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The past...
On 24 mai, 14:06, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 24 May 2009, Marc wrote: The past is like a foreign country they do things differently there.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw Brilliant! Crossposted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway so they can enjoy it as well. Lovely shot of the aerials at the NPL around 3:50, and a lovely section about the canal in the second part. Cyclists back then must have been made of cast iron. Nobody had anything more advanced than a Sturmey-Archer three-speed [1], and yet they still tackled open roads, hills, whatever. Makes my 27-speed setup seem a bit wimpish really. Belay that! In part two, they have to get off and push up a hill! tom [1] Some, of course, would deny that any such thing exists. -- Re-enacting the future It seemed to me that more than half of the chaps had 4 speed derailier gear and one or two a double clanger. As it said , the station was Rugby, as were the vlf transmitters. The intriging thing was that a special train was laid on with special cycle cars and a buffet! It must have been very ancient days -- all those porters at Rugby! more than the entire WCML these days. |
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