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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2012 17:32:53 GMT
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Post by dinmoremanor on Oct 21, 2012 17:43:09 GMT
Top bloke Guy Martin, he spent some 10 days at the SVR during the filming for this and was very much hands on, he certainly was not just posing for the camera with strategically placed grease marks on his overalls! Really looking forward to it.
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Post by cplmickey on Oct 21, 2012 17:58:32 GMT
Thanks for the reminder. I'd forgotten it was tonight.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2012 20:12:10 GMT
Well, I watched it, but found myself looking at my watch! I expected a gentle meander through time and space in the manner of his excellent boat restoration programme, but I found it all a little frantic and peculiarly unsatisfying.
I look forward to his single handed restoration of the sawmill...
JB
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Post by dinmoremanor on Oct 21, 2012 20:22:11 GMT
Kind of agree there, perhaps tried to squeeze a little too much into one programme. Some obvious errors in there but it's just a TV programme at the end of the day, needs to appeal to the masses!
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Post by greensands on Oct 21, 2012 20:29:25 GMT
Personally i was not happy with the use of the term "train" where it should have been engine, throttle in place of regulator, rivets in place of stays and the loose (very) comparison made between the reverser and the gearbox of a car. Apart from that, the guy certainly got his hands dirty and not everybody could put a watch back together and how good it was to see it all come together.
Reg
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Post by ejparrott on Oct 22, 2012 6:32:41 GMT
Would someone like to tell me when 5 thou became 0.2mm?  Decidedly bored, I think it was a poor show. |
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Post by angleseyrailway on Oct 22, 2012 7:09:47 GMT
Have to agree,
A very enthusiastic presenter but very difficult to understand when excited. It seems as though they are trying to find a new 'Fred'.
Sorry, didn't find it that good either!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2012 8:37:43 GMT
It seems as though they are trying to find a new 'Fred'. That's exactly what I said to my wife last night, who then replied by saying who's Fred?... 'the guy you found boring dear' I said, 'oh yes just like him' Having said that I did enjoy the program, after all it had steam engines in it which we all like. Thanks for the heads up JB...  Pete |
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Post by cplmickey on Oct 22, 2012 11:36:08 GMT
I enjoyed it although felt that it tried to cover too many diverse topics. But then that's probably because my interest is steam engines and not rail installation, watches etc. I suspect it appealed to a lot of others though because it didn't go into detail.
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Post by dinmoremanor on Oct 22, 2012 11:41:44 GMT
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Post by peteh on Oct 22, 2012 11:55:22 GMT
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Post by Smifffy on Oct 22, 2012 16:37:53 GMT
Thank you for the notice, I watched the show and although I was also irritated by some of the references made (as noted by Greensands) I did enjoy it.
I also agree on the 'new Fred'!
Smifffy
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Post by Rex Hanman on Oct 22, 2012 19:40:05 GMT
Just watched it. Yes there were some glaring errors, like how does a 2-6-2 have eight wheels? That said, you can't knock his enthusiasm.
How good to see a 17 year old white metalling a bearing, or a 22 year old boring it out!
I enjoyed it, but they were working on a large prairie.... nuff said! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2012 22:06:21 GMT
Thanks for the link dinmore, I've just watched the program. As a made-for-TV production it wasn't too bad, and the impressive photography made up for the irritating technical howlers. The LNWR archive shots were nice!
Did anyone spot the continuity mess-up? The SVR driver asks Guy "are you confident to stop at the platform on the left hand side?". We then see a shot out of the cab roof hatch, and the loco is approaching Hampton Loade, where the right hand home signal arm is "off" for the train to go into the right hand side of the loop, where the platform is also on the right! Then, lo and behold, the train stops at Highley, where the platform is indeed on the left.
The firing shovel Guy made was like no firing shovel I've ever seen or used. And what on earth were they doing, blowing the blocked tubes out with compressed air whilst standing in the firebox? They must have been mad, that job is always done from the smokebox end, where you can stand in the fresh air!
The new Fred? Nah, Fred was a craftsman, Guy is a wannabe.
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Post by ianholder on Oct 23, 2012 15:33:27 GMT
Guy is a nevergunerbe, BBC dropped him after disasterous narrowboat series.
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Post by drumkilbo on Oct 23, 2012 16:00:31 GMT
The state the BBC is in just now, they probably did him a favour.
Guy comes across as a likeable lad though I was a bit disappointed with the first show in this series. We were holidaying in Hawes at the end of March and walked up round by Gayle Mill and came across Guy doing a piece to camera outside the mill, spent the rest of the evening trying to remember what his name was and what it was he always said........by 'eck we eventually remembered. On the whole I quite enjoy what he's doing and look forward to the rest of the series.
Ian
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Post by dinmoremanor on Oct 23, 2012 16:17:18 GMT
And what on earth were they doing, blowing the blocked tubes out with compressed air whilst standing in the firebox? They must have been mad, that job is always done from the smokebox end, where you can stand in the fresh air! Standing at the front cleaning them out wouldn't have been as 'dramatic' on TV as being within the firebox....! Looking forward to the next one in the series, but looking forward more so to seeing him again at the TT next year. A few people have said to me that he seemed a little 'nuts' during that programme, well, to be doing this I guess you have to be a bit, with commentary from the man himself |
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Post by angleseyrailway on Oct 23, 2012 19:55:22 GMT
To be another Fred, he would have to be an incredibly charismatic, knowledgeable and be an engaging old time engineer with pocket fulls of experience and quirky experiences that would beguile the most flamboyant of us. Fred could nail all of these qualities. Plus you could understand his accent! Another 30 yrs of real experience needed Guy!
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Post by davebreeze on Oct 23, 2012 22:43:57 GMT
I don't think we need, or should expect, a clone of Fred Dibnah - Fred was just Fred and Guy has own skills and experience, as dinmoremanor's clip above shows (I think Guy's a diesel mechanic by trade too). As a biker myself that TT lap is plain scary., I especially like the bit where he says he's doing 320kph, 'about 207mph, quick enough'. Er, aye.
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