There's a protype for anything

Post anything out of the ordinary in this thread.


Don't put the lid on immediately after steam cleaning the innards of a tank wagon


Oops at Poole December 2004; thou shalt not change the points until the loco is clear!


I've heard of snow blowers but … … …   two jet engines and an RAF refuelling bowser on a flat truck


Installing a precast concrete bridge - and the wagon it came on.


Spam can chain driven valve gear oil baths tended to soak the boiler lagging sometimes resulting in a slight conflagration, hence the foam bath.

A spokesperson for Devon & Cornwall Police said that a Pixie wanted for GBH was believed to have escaped the county by train.

A few more



Bomb hits WW2


Bournemouth Central station under construction


Bourne Valley viaducts under construction





It doesn't just happen to models!

And there's more


Engineers inspection bus, (petrol engined)



Earlier inspectors loco



Hand powered shunting


Horse powered shunting



Wotta lotta levers

I've always wondered how signalmen could keep all those levers straight in their heads.  I'd get flummoxed very quickly and much mayhem would result.

John

great pics, thanks for posting them
thumbs;-):cool:

Mike, as much as I enjoy the photos, I hope you own the originals ( or have written approval to post them)for copyright purposes.

That horse powered shunting is almost ironic, seeing as that is a mark 1 horse box the horse is shunting!!

As Ron says Mike,please check on copyright or i'll have to remove them.I should have noticed myself but due to personal issues i've been away alot.

I've had most of them since about 2004/5, some from chat room quizzes on a Yahoo forum, some have come via emails.