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Awwwwww go on then.... you are not a bad lad after all
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Mr. McCloggie -- now all our contra-- Oh! er cargo has now been safely loaded and stored, perhaps you would be so kind as to hoist the Blue Peter so we can officially be on our way in the morning. (I strongly suspect with the weather here in Gdansk at this time of year, there are many Blue Peters aboard, but you will find the one to be hoisted in the flag locker on the bridge.)
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You want me to pull an A2 Pacific locomotive up the mast and I am to use the biggest one on the bridge? I know the GD is special but I never knew there was a loco shed onboard!!!
Ah well I will try my best! McC Last edited by McCloggie; 28th January 2018 at 07:47. |
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Something is amiss - we do not normally announce our departure in advance and usually sneak out of port at full speed in the dead of night.
Why are publicising our departure on this occasion? Is it, perhaps, to allow any friends that we have made in Gdansk time to sneak aboard? Or is Red still shopping ashore? We cannot afford to sail without her in case in case someone breaks a nail. Last edited by YM-Mundrabilla; 28th January 2018 at 09:23. |
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I will give you a hand, we always keep steam up on a suitable locomotive. Basset & Lowke made the very best ones, many a hearth rug has been sacrificed at the firebox door of their infernal machines. The trick is to use separate halliards for the tender and not to spill the coal.
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Ah! Mr. McCloggie, we have not just a shed, but a roundhouse, complete with turntable, etc.. We also have a fine collection of Merchant Navy Class loco's with which, I believe Sir William is very familiar.
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I believe that apart from the Basset Lowke A2 hoisted up the mast I should fly Flag "G" initially. When we have our Pilot onboard Flag "H" will of course be flown.
I may be wrong with this - but in my time I normally did my own coastal pilotage. Whatever, we will check, the correct signals will be shown and there will be some Scapa for the Pilot! McC |
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Ah, Mr McC, Master at Arms.
Just to clarify, (as you have already found out, there are lots of things on the GDII just lurking to trip up the unwary,) when the Pilot steps aboard, you need to make sure that he isn't actually the Pilot of that whirlybird-noisy-thingy stowed below on the ice-hockey rink. No, I still don't know why we have the Pittsburgh Penguins facing off against the Philly Fliers either. Something to do with a chap by the name of Stanley, I believe. |
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Can you, or anyone, explain to me what the hell is going on now aboard the GD or what it is that you have been taking.
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Well, the Pilot of the whirlybird-noisy-thingy will no doubt be a WAFU so should stand out pretty clearly!
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Familiar. Had a love affair with those type locaos since I first fired to one Tom.
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I knew you had -- I think I used to watch you pull out of Victoria with the Boat Train --- I was the snotty nosed kid that had bought a penny platform ticket to stand by the engine.
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Also for your information, I believe we have misplaced our "G" flag, but we do have a selection of "G" strings accumulated over the years that we hoist instead. (One at a time that is -- not altogether -- we have enough excitement aboard as it is! |
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Tha only steamers i pulled a train from there with were School class loco's. Pulled many out with electric loco's though (hornbys we called them)
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Just to remain off thread ................(if anything about the GD and its people is off thread).
What is the steam blowing at the rear of the tender from at 1'30" of Tom's clip, please? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mujBxG5lA6M Geoff (YM) Last edited by YM-Mundrabilla; 30th January 2018 at 09:44. |
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leaky steam heating pipe would my guess YM. Back in the day, drivers (before my time) would carry a piece of leather and a length of coiled wire to repair leaky vacuum hoses. suppose that would have helped with steam heating pipes too!
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Leakage does not normally happen on an A2 normally - but could we run any leakage back to the central heating? At least we are not wasting steam and would be in concurrence with current emission regulations!!!
I await CE TMacs views! McC |
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Speaking of Tmac, you better get your butt down the pit with a bottle of Black Bush in your hand before he blows a gasket.
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He is actually plumbed in now for Black Bush, little connection points to the line all over the place. Very impressive.
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