Don't worry if it looks like we've jumped ahead in the series. We finished the first lot (thank goodness) two weeks ago, and now we're on to the first of Only Daughter's Discovery of some transports of delight. So here we see two passing trains made up of 'blood and custard' carriages running through what looks like a cutting somewhere in Southern England. Er, that's it really. Holiday pics coming up later this week.
Kelsale, Suffolk
2 days ago
10 comments:
Oh, marvellous. Right-hand train can't make up its mind whether it's coming or going. Left-hand train is run by the ancestor of a certain bearded entrepreneur and isn't going anywhere. Unless I have my specs on the wrong way round, which is quite possible of a morning. Welcome back.
Wilko Wins! And how quickly. Card reads: "Two engines on the same line are going in opposite directions".
Oh dear Wilko - fallen for that one haven't you. The artist has also lead us into a dilema buy not understanding that some of us would assume he has allowed for the Lulworth Vortex Driven Venturi Phenominum. (lets ignore the engineless train on the down line for the time being). The use of a pusher here is simply a loose coupled arrangement to deal with this particular gradient. The engines are obviously going in the same direction, admitedly at no great speed, but the local wind anomoly named after the interesting geographical feature at Lulworth Cove is causing the smoke trails to converge. Simply, a localised vortex is triggered by a rare combination of atmospheric conditions combined with the topography, on a site as we have here the vortex is disturbed at altitide by a break in the valley or slight depression and splits into two counter-rotating spirals, these then rush out of the open gap in the landscape, accelerated by the venturi effect. In the days of steam this phenominum could be reliably found on the West Coast line at Tyndrum where the spectacular horseshoe curve added to the effect. Back to the fault - no idea.
Blimey. I thought there might be more to it.
Is the green engine Gordon and the red one James?
I'll have whatever Diplo is on. And make ita double!
Me too. And I'll get the next round.
Must have been the mushrooms he had for breakfast. Good to have you back Mr.A...like, er, make with the holiday snaps, man.
There are two trains in a beautifuly drawn picture - how can there possibly be anything wrong with it?
Wartime rose tinted specs - marvelous. You're quite right of course in a smuch as we should be looking on the bright side.
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