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IanPooleTrains
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Don't say that!
Don't forget "The Cool Wall" with various units and locos from around the world being deemed, 'Cool', 'Uncool', 'Seriously Uncool', 'Sub Zero' and of course a special 'Ice Box' which I think could only include the HST. Valenta of course...
And we will build an extension so that the Pacers can go as far down the board as they possibly can
flymo
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I agree, they ooze sub zero coolness.
(or did you mean the other end of the board)
IanPooleTrains
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(or did you mean the other end of the board)
I meant the other end. Plus, with the Cool Wall, me and Ivo could argue and fight about what is cool or not cool
There's me putting the 323s just around the fridge and he wants it down the other end
I meant the other end. Plus, with the Cool Wall, me and Ivo could argue and fight about what is cool or not cool
There's me putting the 323s just around the fridge and he wants it down the other end
In one episode of TG, Jeremy wanted to put a BMW on the cool wall but Richard said it looked like a hamster and ate the paper! Will we be seeing similar activity on Third Rail?
IanPooleTrains
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In one episode of TG, Jeremy wanted to put a BMW on the cool wall but Richard said it looked like a hamster and ate the paper! Will we be seeing similar activity on Third Rail?
You never know what you would get on our programme
Ivo
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I meant the other end. Plus, with the Cool Wall, me and Ivo could argue and fight about what is cool or not cool
There's me putting the 323s just around the fridge and he wants it down the other end
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would say do a Hamster-special [eating the card], but that wouldn't work when you want it to be high up...
If you attempt to put it in the fridge I'll turn the fridge off and set fire to it.
Oh, and Pacers would not be on the Cool Wall. They would have an honorary board above the Cool Wall, painted gold.
Copied from the other thread:
And now it's time for us to put a Racer in our Reasonably Bad Pacer.
Now, my guest tonight... is not the railways' most popular person at present. She even went as far as to criticise Phillip Hammond for failing to meet his manifesto commitment to bringing electrified rail to South Wales, in spite of confirming electrification to Cardiff. And she even had a sister in Parliament who was heavily caught up in the Expenses scandal. And yet, all the while, she sounds like a bird. Ladies and gentlemen, Maria Eagle.
[Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!]
Do we get to do Power Tests as well? So if there was a Pendo 2 to test I could send it round Dalby at 140 with the tilt active?
And now it's time to hand over to our tame racing driver. Some say... that he thinks the City of Cork would fit inside a bottle of champagne. And that, if you look carefully, his left pupil has the exact same shape as Dr Beeching's head. All we know is, he's called XCStig!
Also, maybe Ralph could do some technical or unusual tests? For instance, maybe he could head to Blackpool to test the new Flexity Swift 2?
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flymo
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Just thinking, ( I know, it hurts) but why not use one of the old style DMU's with the gear selector instead of the pacer as the driver would have to use his/her skill to change gear and get the best time. Short shifting, snatching gears...oh yes...
Minilad
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Lifford Curve could be one. Although in real life it's 10MPH so don't think I will be thrashing much round there !!
IanPooleTrains
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Another race we could have is who is faster from London to Scotland! One going the WCML to Glasgow Central and the other going the ECML
I was thinking that, destroy Pacers like Top Gear do with Caravans. Maybe you could kill some Pacers by droping 66s or the new diesel class 70s on them?
and one leave the night before on the sleeper ^^
Maybe a steam v deisel v electric challenge, however set on the MML, so the electric unit (225?) cant go all the way up for DMU's a pacer, and mallard/4472/tornado for steam. Thats not biased at all is it?
how about making a pacer replacement from girders? and hammers
Well if it's the train version of Top Gear, that's definitely what we're going to be doing! Pacers being thrown into volcanoes, pacers being thrown in the sea, pacers being burnt, pacers being vandalized, pacers being crushed by Monster Trucks...
Well if it's the train version of Top Gear, that's definitely what we're going to be doing! Pacers being thrown into volcanoes, pacers being thrown in the sea, pacers being burnt, pacers being vandalized, pacers being crushed by Monster Trucks...
Too right - they've (unfortunately!) survived pretty much everything the general public and local chavs can throw at them...time to give them a proper test.
Repeat of the Toyota Helux (spelling may be wrong) trials maybe? Or is that being too ambitious
EDIT: Thinking about it, they coped better with a bit of sea water on the Dawlish Sea Wall than the Voyagers did!!!
Too right - they've (unfortunately!) survived pretty much everything the general public and local chavs can throw at them...time to give them a proper test.
Repeat of the Toyota Helux (spelling may be wrong) trials maybe? Or is that being too ambitious
EDIT: Thinking about it, they coped better with a bit of sea water on the Dawlish Sea Wall than the Voyagers did!!!
Good way to test there metal is to run them continuously up and down the ECML until some catastrophic failure, which shouldnt take long.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Well if it's the train version of Top Gear, that's definitely what we're going to be doing! Pacers being thrown into volcanoes, pacers being thrown in the sea, pacers being burnt, pacers being vandalized, pacers being crushed by Monster Trucks...
Stop it...you've got me drooling with expectation and anticipation
Still, my nickname says it all.....Matthew Hopkins mark 2
Well if it's the train version of Top Gear, that's definitely what we're going to be doing! Pacers being thrown into volcanoes, pacers being thrown in the sea, pacers being burnt, pacers being vandalized, pacers being crushed by Monster Trucks...
I think the programme should just have this, as you'd only want to watch these parts!
But if you're looking for a Toyota Hilux type-test too, to show that something will last forever, I volunteer a FCC 313.
Challenge responses. Invite Clarkson to prove that cars rule in a race from the studio to Brussels, then hand over the keys to my mum's old Corsa.
Class 37. Solid as a rock! Or for something you can fix after virtually anything, a Black 5.
Class 37. Solid as a rock! Or for something you can fix after virtually anything, a Black 5.
Stop it...you've got me drooling with expectation and anticipation
Pacers being crushed, pacers being melted, pacers being filled with dynamite, pacers being catapulted off ten storey buildings
flymo
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That is why Pacers would be Sub Zero on the cool wall, or even in a Pacer shaped freezer. So cool, they would be in every single show......
Pacers being crushed, pacers being melted, pacers being filled with dynamite, pacers being catapulted off ten storey buildings
The insides of pacers being filled up with water, pacers being converted into a rail mounted caravans (Camping coaches) and then being set on fire, Pacers being chucked down a ski slope whilst being powered by a rocket, a voyager jumping over a line of pacers, pacer darts etc etc. (I think I have been watching to much top gear.
Ivo
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Why do we need to destroy a Pacer every week? It's not as though TG destroy a caravan (or a Morris ) every week, is it? May doesn't even particularly dislike them.
Anyway, the test track. Have a look at my proposal (attached), and see what you think.
Some say... that he believes that Catford was where they invented something called the cat. And that his "gentleman's sausage" is shaped exactly like a Class 43 power car. All we know is... he's called XCStig!
) every week, is it? May doesn't even particularly dislike them.Anyway, the test track. Have a look at my proposal (attached), and see what you think.
Some say... that he believes that Catford was where they invented something called the cat. And that his "gentleman's sausage" is shaped exactly like a Class 43 power car. All we know is... he's called XCStig!
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Why do we need to destroy a Pacer every week? It's not as though TG destroy a caravan (or a Morris
You want to better Top Gear though! Just because they don't destroy a caravan every week doesn't this new show can't destroy at least 10 Pacers every show...
Make it PPV and you'll get loads of Pacer users willing to pay, so by the end of the series you can buy a new fleet of trains.
Wait do you mean destroy ten entire units or just ten vehicles per show because if you mean entire units then the maximum number of shows is only 14! If it's vehicles then we've got a bit longer to play with.
I think we've all been watching too much Top Gear!
XCStig....I like it! We've got a lot of ideas as far as the pacers are concerned, but we still need to think up at least five hundred different 'some say' lines!
Sun Chariot
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Some say that his internal organs are shaped like the XC route map. And when he reaches that special moment of pleasure, he lets off the sound of an A4 chime whistle.
All we know is.... he's called XC Stig.
Some say he was found in the rusting boiler of a Barry steam engine. And that his tilt mechanism still works after downing eight pints. All we know is.... he's called XC Stig.
Some say his legs fit exactly into class 50 multiple-working sockets. And that he put on a wedding dress and sat in a fancy horse-drawn coach, just so he could kiss the future king - twice. All we know is.... he's called XC Stig.
All we know is.... he's called XC Stig.
Some say he was found in the rusting boiler of a Barry steam engine. And that his tilt mechanism still works after downing eight pints. All we know is.... he's called XC Stig.
Some say his legs fit exactly into class 50 multiple-working sockets. And that he put on a wedding dress and sat in a fancy horse-drawn coach, just so he could kiss the future king - twice. All we know is.... he's called XC Stig.
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IanPooleTrains
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Some say that tests show that he has diesel fuel in his eyes and that if he just killed Osama Bin Laden, he would have done it with a Pacer.....all we know is, he's called XC Stig
Some say he is the reason why 70012 was dropped from that ship in Newport and that his face resembles a turbostar......al we know is, he is called XC Stig!
Some say that, for no appraent reason, he gets violent whenever he sees a Virgin Pendolino and that he thinks Gerry and The Pacemakers is another name for a pacer bus......all we know is, he's called XC Stig
But if we went abroad for a special:
Some say he is an ambassador for the TGV fan club and that his urine tastes of poodle, all we know is, he's not XC Stig but his is XC Stig's Fench cousin!
Some say he is the reason why 70012 was dropped from that ship in Newport and that his face resembles a turbostar......al we know is, he is called XC Stig!
Some say that, for no appraent reason, he gets violent whenever he sees a Virgin Pendolino and that he thinks Gerry and The Pacemakers is another name for a pacer bus......all we know is, he's called XC Stig
But if we went abroad for a special:
Some say he is an ambassador for the TGV fan club and that his urine tastes of poodle, all we know is, he's not XC Stig but his is XC Stig's Fench cousin!
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