nowinaminute
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I was quoting snow lol
Tonight's programme live from Swindon, all about the HST and low and behold a GWR liveried set pitches up, shortly followed by 43002! They were remarkably lucky, it's almost as if someone had planned it that way
The standard BBC4 should be aiming for is the pair of BR documentaries that Channel 4's 'Equinox' program produced in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
'Running to Time' which charts the development of the Class 91 'Electra' locomotive is just sublime (and by god does it give plenty of juicy material to discuss in the British Rail thread running in this sub-forum).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvsIYaRmRAM
'Trouble on the Line' is another, a more general program about British Rail crumbling and about to collapse. Roger Ford takes a starring role, as do a couple of other experts - Richard Hope and Mike Smith.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJfaKKVS5Hc
I know such documentaries are now deeply unfashionable, but these were documentaries which everybody from school kids through to BR drivers, guards and managers learned from.
Some strange goings on in this programme.
Lets record the sound of trains (because video technology of today doesn't pick up sound).
And on that subject, most of the programme is completely omitting the sound. The best part of todays trains is the noise they make. It gives the impression of power.
God knows what they do to the footage. The footage I sent them looks better at home and on youtube than it does on TV.
There have been some weird choices like 66's, 43's ad 37's idling. A close up of the wheels of a Black 5 coasting. Don't know about you folks but it is the noise that does it for me. And starting off a section about the HST with film of an APT was a bit of a gaff. Ha ha. Still, lots of fun. No dick spotting in Doncaster tonight though.
"Duff class 66"
I get what the s-un is trying to say, but that will annoy some people on here! Reminds me of the viz trainspotter ads.
Angry trainspotters flocked on to internet forums to rail against the BBC.
One said: Peter Snow said, Weve just got a live feed coming in of a freight train which turned out to be a rake of 66s.
Hmm, wasnt that earlier this year? Come on the Beeb!! Lets be honest about footage.
A train buff called Infobleep expressed his fury by saying: I dont agree with lying to viewers with stated live footage that isnt.
The TV companies got stung over competitions not being correct. I dont see this as different.
Glyn Murray, of rail enthusiast website National Preservation, said yesterday: One group you cannot con is trainspotters.
They notice all the nuance and are passionate about their hobby.
The Sun said:The Beeb have drawn condemnation and underestimated these eagle-eyed trainsportters
However, within minutes, the anorak-clad members of the trainspotting community, after consulting with their notepads, realised the footage in question was from February.
Indeed I also felt a bit sorry for that spotter called Thomas because he made the 155 cockup and will now most likely be lynched by his fellow gricers.After yesterday's show, I was on the one hand glad it was a bit different to the recent East Coast and FGW documentaries, which were very formulaic. On the other hand I was cringing so much that I almost gave myself a hernia. Peter Snow has always been a boorish and pompous (rhymes with "farce", appropriately) and all the presenters seem nervous and prone to Spoonerisms. Dr. Fry seemed particularly uncomfortable in front of the camera tonight. The bit with that young lass who worked on the steam locomotives was a nice feature, but I felt bad for the young spotter put on the spot (no pun intended!) by the hilariously named Dick Strawbridge at Swindon who got all tongue tied.
And another thing, I can't be the only member of this forum that has literally never heard the term "ghosties"?
Can I...?
Reminds me of the viz trainspotter ads.
Never heard of Ghosties either...
The map that they keep sticking pins in clearly includes Northern Ireland, I wonder when we will see anything about NIR?
I doubt it!
All it needs now is for Kris Akibusi to appear and shout awooga at Class 66's
Which were a work of genius!
Never heard of Ghosties either...
The map that they keep sticking pins in clearly includes Northern Ireland, I wonder when we will see anything about NIR?
I doubt it!