WARNING: It's one of 'those' articles, worse still written by a so-called enthusiast. Which fits in with my theory is the reason enthusiasts get so much stick is because they write crap like this:
Note that he did not enthuse about the Class 365. The utter boringness of modern rolling stock is like bromide in the spotter's Thermos. Not only have steam locos disappeared, but so have locomotives per se. In 1958 there were more than 21,000 on Britain's railways; today there are 2,000 and, instead of being called The Flying Scotsman, they are called things such as Good Morning with Richard and Judy. Instead of locomotive-hauled trains we have the multiple units, which are functional - they are worm-like in that they still move when cut in half - but about as aerodynamically exciting as wardrobes. The decline of the locomotives is the main reason why Ian Allan Publishing stopped bringing out its ABC guides 15 years ago.
At King's Cross, as the Class 365 drew away, to the indifference of bystanders, I put it to Burrell and Rea that excessive security might compound the other factors to kill off their hobby entirely. While they were willing to consider any number of gloomy possibilities, they were more bothered by public abuse.
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/...way_we_live/article4288147.ece?Submitted=true
Yep, Britain the country that gave the world the industrial revolution, democracy and engineering brilliance now talking all this down, and promoting the maximum amount of ****, social dysfunction, knife carrying and media wannabes. But hey, long as that's cool. Still it'll keep Daily Mail sales up if nothing else. Can you say sheep?
Well thanks to that 'enthusiast' for telling everyone about all the young people on railuk, how the NRM is the most visited museum outside London, the new breed of computer games, Hornby sales at an all time high. Talk anything to do with railways a bit more down why don't you. If people are not interested, it's because of articles like this, not Bin Laden.
Note that he did not enthuse about the Class 365. The utter boringness of modern rolling stock is like bromide in the spotter's Thermos. Not only have steam locos disappeared, but so have locomotives per se. In 1958 there were more than 21,000 on Britain's railways; today there are 2,000 and, instead of being called The Flying Scotsman, they are called things such as Good Morning with Richard and Judy. Instead of locomotive-hauled trains we have the multiple units, which are functional - they are worm-like in that they still move when cut in half - but about as aerodynamically exciting as wardrobes. The decline of the locomotives is the main reason why Ian Allan Publishing stopped bringing out its ABC guides 15 years ago.
At King's Cross, as the Class 365 drew away, to the indifference of bystanders, I put it to Burrell and Rea that excessive security might compound the other factors to kill off their hobby entirely. While they were willing to consider any number of gloomy possibilities, they were more bothered by public abuse.
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/...way_we_live/article4288147.ece?Submitted=true
Yep, Britain the country that gave the world the industrial revolution, democracy and engineering brilliance now talking all this down, and promoting the maximum amount of ****, social dysfunction, knife carrying and media wannabes. But hey, long as that's cool. Still it'll keep Daily Mail sales up if nothing else. Can you say sheep?
Well thanks to that 'enthusiast' for telling everyone about all the young people on railuk, how the NRM is the most visited museum outside London, the new breed of computer games, Hornby sales at an all time high. Talk anything to do with railways a bit more down why don't you. If people are not interested, it's because of articles like this, not Bin Laden.
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