On 30 déc, 15:59, Jeff wrote:
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?- Masquer le texte des messages précédents -

- Afficher le texte des messages précédents -

My only English Dictionary (they are so rare in France) indicates
train as "that which is drawn or follows" which of course is the
French definition of Train in proper French -- does the modified
Belgian version say otherwise? Do you see where my query
originates ! Can a DVT be said to draw a train propelled from the rear?