Re: David LAngleys age (was Re: Second rate Melbourne stations)

[jdennis@acslink.net.au]

In article <372F9D5F.5B0C662E@ancc.com.au>,
  del@ancc.com.au wrote:
> John Dennis wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2 May 1999 23:23:30 +1000, "Michael Walker"
> > <walker@hotkey.net.au> wrote:
> >
> > >>Yes, I'm older than you.
> > >>
> > >How much? Of course, given it is impolite to ask such a question, give us a
> > >vague idea from the following:
> > [snip]
> > >Whilst half tongue in cheek, it would be interesting without being too
> > >precise for those who prefer not to give too much away to see roughly the
> > >ages of those in the group, similar to the recent 'what size computer do
you
> > >have' thread from not too long ago. To make it more interesting, it could
be
> > >measured in terms of significant local railway events.
> > >
> > >In case anyone is interested (making huge assumption), it could be said I
am
> > >older than all the Hitachi trains in Melbourne.
> > >
> > >Over to you.
> >
> > Just in case anybody is remotely interested, I can recall steam days
> > in Victoria, and while never travelling on a regular steam-hauled pass
> > did watch them, and once rode from Korong Vale to Robinvale in the cab
> > of a "J" class on the daily goods train.
>
> It's always dangerous saying that "I remember when ........." but what the
hell,
> I certainly travelled on the 9.10 Dimboola behind the J class between Horsham
and
> Dimboola. It had run 36 Fast Goods and swopped with the B class off the pass.
> Remember seeing the peanut with an R class drop the staff at Armstrong, and it
> took about 10' for it to stop and return to Armstrong, pick up the staff and
> proceed - it came down through Armstrong like the clappers. Now can someone
tell
> us where that saying came from?

The Dimboola pass and the Peanut.  Others my age have ridden these trains,
and now I sit down with them and reminisce and wonder why I didn't go there. 
I think it might have something to do with my parents, who seemed reluctant
to let me travel overnight until I was 16 or so.  Unfortunately at the end of
VR steam on passenger trains you could take a day trip and watch the Swan
Hill at Bendigo, or watch the Peanut at Ararat.

Can't help with clappers.

JD
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John Dennis
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