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Brighton Belle in restoration for mainline use
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:01 pm
by chiltern2011
http://www.brightonbelle.com/
Click the link for more infomation, but it should be up and running in 2 years, and due to run on saturdays from Victoria to Brighton! I know what I'll be doing 2 years from now
Re: Brighton Belle in restoration for mainline use
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:07 am
by smarty2
Nice, wouldn't mind a bash myself.
Re: Brighton Belle in restoration for mainline use
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:04 pm
by NewcastleFlyer
Curious, how do you pronounce Belle? Is just simply Bell or is it Bell-ee.
And if pronounced Bell, why the extra "e", or does the UK like adding "e" on to words, such as in older English, like Olde or Shoppe?
Re: Brighton Belle in restoration for mainline use
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:10 pm
by alexnick
It's pronounced like 'bell'. The term Belle comes from the French adjective for beautiful - belle.
You shouldn't pronounce the e on the end of old english words either.
AN
Re: Brighton Belle in restoration for mainline use
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:21 pm
by MuzTrem
Not a phenomenon unique to the UK - think of America's "Southern Belles". Concidentally, the Brighton Belle was called the Southern Belle before electrification...
Re: Brighton Belle in restoration for mainline use
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:40 pm
by Acorncomputer
I saw car No 88 outside the ModelWorld exhibition in Brighton.
Very Impressive and something to look forward to in the near future.
I guess other restoration work can be seen at The Bluebell Railway carriage works so that is a good enough reason to get down to Horsed Keynes this weekend.