Post by Admin on Sept 10, 2005 15:16:56 GMT
Dust ever remember wen the Reelwee stame dees cum ter an end? Muster bin arind sixtay-sevun rind eer.
Befower that tho, way ad the intrerduction ov dasuls. An ar must admit it didner goo dine at ow with may at fost, an daft as it sames, it's gon rate rind nar arv cum back ter atin em (ow thase modern dasuls ar mane).
But gooin back ter the leet fiftays, ar muster bin wonner the fost ter ride on thase new super-sonik wotsermacowits cowed Dasul Multerpul Yoonits (DMU fer showt). At fost leowk, they leowk lark thray cooches with no 'enjin' at ow, but they definitly ad a enjin sumweer, idden under sates ar expect. They cum ite abite 1957 an ar yoost remember ridin on won frim Kickrew ter Longpowt ter visit me Yuncul an Anty theer at Longbridge Ayes (annudder vulleege no longer theer). They lived close ter Longpowt Steetion an way yoost wowk frim theer ter my Anties. Ar owees remember gerrin on a DMU an thinking, 'Oh NO!' Way conner expect lose ow ar nice stame engines fer this sowter thing. But wunce ar wuz sat behind the driver with a full fruntal view of weer way were gooin ar fell in luv with it street awee. Then yeers leeter in erly 1980's wen ar funt mesel iter werk fer a weel, ard travul abite wunce agen on DMU's, tripsin rind the country and saying ow wot drivers sow wen drivin alung. Grate stuff. Then thase treens ow started dyin awee, jus lark the steem engines they repleeced. Naradees ownlee a feow are still left still runnin on meen lines, but moost on em are jus on local branch lines. Ow the wons wot still werk ar findin themsels onter the preserved reelwee centers. An the Churnet Valley Railway av a luvly example of a DMU nar in service on Satdees. So ar cudner resist gooin dine fer a ride. Such nostalgia! The view, an the sinds an the SMELL aven, browt back ow them appy memries.
Ar takt a few foters an summon em ar below. Ope they larks em and if they fancies a ride behind a treen driver cum an visit the CVR.
Ar Yoof.
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At Cheddleton Station.
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Drivers view No 2 end DMU.
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Consal, awaiting arrival of passing loop train.
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Aproaching Kingsley and Froghall Station
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At Kingsley and Froghall
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No 1 end, First Class section of DMU.
Befower that tho, way ad the intrerduction ov dasuls. An ar must admit it didner goo dine at ow with may at fost, an daft as it sames, it's gon rate rind nar arv cum back ter atin em (ow thase modern dasuls ar mane).
But gooin back ter the leet fiftays, ar muster bin wonner the fost ter ride on thase new super-sonik wotsermacowits cowed Dasul Multerpul Yoonits (DMU fer showt). At fost leowk, they leowk lark thray cooches with no 'enjin' at ow, but they definitly ad a enjin sumweer, idden under sates ar expect. They cum ite abite 1957 an ar yoost remember ridin on won frim Kickrew ter Longpowt ter visit me Yuncul an Anty theer at Longbridge Ayes (annudder vulleege no longer theer). They lived close ter Longpowt Steetion an way yoost wowk frim theer ter my Anties. Ar owees remember gerrin on a DMU an thinking, 'Oh NO!' Way conner expect lose ow ar nice stame engines fer this sowter thing. But wunce ar wuz sat behind the driver with a full fruntal view of weer way were gooin ar fell in luv with it street awee. Then yeers leeter in erly 1980's wen ar funt mesel iter werk fer a weel, ard travul abite wunce agen on DMU's, tripsin rind the country and saying ow wot drivers sow wen drivin alung. Grate stuff. Then thase treens ow started dyin awee, jus lark the steem engines they repleeced. Naradees ownlee a feow are still left still runnin on meen lines, but moost on em are jus on local branch lines. Ow the wons wot still werk ar findin themsels onter the preserved reelwee centers. An the Churnet Valley Railway av a luvly example of a DMU nar in service on Satdees. So ar cudner resist gooin dine fer a ride. Such nostalgia! The view, an the sinds an the SMELL aven, browt back ow them appy memries.
Ar takt a few foters an summon em ar below. Ope they larks em and if they fancies a ride behind a treen driver cum an visit the CVR.
Ar Yoof.
At Cheddleton Station.
Drivers view No 2 end DMU.
Consal, awaiting arrival of passing loop train.
Aproaching Kingsley and Froghall Station
At Kingsley and Froghall
No 1 end, First Class section of DMU.