City of Truro Returns!

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 6:04 pm

Just had a test message iff my bro who is passing through York...

"City of Truro is outside the museum in bright sunshine, it looks superb. It is fully lined out and polished up."

Sounds good to me

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222004 · Post by **222004** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 6:06 pm

Cool.

BR7MT · Post by **BR7MT** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 7:01 pm

http://www.nrm.org.uk/html/webcam/webcam.asp

See for yourself!

Edit: damn they've moved it! It was there yesterday...

numnutz · Post by **numnutz** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 7:10 pm

Ah but the new picture shows something more interesting - the 2-Bil unit may be having some attention

19:03:01 1 March 2004

mattvince · Post by **mattvince** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 7:22 pm

numnutz wrote:Ah but the new picture shows something more interesting - the 2-Bil unit may be having some attention 19:03:01 1 March 2004

Quite right! None of this Great Western Tea Urn rubbish!

allypally · Post by **allypally** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:43 pm

better tea urn than a rotting southern heap of planks. Those stupid MUs were the beginning of the end for locos.

lateagain · Post by **lateagain** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:38 pm

Alas, AllyPally, you may be right.

But 2-Bils did have a certain style.

I had a Tri-ang HO model long before it became a collectors item!

Nothing can detract from a "Kettle" but there's room for all surely?

I doubt that many of today's "plastic" creations will last that long, nor be missed come to that!

Geoff

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 12:29 am

Oh, I don't know, some people are blubbing over the end of the 56s and so on. Must need their heads examining!

NZBigDave · Post by **NZBigDave** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:07 am

Ee, bai', shes' champion.

davidaward · Post by **davidaward** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 10:30 am

Me's looking forward to going to railfest to see this beauty

http://www.nrm.org.uk/html/workshop/TRU ... ameSet.htm

Congrats to all involved. I'll book a Shakespeare Express trip on her as well..............

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 1:19 pm

Nice to see the frames a decent shade of brown at last!

Fodda · Post by **Fodda** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 4:11 pm

That's fantastic news. And to think she was in hundreds of bits all over the workshop when I visited the NRM last July. I could see the rolling chassis and the cab, but the boiler and everything else were elsewhere.

She's due down here soon as long as she passes all the tests. I'll be out to see her. A damn fine engine in anyones eyes... And even better for being GWR.

UKTRAINSIM · Post by **UKTRAINSIM** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 6:51 pm

INCREDIBLE!!!

I never thought this engine would ever steam again and was very excited when 'Steam Railway' magazine put out the appeal 3 years ago.

It just looks fantastic in steam. I can hardly wait to see it at the Railfest in June.

Anyone else goin?

222004 · Post by **222004** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:06 pm

Oh yes indeed! No-one will be stopping me going to Railfest!

Bring it on!