"Tornado" Steam Loco Talk - Shropshire / Dec '09
Ok, I know it's railway related so of no interest to slightly over 110% of the forum membership, but even so, a work colleague is involved with organising/promoting it, and he has a rather painful electric cattle-prod beside his desk:
The Shropshire sections of the IMechE / IET combined winter programme have arranged for John Rawlinson from the "A1 Steam Locomotive Trust" to deliver a presentation reviewing the project and describing some of the technical challenges faced and overcome. The presentation is to be held on Tuesday 1st December at 7:15pm at Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology. - Open to all, free admission. |
At the RLS AGM last weekend we were lucky enough to see Tornado at Kidderminster station - they arranged a break in the meeting especially to see it arrive!
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Whatever next? ...a lowering of their high membership eligibility requirements?! http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...aughing012.gif More seriously, bearing in mind all the hype and fuss surrounding the thing, and the fact it's been running just 20 miles down the road for the last 2 weeks, I haven't seen it yet! Tch, perhaps I'm becoming too assimilated into road steam?! :confused: Seems tomorrow it's leaving 'The Valley to work a mainline charter from Gloucester to London. Oh well, too late now! |
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Well, being lucky enough to live in Bridgnorth , I have had the pleasure of seeing ( and hearing ) Tornado all week .
What an absolutely stupendous bit of kit - almost in the same league as a Burrell !!. And , what with the enlightenment of the RLS at last acknowledging that the are other forms of life on the planet , things are really looking good on the UK s premier heritage railway. MARK . ( logged in from NEW YORK ) |
Might try n get over to that... still waiting for the Imeche membership to come through.... member of IET thanks to uni...
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I was a member of IEE / IET ...until membership shot up from about £30 to about £90! The fact my employer will actually pay the membership fee for me is/was a technicality I was too lazy to get around to arranging! http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...aughing002.gif BUT, I should stress that for the purposes of these talks/events (including the A1 Tornado talk) everyone is welcome to attend, membership of IMechE, IET or any other organisation (even NTET!) is not required. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-dance008.gif. I suppose I too ought to try and get over to it - my flat's only a 7 minute walk from the college! http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...aughing002.gif There's usually buffet type nibbles laid on for those prepared to turn up a bit earlier than the start time as well :p |
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They used to be called the "IEE" - "Institute of Electical Engineers" along the same vein as "IMechE" - "Institute of Mechanical Engineers". A couple of years ago they decided a professional body with a universally known and respected title that instantly identified their area of interest was old-fashioned and needed changing. As a result they came up with "IET" - "Institute of Engineering and Technology" ...a meaningless naff name that I proudly didn't vote for! Lol. I think the argument was that the IEE actually also incorporated a couple of other professional organisations that weren't strictly electrical/electronics orientated, so the change of name was/is supposed to more accurately represent the organisation. - Pah! ;) |
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