Comments on: Steam Trains http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:08:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: ajho http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-198569 ajho Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:56:13 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-198569 Damn didn't notice the Grocer's apostrophe (or should that be Grocers apostrophe) until just after I hit submit. Damn didn’t notice the Grocer’s apostrophe (or should that be Grocers apostrophe) until just after I hit submit.

]]> By: ajho http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-198568 ajho Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:54:27 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-198568 Glad to see you've recovered from the Cookie monster's <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/07/19/the-caen-hill-flight/comment-page-1/" rel="nofollow">"What next? A preserved steam railway somewhere..."</a> remark! @Martin Beamish Museum had a steam railway when <a href="http://www.strollingguides.co.uk/books/northumbria/places/beamish.php" rel="nofollow">I visited it</a> including a fine replica of <i>Locomotion No 1</i>. The 'vintage car/bus' is probably a tram. @Phil Lord Nelson appears to be running light engine (or at least just with it's tech support coach) so I don't think it can be a rail tour Glad to see you’ve recovered from the Cookie monster’s “What next? A preserved steam railway somewhere…” remark!

@Martin
Beamish Museum had a steam railway when I visited it including a fine replica of Locomotion No 1. The ‘vintage car/bus’ is probably a tram.

@Phil
Lord Nelson appears to be running light engine (or at least just with it’s tech support coach) so I don’t think it can be a rail tour

]]> By: Mikael http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-198520 Mikael Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:25:17 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-198520 The line that ernest mentions is probably the Purbeck Hills. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purbeck_Hills The line that ernest mentions is probably the Purbeck Hills.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purbeck_Hills

]]> By: ernest http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-198519 ernest Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:54:21 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-198519 http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=50.63992,-2.059089&z=11 The line crossed by the Corffe Castle. It is clearly visible by plane, difficultly while zooming. Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

The line crossed by the Corffe Castle.

It is clearly visible by plane, difficultly while zooming.

]]> By: Jel http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-197781 Jel Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:37:48 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-197781 Ernest, please zoom to your desired image, press "show link", and copy the Address Box contents to your reply, as I know the area but don't know what you're on about. <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=50.63992,-2.059089&z=18.5" rel="nofollow">Corfe Castle</a> itself covers the entire surtface of a volcanic plug just north of the station. Ernest, please zoom to your desired image, press “show link”, and copy the Address Box contents to your reply, as I know the area but don’t know what you’re on about. Corfe Castle itself covers the entire surtface of a volcanic plug just north of the station.

]]> By: Jel http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-197753 Jel Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:01:09 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-197753 Stuck in Gloucester station on deviation while Brunel's tunnel was worked on yet again last year, we were overtaken by an Intercity-125 unit in Hornby colours. Life imitates art... Stuck in Gloucester station on deviation while Brunel’s tunnel was worked on yet again last year, we were overtaken by an Intercity-125 unit in Hornby colours. Life imitates art…

]]> By: ernest http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-197360 ernest Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:37:42 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-197360 What is the kind of wall, just on east and west of the corfe castle, near the first steam train ? I've searched for military limit on the county of dorset, but i'm not an historian. Do somebody knows anything about that "adrian wall" for the south of wales ? What is the kind of wall, just on east and west of the corfe castle, near the first steam train ?
I’ve searched for military limit on the county of dorset, but i’m not an historian.

Do somebody knows anything about that “adrian wall” for the south of wales ?

]]> By: Timothy http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-197313 Timothy Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:55:44 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-197313 Here is what I believe is a steam train near Livingstone Zambia: lat/lng:-17.7619,25.7069 The resolution isn't very great but I know that a steam train does run along that line (for the benefit of tourists.) There are still steam trains in commercial operation nearby in Zimbabwe but I couldn't find one in Google Earth. It must be on the low res section of line or stopped at a station and not steaming. Here is what I believe is a steam train near Livingstone Zambia: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
The resolution isn’t very great but I know that a steam train does run along that line (for the benefit of tourists.)
There are still steam trains in commercial operation nearby in Zimbabwe but I couldn’t find one in Google Earth. It must be on the low res section of line or stopped at a station and not steaming.

]]> By: Eric http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-197093 Eric Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:26:19 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-197093 Oops, that "live stream" not "live steam". Oops, that “live stream” not “live steam”.

]]> By: Eric http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-197092 Eric Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:25:37 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/15/steam-trains/#comment-197092 Not to be pedantic, but you have put the link to "stream" trains as opposed to "steam" trains. Other than that, good finds! Not to be pedantic, but you have put the link to “stream” trains as opposed to “steam” trains.

Other than that, good finds!

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