view why they may have been keen to do away with them.
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A spokesman for eurostar then responded with "Our main concern is making sure that none of our passengers are upset or offended. We'll allow more or less anything within reason!"

That'll be the French influence then

 

[yorksrob]

I must admit, me and my friends have on occasion have been guilty of alcohol induced boisterousness in compartments, although nothing that would unduly concern the staff

 

[monkey]

...lol this thread is funny. I have to admit, there was rather dashing train guard on xc journey once which I wouldn't have minded joining the club with...

 

[sprinterguy]

I must admit, me and my friends have on occasion have been guilty of alcohol induced boisterousness in compartments, although nothing that would unduly concern the staff

Yeah ditto. My biggest concern in the past has been that, on a long run with a lot of ale to be imbibed it is almost inevitable that some of the amber nectar that is my favoured tipple will be spilled at some point, which on a hot summers’ day leads to sticky floors and a compartment that smells more strongly of hops than many breweries! I’ve always felt a bit sorry for the cleaners in such instances.

 

[yorksrob]

Yeah ditto. My biggest concern in the past has been that, on a long run with a lot of ale to be imbibed it is almost inevitable that some of the amber nectar that is my favoured tipple will be spilled at some point, which on a hot summers’ day leads to sticky floors and a compartment that smells more strongly of hops than many breweries! I’ve always felt a bit sorry for the cleaners in such instances.

Indeed, i've always wondered how they managed to keep those big deep cushions clean, which led me to be extra careful when supping.

 

[The Barlow Boy]

If I ever get divorced, one of the first things I will buy will be an ALR. Every cloud and all that......
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Anyway, back to this important post which I read earlier but wasn't able to respond to (was at work). Here is a man with prima facie evidence of himself joining or at the very least very nearly joining (the rules about how far you have to go to qualify have not yet been established) the Metre High Club. Congratulations to that man! The guard was a bit of a cheeky tw*t though IMHO. Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'desperate grip'.

I am unwilling however to relate my own near miss on the 14:40 Londonderry > Belfast Central, except to say that no members of NIR staff were involved, either directly or in a supporting role, and that the incident occurred in the DTSO at the driver's end.

Nirvanah was eventually reached.
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The following has been taken from the book "Crossing the line" by Paul Screeton.

Goes like a train......

Having contemplated writing a book along just these lines twenty or so years ago i began making notes and collecting possible material. The cuttings categorised under sex became voluminous.

He goes onto to list examples. Such as the railway announcer who left on his microphone while speaking explicitly to his wife on the phone.

Apparently there is a thing called 'toothing' which he calls an unsavoury practice whereby commuters can arrange impromptu amourous sessions with strangers in train toilets.

Also he claims that this is also fashionable below the english channel and is actually a modern craze.

Paul refers to it as the mile low club!!!! 377 feet below sea level!

He goes on to say that a tabloid reported that an office worker and her boyfreind regularly enjoyed the pleasure on the eurostar.

A spokesman for eurostar then responded with "Our main concern is making sure that none of our passengers are upset or offended. We'll allow more or less anything within reason!"

Just thought i'd share this with you all

Yep, been there. done that. Here's a tip. If you wish to join the mile low club ask the Train Manager if you and your intended can ride in the "Sin bin".

 

[sprinterguy]

"For only £9.99 direct debit per month, you get the filthiest, claggiest loco hauled action, which will have you saying "My Lordz" over and over again. Not suitable for minors".

I'm suprised there hasn't been some sort of comedy sketch about randy trainspotters and their habits.

Thought for the day: If you do it a doggy style, you can have a crafty habitual flail while you’re racking up your ”mileage” and the lucky lady/mildly unwilling yet resigned victim involved will be none the wiser…

 

[4SRKT]

Now this is really getting farcical!

 

[sprinterguy]

Now this is really getting farcical!

Tis rather. Though it does seem to just keep rolling on…Credit to the mods for seeing it in the good humour it is meant and letting us to continue to have this bit of light hearted amusement

 

[37372]

I suppose you could tick off locos/units for having some "action" behind, bashing with a twist!

170397 is my favourite 170

 

[Eng274]

Perhaps its an underhand tactic of virgin to develop smelly toilet syndrome, designed to repel randy passengers.. I don't know any women who'd willingly do that (darn these classy women), and at the moment my coach doesn't contain anybody young enough to be my mum never mind young enough for me although i must admit the train manager's pretty tasty..

 

[The Barlow Boy]

Perhaps its an underhand tactic of virgin to develop smelly toilet syndrome, designed to repel randy passengers.. I don't know any women who'd willingly do that (darn these classy women), and at the moment my coach doesn't contain anybody young enough to be my mum never mind young enough for me although i must admit the train manager's pretty tasty..

What's your name Oedipus?

 

[Eng274]

no mofo-ing implied, just highlighting that theres no women my own age..

 

[junglejames]

Not offended in the slightest
It is indeed me in my avatar.

I would never be able to totally rule it out. God knows that would be impossible. However i suppose im very shy, and a fumble with a stranger on public transport just isnt me at all.

Im no prude, but to me (and this is purely my opinion) doing it in the close vicinity of others with a stranger just kinda screams "seedy" at me.

Here here. It could be deemed many things, seedy and extremely randy being 2 of them!
On a sleeper with someone you know is one thing, but on any other train, with a random stranger? Nah, dont think so.

Oh, and Ivo, was that you actively flirting then?!!! lol

 

[theblackwatch]

I blame the decline of the compartment carriage.

And perhaps the introduction of CCTV on many trains! Unless people are into some form of exhibitionism. hock:

 

[Techniquest]

Ey-up! Flirting on Rail UK??

It has to be said, I found this to be one of the funniest posts on the thread! No idea why, but I keep laughing when I read it.

Oh, and that one about the lady posing by a 33 and the guys trying to ID the 33? That was brilliant, I'm just glad I didn't have a drink in my mouth as it would have been spat out laughing!

 

[Kernowfem]

Here here. It could be deemed many things, seedy and extremely randy being 2 of them!
On a sleeper with someone you know is one thing, but on any other train, with a random stranger? Nah, dont think so.

Oh, and Ivo, was that you actively flirting then?!!! lol

Lol, i think Ivo was just being gentlemanly

 

[LE Greys]

Would it be cheating to widen the definition to include stations?

 

[ainsworth74]

I would have to say including stations would be cheating, I mean you wouldn't include airport terminals for qualification into the mile high club would you?

 

[87019Chris]

yes as that would be cheating, as its at ground level and also it wouldnt be whilst moving.

 

[LE Greys]

Right, now you'll never know...

 

[Kernowfem]

yes as that would be cheating, as its at ground level and also it wouldnt be whilst moving.

How about on the train, whilst IN a station?? would that count??