Re: British Steam on TV
brett.fitzpatrick@employment.gov.au
Sun, 26 Apr 1998 19:48:04 -0600
In article <3541a02c.349723484@news.ozemail.com.au>,
cctcs@spamblock.ozemail.com.au (greg h) wrote:
>
> On Fri, 24 Apr 1998 17:46:46 +1000, Bob <gioia@fastlink.com.au> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >David Bennetts wrote:
> >
> >> For those interested in British steam railways, the next episode of
> >> 'Heartbeat' next Tuesday night has a storyline based around sabotage on the
> >> railway. The series is set in Yorkshire, and features the North Yorkshire
> >> Moors Railway, which is a well run preserved line.
> >>
> >> Enjoy watching it.
> >
> >The above is episode 10 or series seven and is titles "Playing with trains".
> >The review says "the police investigate thefts from a fur factory and
> >trespassers on a railway line". I suspect that loco 90775 a war department
> >2-10-0 will be seen as it has featured throughout series seven.
> >Cheers
> >Bob
> >
> With the tacky, tacky name of "Vera Lynn" ..... God, UK railway
> preservationists are pathetic (90775 and other WD locos were primarily
> goods/freight locos - only top link passenger steam locos were named,
> and usually in a group based on a naming convention).
>
> But, that's TV (even UK TV can be bad sometimes)
>
90775 was named "Dame Vera Lynne" after the famous singer. It was a
recognition of her morale boosting eforts during WWII, as is her title. Call
it tacky if you will, but I feel that it is a memorial to the glimmers of
hope that shone through those dark times.
For the TV Series, the name was altered to "The Vera Lynne", which along with
"Britannia" being renamed "The Flying Kiltie" for an episode of Hart To Hart
(Robert Wagner & Stephanie Powers) is really tacky.
Cheers
Brett
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