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[Sun Chariot]

Sleepless on the sleeper - invoking a classic European travel. Noel Coward attire not included!
The interior of the sleeping car is inspired by my journey from Moscow to St Petersburg, 25 years ago.

Harvest gold - taking inspiration from what I see locally (and the realisation 2025 is already approaching harvest-season).
The folly of AI image creation... My GBRf livery description for this, is identical to that I'd used for the GBRf 66 on post 35.
However for this one, even after 30+ image-generating cycles, Gemini refused to construct the correct livery or light clusters. @chrisjo knows my pain!

I like how the chap has his feet under the rung of the stepladder!

That was quite tame - one of the results had the ladder going all the way up to the sky!

 

[Ashley Hill]

Who are are the lucky ones in the RUK berth with the “do not disturb “ item on the door knob?

 

[Sun Chariot]

Who are are the lucky ones in the RUK berth with the “do not disturb “ item on the door knob?

I'm waiting for one of the Moderators to admit to it.

 

[Cowley]

I'm waiting for one of the Moderators to admit to it.

Me, with my reputation, on a sleeper train with a private cabin.

What were they thinking..?

 

[Sun Chariot]

Me, with my reputation, on a sleeper train with a private cabin.

What were they thinking..?

Take a bow, N!

 

[eastwestdivide]

Who are are the lucky ones in the RUK berth with the “do not disturb “ item on the door knob?

Where's that located? Must be a long way past Maidenhead.

 

[Bonbonbalinski]

Imports - this container handling hub has overseas products aplenty. Coincidentally, both GBRf class 66s here began their working life abroad: 66734 in Germany and 66791 in Sweden.

Why does the worker at the front have a Viking helmet???

 

[Sun Chariot]

Last of the summer wine - A glorious French summer evening sees a TGV test set race past the region's choicest vines.
A not glorious British summer evening sees an intermodal as it nears the Anglo Scottish border. I wonder which containers have wine from those French vines...

Why does the worker at the front have a Viking helmet???

I couldn't resist adding the Viking helmet too; because...
1) GBRf 66791 was Swedish. 2) Containers with IKEA's finest.

 

[Cowley]

Last of the summer wine - A glorious French summer evening sees a TGV Atlantique test set race past the region's choicest vines.
A not glorious British summer evening sees an intermodal as it nears the Anglo Scottish border. I wonder which containers have wine from those French vines...



I couldn't resist adding the Viking helmet too; because...
1) GBRf 66791 was Swedish. 2) Containers with IKEA's finest.

Ah. Le Clegg twins.

 

[Sun Chariot]

Ah. Le Clegg twins.

I toyed with making the 66 shot Foggy

 

[Cowley]

I toyed with making the 66 shot Foggy

Nice.

 

[Sun Chariot]

Where's that located? Must be a long way past Maidenhead.

If - as I think you are - "Maidenhead" is used in its old English slang, then:
1) Your post is utter genius and
2) The answer to your question, is Middlesex and finishing at Wombwell

 

[eastwestdivide]

If - as I think you are - "Maidenhead" is used in its old English slang, then:
1) Your post is utter genius and
2) The answer to your question, is Middlesex and finishing at Wombwell

Thanks are due to my partner for the genius wordplay!

 

[Sun Chariot]

The departed - An elderly man reflects on a branch line lost, with just an abandoned 12t fitted van for company.
The next station down the line, with a passing loop and two platforms, is even more bleak.

 

[Topological]

Last of the summer wine - A glorious French summer evening sees a TGV test set race past the region's choicest vines.
A not glorious British summer evening sees an intermodal as it nears the Anglo Scottish border. I wonder which containers have wine from those French vines...



I couldn't resist adding the Viking helmet too; because...
1) GBRf 66791 was Swedish. 2) Containers with IKEA's finest.

I thought that TGV was just the French copying our shortened HSTs and coming up with a Chateau class.

 

[Sun Chariot]

I thought that TGV was just the French copying our shortened HSTs and coming up with a Chateau class.

Genius!

 

[Class15]

The departed - An ekderly man reflects on a branch line lost, with just an abandoned 12t fitted van for company.
The next station down the line, with a passing loop and two platforms, is even more bleak.

Very atmospheric images, but what’s with the random bit of third rail in the second one?

 

[Topological]

Genius!

Indeed, given the references in this thread to older comedies perhaps those looking on should have been these two:

ALT TEXT: Del-boy and Rodney from Only Fools and Horses.

In such the train could have been Chateu Neuf de Pape

 

[Sun Chariot]

Western Druid - I don't know if trackside divine intervention is to hold back the West Pennine's worst weather, or to hold up those rather precariously-stacked wagons of old sleepers.

Savouring a moment - those talented members of the public, who make our commute that little bit more bearable.

While we sleep - nocturnal enthusiasts take an opportunity to post their letter into the TPO service at an unscheduled stop. Meanwhile, these locomotives have finished their mileage for the night.
Despite writing detailed descriptive input of 47280's Railfreight grey livery, Gemini knew differently....

 

[pokemonsuper9]

While we sleep - nocturnal enthusiasts take an opportunity to post a letter into the TPO service at an unscheduled stop. Meanwhile, these locomotives have finished their mileage for the night.

Sounds like an interesting way to post letters.
No need to install a postbox, just wake up at 3am to pop it straight into the train!

 

[Sun Chariot]

Heavy when light - a DB quintet heads southbound at sunrise, passing a stricken Tesla.

Sounds like an interesting way to post letters.
No need to install a postbox, just wake up at 3am to pop it straight into the train!

Until the dedicated "Travelling Post Office" services ceased in January 2004 (and sorting / stowage carriages withdrawn), it was absolutely possible to post any stamped first class letter into a post box's small flap on each sorting van's bodyside.
Generated a 'cult' following - it enabled collectors to get TPO service-specific franking stamps on their envelopes; and it is well covered in Peter Johnson's book An Illustrated History of the Travelling Post Office

 

[Topological]

Until the dedicated "Travelling Post Office" services ceased in January 2004 (and sorting / stowage carriages withdrawn), it was absolutely possible to post any stamped first class letter into the small mail box on the side of each sorting van.
Generated a 'cult' following - it enabled collectors to get TPO service-specific franking stamps on their envelopes; and it is well covered in Peter Johnson's book An Illustrated History of the Travelling Post Office

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Heavy when light - a DB quintet heads southbound at sunrise, passing a stricken Tesla.

It has given the tractor in the front field an extra wheel,

The problem with the routes of the tyres when seeding is that they show when the crop grows...

Obviously, the farmer corrected the error when driving out of the field.

The farmer on the far side of the line did a much better job.

 

[Sun Chariot]

It has given the tractor in the front field an extra wheel,

The problem with the routes of the tyres when seeding is that they show when the crop grows...

Obviously, the farmer corrected the error when driving out of the field.

The farmer on the far side of the line did a much better job.

The farmer of the near field used an agricultural tricycle.

 

[pdeaves]

The farmer of the near field used an agricultural tricycle.

Three wheeled tractors exist. https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/gen...red-shiny-just-like-new-122681991.jpg?ct=jpeg for example (genuine, non-AI photo)

 

[Topological]

Three wheeled tractors exist. https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/gen...red-shiny-just-like-new-122681991.jpg?ct=jpeg for example (genuine, non-AI photo)

It is all an episode of Top Gear

Clearly James May was doing the front field on "The General" and the others then bullied him by going across the field in some overpowered Lambo.

The failed Tesla driven by The Stig is there as a reminder that "Ecom**talist" electric cars are useless.

( I realise we probably cannot use that word for people who care about the environment any more )

 

[Sun Chariot]

Oktoberfest - peril of European travel, when other passengers are tanking up on Weissbier.

Brilliant @Topological and I wonder what mayhem we would see at Ckarkson's Chipping Norton farm...
Little fun fact: I once presented on-stage at Top Gear Live, with Clarkson, Quentin Willson and Tiff Needell. Suffice to say, I did not get a lucrative BBC contract!

 

[Topological]

Brilliant @Topological and I wonder what mayhem we would see at Ckarkson's Chipping Norton farm...
Little fun fact: I once presented on-stage at Top Gear Live, with Clarkson, Quentin Willson and Tiff Needell. Suffice to say, I did not get a lucrative BBC contract!

Oktoberfest - peril of European travel, when other passengers are tanking up on Weissbier.

This image you generated in the Mad AI thread is the answer for the Clarkson's Farm era.

West Oxfordshire Council planning at its finest.

Here the Tesla is doing what it is supposed to (no longer the Top Gear anti environment message)

The engines are part of a new technology for keeping the sheep in, with the double benefit that they can just about haul the repurposed LESCO containers to the farm shop.

The third rail behind the back engines is something Charlie insisted was installed based on a new Government scheme that baffles Jeremy all episode.

(That is an excellent claim to fame @Sun Chariot - to be fair though what is Tiff Needell doing now? Certainly not entertaining literally people on a forum with AI images)

 

[Bonbonbalinski]

Savouring a moment - those talented members of the public, who make our commute that little bit more bearable.

The fact the AI even got the WHSmith, spot on

 

[Sun Chariot]

What's in a name - memories of Saltburn to Boulby - although my genuine tour's name was less "nudge-wink" than this one. Spot the new tour operator on this one!
My description for this image was a pair of 37s (more "nudge-wink") - but Gemini was having none of it...

 

[pokemonsuper9]

My description for this image was a pair of 37s (more "nudge-wink") - but Gemini said no...

Given we can't see the other end, there might be 2 37s!