On 16 Sep, 18:54, alex_t wrote:
So, did anyone from this newsgroup attended the tour(s)? First
impressions? :-)

Full of foaming-at-the-mouth trainspotters, quite a few of which I
suspect are frequenters of that awful District Dave's Forum.

The actual tour was rather nice though.

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So, did anyone from this newsgroup attended the tour(s)? First
impressions? :-)

Full of foaming-at-the-mouth trainspotters, quite a few of which I
suspect are frequenters of that awful District Dave's Forum.

That's unfair - District Dave is a very nice chap; I often go drinking
with him!
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On 17 Sep, 19:53, Steve Fitzgerald ] wrote:
That's unfair - District Dave is a very nice chap; I often go drinking
with him!

Pedant! I was writing about the forum not its owner...


BRB Class 465.

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That's unfair - District Dave is a very nice chap; I often go drinking
with him!

Pedant! I was writing about the forum not its owner...

Sorry, I'll take my tongue out of my cheek now
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Full of foaming-at-the-mouth trainspotters, quite a few of which I
suspect are frequenters of that awful District Dave's Forum.

Finally somebody said it!
When I came to Ealing Common the first thing I saw on the platform was
a significant number of typical trainspotters - you know,
freaks'n'geeks in anoraks. It was rather sad proof of stereotypes...

And before you reply, I want to explain - I'm not really into judging
people around me, the only thing that is really worrying for me is how
much I myself fit into this crowd. Overweight anorak with receding
hair line, making photographs of everything - it really got me
thinking...

OK, I can say to myself that I'm not really a trainspotter. I mean, I
can appreciate nice wooden interior of the train, but the real goal of
my participation was to have a glimpse at the running tunnels* - not
for the "technical" aspect, just to see creepy darkness, you know. I
spent about an hour in the driver's cab looking around, which was
fantastic! (if anyone from event organizers will read this - THANK YOU
SO MUCH!)

But still - it is scary to realize such things about myself!


The actual tour was rather nice though.

Indeed!

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:02:51 -0700, alex_t
wrote:

OK, I can say to myself that I'm not really a trainspotter. I mean, I
can appreciate nice wooden interior of the train, but the real goal of
my participation was to have a glimpse at the running tunnels* - not
for the "technical" aspect, just to see creepy darkness, you know. I
spent about an hour in the driver's cab looking around, which was
fantastic! (if anyone from event organizers will read this - THANK YOU
SO MUCH!)

Oh the running tunnels are fun. Now what bits have I done in the cab -
all the Victoria line including to the depot, Northern Line - Edgware -
Kennington via Charing Cross and the City branch, Picc Line - Earls Ct -
Acton Town (I still have the bumps on my head from the track quality and
this was over 15 years ago), Met Line - Amersham - Baker St, District
Line Richmond Branch, Circle Line - HSK - St James Park, Jubilee Line -
Stratford - Waterloo including the crossover. Don't think I've done
any of the Central Line, Bakerloo Line or East London Line.

But still - it is scary to realize such things about myself!

Look you post to this group which means you are a train, bus, tube and
tram loony. There are also special sub variants of ticketing and
cycling loony.

You do realise that you can never leave this group and that you are
marked for life as a loony don't you?

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On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:02:51 -0700, alex_t
wrote:

OK, I can say to myself that I'm not really a trainspotter. [...] But
still - it is scary to realize such things about myself!

Look you post to this group which means you are a train, bus, tube and
tram loony.

I resent that implication - i am *not* a bus loony!

There are also special sub variants of ticketing and cycling loony.

We also have specialist freight, boat, map (divided into geographic and
diagrammatic), aerial photo, road and subterranea loonies.

tom

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Oh the running tunnels are fun. Now what bits have I done in the cab -
all the Victoria line including to the depot, Northern Line - Edgware -
Kennington via Charing Cross and the City branch, Picc Line - Earls Ct -
Acton Town (I still have the bumps on my head from the track quality and
this was over 15 years ago), Met Line - Amersham - Baker St, District
Line Richmond Branch, Circle Line - HSK - St James Park, Jubilee Line -
Stratford - Waterloo including the crossover. Don't think I've done
any of the Central Line, Bakerloo Line or East London Line.

What can I say... LUCKY!
I'm totally jealous now :-|


Look you post to this group which means you are a train, bus, tube and
tram loony. There are also special sub variants of ticketing and
cycling loony.

I'm just a tube tunnel loony, thank you very much!


You do realise that you can never leave this group and that you are
marked for life as a loony don't you?

He-he, I don't care much about the loony label - I'm mostly concerned
about the looks ;-)

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alex_t writes

Oh the running tunnels are fun. Now what bits have I done in the cab -
all the Victoria line including to the depot, Northern Line - Edgware -
Kennington via Charing Cross and the City branch, Picc Line - Earls Ct -
Acton Town (I still have the bumps on my head from the track quality and
this was over 15 years ago), Met Line - Amersham - Baker St, District
Line Richmond Branch, Circle Line - HSK - St James Park, Jubilee Line -
Stratford - Waterloo including the crossover. Don't think I've done
any of the Central Line, Bakerloo Line or East London Line.

What can I say... LUCKY!
I'm totally jealous now :-|

If Mr C. cared to dust off his cab pass, he could no doubt add to that
list too!

Look you post to this group which means you are a train, bus, tube and
tram loony. There are also special sub variants of ticketing and
cycling loony.

I'm just a tube tunnel loony, thank you very much!

The novelty wears off after a bit, but I can see what you mean.
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:48:21 +0100, Steve Fitzgerald ]
wrote:

In message . com,
alex_t writes

Oh the running tunnels are fun. Now what bits have I done in the cab -
all the Victoria line including to the depot, Northern Line - Edgware -
Kennington via Charing Cross and the City branch, Picc Line - Earls Ct -
Acton Town (I still have the bumps on my head from the track quality and
this was over 15 years ago), Met Line - Amersham - Baker St, District
Line Richmond Branch, Circle Line - HSK - St James Park, Jubilee Line -
Stratford - Waterloo including the crossover. Don't think I've done
any of the Central Line, Bakerloo Line or East London Line.

What can I say... LUCKY!
I'm totally jealous now :-|

A very small perk of the job. I'm sure I could probably get more cab
rides but it takes time to organise and I'd certainly not make a direct
approach to a driver without a cab pass. While many drivers are happy
to have some company up front they are paid to concentrate on driving
not be yapping to some stranger.

If Mr C. cared to dust off his cab pass, he could no doubt add to that
list too!

What cab pass? I don't have one as I really cannot justify it as part
of the day job.

The above were done via a previous "last day" special run out, one
organised trip I sorted for people on another newsgroup, on the staff
preview of the JLE days before it opened for public service and last but
no least bumping into a former apprentice who'd worked in our office but
had made it to driver - he said "hop in".
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