The "Third Rail problem"
On Dec 30, 10:28*am, Sailor wrote:
On 29 déc, 20:03, "Roger Traviss" wrote:
Here's an idea...get a 160 ton steam train fitted with a snow plough
that shifts the snow, and crunches the ice.
Apart from a distinct lack of 160 ton steam locos, the snow plough is not
going to get the ice off the conductor rail. *Great idea otherwise....
And you don't need a "160 ton steam train", or did he mean "locomotive"?
I thought it was only the media and the unwashed masses who didn't know the
difference between a train and a locomotive.
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Merry Christmas
Roger Traviss
Photos of the late GER: -http://www.highspeedplus.com/~rogertra/
For more photos not in the above album and kitbashes etc..:-http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rogertra/Great_Eastern/.
Since Train is derived from the french "trainer" - to follow * what
noun should be applied to those strings of passenger vehicles
propelled by a locomotive but controlled from the leading vehicle?
Happy New Year!
Derived from is not the same as same as.
How does the OED define train?
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