JaneShuff

Well done all! Let’s hope a Denizen wins

I’m in!

Thanks for this, Word limit ought to mean it wouldn’t need much tweaking.

Yes, I saw the TSS tweets. They are good people. I’m in, for one. It’s a great opportunity.

Congratulations John, well deserved, and thanks Raine for the judgement and nice comments – hope Life takes an uplift for you.

Congratulations John, and many thanks Raine for setting the comp. I hope the rest of the month is easier on you.

Richard, your narrative quality is spot on again. Brilliant read.

Daeds, when I was knee-high to the proverbial grasshopper, we had a mix of streamliners and more conventional looking engines pulling the expresses that rolled into Newbury from London Victoria. I always hoped it would be a streamlined engine that would carry me off to exotic…[Read more]

The usual reason given is for ease of maintenance in WWII. The streamlined casings were a diktat from the LMS publicity department (the LNER’s got them so we must have them too), and the Chief Mechanical Engineer referred to the batch of five un-streamlined ones he insisted on building ‘for comparison’ as ‘proper’ones.

Good topic John. Will DEFINITELY enter this one (and apols to Raine whose comp I failed to contribute to)

I didn’t know about that one – lucky it wasn’t catastrophic. I admit to a fondness for the LMS streamliners, and, contrary soul that I am, prefer them to the much more successful LNER ones. This is partly because I was given a ‘Coronation Scot’ for my train set in my childhood (including a carriage by my grandmother, which I think was the last Ch…[Read more]

Well, I didn’t see that coming. Thanks, Raine.
Well done to all the entrants for taking part.

Congratulations @johnalty – well deserved. It was a gripping story.

Thank you @Raine for your kind comments on my entry. I’m sorry you’ve had a difficult Christmas. Hope things will get back on track for you soon.