Young People And Railways (how old are you?)
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I Love Trains(Trainz)
:wave: Hi there I was born in 1951 and i remember Steam trains whe i was young which were current atthe time , I rememer both Pliastow and strattford Steam Sheds, as i use to visit a steam driver friend with my mum, at pliastow shed AND I even sneaked ride in a double loco ride with a brakevan to Bow Steam shead, that was fun........I use to ride the woolwich to palice gates steam loco service from strattford to woolwich return , as I use to bunk school somtimes to do this, I grew up left school at the tender age of 14 going on 15 in the August of that year (the last year you could leave school at that age , any way went to HM forces as a boy solider stayed in the Army till sept 1973 come out the army and gained employment with British Rail as it was called then , I applied as a secondman a drivers assistant/come cleaner/trainee it would take approx 3 years to become a quified train driver, BUT I was persuded as their was a long waiting list that I would be best to come on as a Train Gaurd, then I would have a quicker chance, to get on the Trainee Driver roll, so I Trained as a Freight Gaurd at Temple Mills was there awhile got promoted to passenger Gaurd then, MainLine Conductor Gaurd at Liverpool Street, I was working the Harwich Boat train a few times and I also worked the Green King Steam specials from liverpool street...............For personal reasons I left BR and went to London Transport on the Underground, I passed my drivers ticket in 11 months was sent to the Northern line at waterloo depot, as the Underground was going through Changes i was only getting 1 or 2 driving turns a month, which pissed me of somwhat
so I then went to London Transport as a Crew Bus Driver at West Ham, stayed on the buses for over 22years I was medicialy retired from Holloway Bus Depot..................... and I dont live to far from the Depot and that have the Gospal Oak line at the bottom of my Garden ahhh sweet momories................................................
:wave: Hi there I was born in 1951 and i remember Steam trains whe i was young which were current atthe time , I rememer both Pliastow and strattford Steam Sheds, as i use to visit a steam driver friend with my mum, at pliastow shed AND I even sneaked ride in a double loco ride with a brakevan to Bow Steam shead, that was fun........I use to ride the woolwich to palice gates steam loco service from strattford to woolwich return , as I use to bunk school somtimes to do this, I grew up left school at the tender age of 14 going on 15 in the August of that year (the last year you could leave school at that age , any way went to HM forces as a boy solider stayed in the Army till sept 1973 come out the army and gained employment with British Rail as it was called then , I applied as a secondman a drivers assistant/come cleaner/trainee it would take approx 3 years to become a quified train driver, BUT I was persuded as their was a long waiting list that I would be best to come on as a Train Gaurd, then I would have a quicker chance, to get on the Trainee Driver roll, so I Trained as a Freight Gaurd at Temple Mills was there awhile got promoted to passenger Gaurd then, MainLine Conductor Gaurd at Liverpool Street, I was working the Harwich Boat train a few times and I also worked the Green King Steam specials from liverpool street...............For personal reasons I left BR and went to London Transport on the Underground, I passed my drivers ticket in 11 months was sent to the Northern line at waterloo depot, as the Underground was going through Changes i was only getting 1 or 2 driving turns a month, which pissed me of somwhat
so I then went to London Transport as a Crew Bus Driver at West Ham, stayed on the buses for over 22years I was medicialy retired from Holloway Bus Depot..................... and I dont live to far from the Depot and that have the Gospal Oak line at the bottom of my Garden ahhh sweet momories................................................
IsambardKingdomBrunel
Joined June 2001
57, i had my first Triang trainset when i was 2yrs old.
Joined British Railways at 16yrs old, i had always wanted to work on the railway.
IKB.
Joined British Railways at 16yrs old, i had always wanted to work on the railway.
IKB.
Well, I'm from 1953. Even before he knew if my mother would have a boy or a girl my father saw in this pregnancy an opportunity to buy a Märklin trainset. Needles to say I've allways enjoyed that bold step :hehe: and that first little steam engine of the same age still works like clockwork...
Greetings from overcast Amsterdam,
Jan
Greetings from overcast Amsterdam,
Jan
gearhead2578
New member
Reviving an old thread....
I just came across this thread and it made me smile - I get a real kick out of the younger generation still into the heavy movers that built so much of our world. I'm not an old timer by any means, but I am old enough to remember watching Milwaukee Road's trains come into and out of Tacoma, Washington as a kid before they went under. We always lived somewhere right along theirs, Burlington Northern's, or Union Pacific's trackage growing up. I got so used to the sounds when I lived in Skykomish, WA I could tell you how many locos were pulling how many cars up the grade and into the cascade tunnel just by the sound of the rumble and the frequency of my cabin windows shaking!! Who says Americans aren't into it?? Keep the spirit alive and by God pass it on to your kids!!
I just came across this thread and it made me smile - I get a real kick out of the younger generation still into the heavy movers that built so much of our world. I'm not an old timer by any means, but I am old enough to remember watching Milwaukee Road's trains come into and out of Tacoma, Washington as a kid before they went under. We always lived somewhere right along theirs, Burlington Northern's, or Union Pacific's trackage growing up. I got so used to the sounds when I lived in Skykomish, WA I could tell you how many locos were pulling how many cars up the grade and into the cascade tunnel just by the sound of the rumble and the frequency of my cabin windows shaking!! Who says Americans aren't into it?? Keep the spirit alive and by God pass it on to your kids!!
cam123456789
Trainz Spotter
12 and my uncle is on the line!
cam123456789
Trainz Spotter
Everyone
Keep on TRACK with your routes
Don't be a SLEEPER
Get the POINT
Keep on TRACK with your routes
Don't be a SLEEPER
Get the POINT
Hehe very clever! 
I'm 31 and have spent most of those years around trains of some sort (and hence, I've been a 'gunzal' (rail buff) for that length of time as well.
)
Having lived in Perth all my life I was lucky enough to live near a railway line most of the time, so trains have always been a big part of my life, to the point I know the Perth to Armadale suburban railway off by heart!
And I'll continue to be a train dag for the rest of my life. :hehe:
I'm 31 and have spent most of those years around trains of some sort (and hence, I've been a 'gunzal' (rail buff) for that length of time as well.
) Having lived in Perth all my life I was lucky enough to live near a railway line most of the time, so trains have always been a big part of my life, to the point I know the Perth to Armadale suburban railway off by heart!
And I'll continue to be a train dag for the rest of my life. :hehe:
jukeboxblues
Driver Tom
I just turned 55 and I have always had a facination with trains.
I have a faint memory of when I was not much older than 4 or 5, riding in the backseat of our family station wagon. While we were stopped at a railroad crossing in Fort Wayne, In., I felt the car shake violently as a big black train ripped past us. It spewed thick smoke and steam.
After the train cleared I saw a large sign on the side of the brick building across the tracks with a picture of a train. I asked my dad what the sign said. He replied, "Nickel-Plate Road. They use to run through here all of the time until recently."
It made quite an impression.
I have a faint memory of when I was not much older than 4 or 5, riding in the backseat of our family station wagon. While we were stopped at a railroad crossing in Fort Wayne, In., I felt the car shake violently as a big black train ripped past us. It spewed thick smoke and steam.
After the train cleared I saw a large sign on the side of the brick building across the tracks with a picture of a train. I asked my dad what the sign said. He replied, "Nickel-Plate Road. They use to run through here all of the time until recently."
It made quite an impression.
legolistic
also a rubiks cube fan
I was 9 when I started with trainz.
I was only about 3 or 4 when I started out. (Thomas)
Now, I'm a teenager, and My interest is diesel power.
I was only about 3 or 4 when I started out. (Thomas)
Now, I'm a teenager, and My interest is diesel power.
) alot of the admiaration for trains came from my dads dad who was a locomotive driver. i begain trains in around 2007.For me,it started with Thomas(which I'm proud to say,I'm still into)at the age of 3.Now 16 going on 17 and I am hooked on the "proper locos" e.g Castles,Kings,Halls,Manors,anything that rolled out of Swindon:hehe:
I found trainz by accident in a bookstore,brought it home but computer wasn't able to handle it.Year later/year ago,new laptop and I entered the world of trainz in all its glory
So while the visual inicaditions of young people into trains may be declining but rest asured,the hobby is alive and strong.
I found trainz by accident in a bookstore,brought it home but computer wasn't able to handle it.Year later/year ago,new laptop and I entered the world of trainz in all its glory
So while the visual inicaditions of young people into trains may be declining but rest asured,the hobby is alive and strong.
legolistic
also a rubiks cube fan
My friend said "Anyone who grows up with Thomas will end up liking trains for the rest of their life."