Fun Stuff

Nicknames for British Trains & Engines
Diesel Class: 24 - Rat, 25 - Rat, 26 - MacRat or Teacup, 31- Goyle, 33 - Crompton, 35 - Hymek, 37 - Growler,
40 - Whistler, 43 - Warship, 44 - Peak, 45 - Peak, 47- Duff, 50 - Hoover, 52 - Western, 55 - Deltic,
56 - Grid, 58 - Bone, 60 - Doughnut, 66 - Shed, 70 - Freightliner

BBC TV's James May Toy Stories Episode 6 on You-Tube

He sets out to build a OO model gauge railway 10 miles long!

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyIgwqhBZi0

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_EeKplF53s&feature=fvwrel

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GakkE53_87w&feature=related

A translation of American Railroad to British Railway terminology.

Car - Carriage or Coach

Consist - Rake

Engineer                 -        Driver
Grade Crossing       -         Level Crossing
Locomotive             -         Engine

Switches - Points

Truck - Bogie

Swansea and Mumbles Railway, South Wales

The five mile long railway had been built in 1806 to ship coal, limestone, and iron ore from the Swansea Canal to the harbor at Oystermouth, which was located in the community of Mumbles.

The inauguration on 25 March 1807 of a four-wheeled horse-drawn passenger carriage running on the tracks of the Swansea and Mumbles Railway became the world’s first passenger paying railway service in the world.

The British Train Society (BTS)