Anyone "Train" famous you know?

terrycunliffe · Post by **terrycunliffe** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 1:59 pm

Newton-le-Willows
Well..... I live there!

Also... nice history lesson at:-
http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic.php?t=22439

Terry

kyle14uk · Post by **kyle14uk** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 3:53 pm

Denton station, famed for its one service a week, in one direction.

petermakosch · Post by **petermakosch** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 4:26 pm

TOMMO79 wrote:
micksasse wrote:
petermakosch wrote:lol, i just discovered this evening that Dr Beechings lived in my Village! We have a Street named after him, lol!
Has the street been closed?
It's now a cyclepath

No and no to that, lol.
The street is still open and is the same as a normal street

Post by **martinhodgson** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 5:11 pm

jp4712 wrote:
martinhodgson wrote:no-one famous has come from Morecambe
That well-known railway engineer and designer, Dame Thora Hird? Or one Eric Bartholomew, later to achieve fame and fortune as Eric Morecambe?:D

not railways famous

rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 5:38 pm

martinhodgson wrote:My local line was first in the UK to be electrified,

When was that? Just my local line may be a serious contender

David

johndibben · Post by **johndibben** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 5:48 pm

kyle14uk wrote:Denton station, famed for its one service a week, in one direction.

I'd be worried if it departed in both

NZBigDave · Post by **NZBigDave** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 5:58 pm

When we moved into our house, Merv Smith, who voiced over several well-known railway videos, lived up the road.

allypally · Post by **allypally** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 6:57 pm

erm, Virgin Trains first female pendolino qualified driver is based in Wolverhampton, i think... And codsall station has the original GWR 18** footbridge still in use.

jdjonny · Post by **jdjonny** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 7:11 pm

yeh, well.... we have some class 37s nearby

better than fame

JDJonny

southcoasttrains · Post by **southcoasttrains** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 7:29 pm

I live near Brighton where the "Worlds First Electric Railway" is on the beach and is still there today in working order. Other than that I live near the Crumbles area where the original ballast for the London Brighton and South Coast Railway was collected from.

Hymek · Post by **Hymek** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 7:37 pm

Well, i live 16 miles away from where locomotion was aparantly built (Bridgnorth)

and i met pete waterman briefly the other week, and i think ive met harry needle aswell

alanhowat · Post by **alanhowat** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 7:40 pm

Hi all,

I used to live next door to a bloke who travelled to work by train.

Cheers,

Alan.

Deltic9000 · Post by **Deltic9000** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 7:54 pm

Fodda wrote:I think IKB was born in France, I know his mum and dad came over to escape the revolution...

Sorry Fodda, Cuchulain's correct. IKB was born in Britain Street, Portsea, Portsmouth on 9 April 1806, according to Adrian Vaughan's book on the great man...

I don't think anyone (railway) famous has come out of Stevenage - although, come to think of it, Sir Nigel Gresley used to live in Watton-at-Stone, which is about five miles away.

suffolk · Post by **suffolk** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:42 pm

Well I'm almost ashamed to say that:

1: I don't know anybody that's famous.
2: I don't live near anybody that's famous
3: I've never met anybody that's famous
4: I don't think I've ever lived near anybody that's famous
5: I don't think I'll ever be famous.

terrycunliffe · Post by **terrycunliffe** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 12:38 am

suffolk wrote:Well I'm almost ashamed to say that:

1: I don't know anybody that's famous.
2: I don't live near anybody that's famous
3: I've never met anybody that's famous
4: I don't think I've ever lived near anybody that's famous
5: I don't think I'll ever be famous.

So... let me guess........
You live in........

Portsmouth, then???

Atomic Systems

Anyone "Train" famous you know?

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