So I drove a Train today....

Handsome_Chris

As part of my other job I've had a cab ride in this beauty:



Which is plated as.



Travelling through the countryside at 125mph is awesome. I don't think I could become a train driver as it just takes so much mental energy to keep observing everything that is going on.

DavidRees

wow - that is cooler than a lot of very cool things ...

57Deluxe

no doubt we can soon expect to see a Thropy A/B pedal named The Fat Controller...

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/321803580179-0-1/s-l1000.jpg

Alnico

Ade,

Thanks for your service.

fields5069

Time flies by, apparently.

Ravenous

When's the LOCOMOTIVE pedal coming out then?

ThorpyFX

Handsome_Chris said:

As part of my other job I've had a cab ride in this beauty:



Which is plated as.



Travelling through the countryside at 125mph is awesome. I don't think I could become a train driver as it just takes so much mental energy to keep observing everything that is going on.

That’s  very very cool!  As if it’s named after the REME

Fretwired

ThorpyFX said:

So as many know I'm now on gardening leave (resettlement as we call it) to normalise into being a civilian, its been a long time coming and now I am looking forward to moving forward with the 1000 things I want to do for Thorpyfx. However on my penultimate day in uniform:

I got to drive a freaking train, so stoked to have done this. I love big vehicles so this was definitely one of those things that I wanted to do:


https://i.imgur.com/Tm8RbbL.jpg

anyway, highly recommended, and the guys who normally do it seemed to enjoy their working life so much.... pretty ace if you ask me. 

That looks cool ...

I've not done anything like that .. I piloted a hovercraft over swamp and land in a race .. great fun but it's not driving a train.

ThorpyFX

Fretwired said:

ThorpyFX said:

So as many know I'm now on gardening leave (resettlement as we call it) to normalise into being a civilian, its been a long time coming and now I am looking forward to moving forward with the 1000 things I want to do for Thorpyfx. However on my penultimate day in uniform:

I got to drive a freaking train, so stoked to have done this. I love big vehicles so this was definitely one of those things that I wanted to do:


https://i.imgur.com/Tm8RbbL.jpg

anyway, highly recommended, and the guys who normally do it seemed to enjoy their working life so much.... pretty ace if you ask me. 

That looks cool ...

I've not done anything like that .. I piloted a hovercraft over swamp and land in a race .. great fun but it's not driving a train.

I’m very jealous though. Sounds ace 

Sambostar

Handsome_Chris

@ThorpyFX , how about this HST (InterCity 125 in old money) Loco, just so you don't feel left out?

ThorpyFX

Handsome_Chris said:

@ThorpyFX , how about this HST (InterCity 125 in old money) Loco, just so you don't feel left out?

Much much better

speshul91

I prefer the R.E.ME one, I may be biased though, and jealous. 

Handsome_Chris

speshul91 said:

I prefer the R.E.ME one, I may be biased though, and jealous. 

And obviously the possessor of fine taste. 

@ThorpyFX , was your experience if shifting steel at Fanny Crompton or Bitchchester?

ThorpyFX

Handsome_Chris said:

speshul91 said:

I prefer the R.E.ME one, I may be biased though, and jealous. 

And obviously the possessor of fine taste. 

@ThorpyFX , was your experience if shifting steel at Fanny Crompton or Bitchchester?

Fenny  Compton, driving the shunter  train around the depots 30 odd miles of track