tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post7366631625291615791..comments2024-01-23T12:41:44.446+00:00Comments on The Caffeinated Engine Driver: EM1Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02418527698793489162noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post-87241674631799393272013-12-03T21:05:23.496+00:002013-12-03T21:05:23.496+00:00I can't say that 'elegant' was a word ...I can't say that 'elegant' was a word that immediately popped into my head when I saw the EM1. However much as I loved (and who could not) steam engines many of them had lots of splendid adjectives to describe them but few (perhaps Gresley's A4 Class with their fairings) could really be described as elegant. But then this is me being really picky just because I wanted to comment and was lost for anything else to say about the EM1 (apart from the fact that I liked the colour!).GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post-39273588809666877072013-11-20T10:16:45.460+00:002013-11-20T10:16:45.460+00:00Agreed, Mark!Agreed, Mark!Iain Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633733907566547236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post-3560448095938149702013-11-20T10:01:10.929+00:002013-11-20T10:01:10.929+00:00I must admit that for a non-steam locomotive they ...I must admit that for a non-steam locomotive they do have an elegance about them. After all, surely Gresley never designed a bad locomotive?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02418527698793489162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post-45998396423168324142013-11-20T09:58:37.179+00:002013-11-20T09:58:37.179+00:00It was a sad day when the Woodhead line closed. As...It was a sad day when the Woodhead line closed. As far as I know it was unique.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079411123321019478.post-47564496171573112952013-11-19T20:59:11.009+00:002013-11-19T20:59:11.009+00:00I have rather sad memories of these locomotives fr...I have rather sad memories of these locomotives from my teens...I would ride up to Longdendale from where we lived at the time in Stalybridge and watch the trains, feeling pretty cut-up about the end of steam. I couldn't, however, help but be impressed by their brute charm and the way they bucked and rolled along, especially through the slacks at Crowden. To me, although they weren't steam, they were infinitely preferable to the soulless electrics running from Manchester Piccadilly...although I hear that even these have their adherents. It's a funny old world :-)Iain Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633733907566547236noreply@blogger.com