Anyone got different toys ?

[Mad4slalom]

My other toy has a sbc as well, but it's the 4.3l V6 version. Mind you it's got more power than my car!

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Hmm , couple of ski’s i see there. Have been involved with slalom for the last 20 years at a few old clay pits in cornwall. Most ski boats use the 350 chevy badged as various other names. The slalom course can be very addictive once you get a taste

 

[Chuffer]

Don`t own them but get to play with them at other peoples expense ( the best kind of fun ) . I help maintain steam locomotive No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell plus three other locos to keep in full working order . 70013 hauled the last steam hauled revenue earning passenger train for British Railways in August 1968 . Also skipper and maintain Sculptor , a genuine 72 foot working narrow boat , she`s quite a handful when loaded with 20 tons of coal !

 

[Mad4slalom]

Don`t own them but get to play with them at other peoples expense ( the best kind of fun ) . I help maintain steam locomotive No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell plus three other locos to keep in full working order . 70013 hauled the last steam hauled revenue earning passenger train for British Railways in August 1968 . Also skipper and maintain Sculptor , a genuine 72 foot working narrow boat , she`s quite a handful when loaded with 20 tons of coal !View attachment 8628View attachment 8629

Now they are Big Boys Toys

 

[Roscobbc]

Chuffed - is the narrow boat purely 'haulage' (like it was designed' for?)

 

[Forrest Gump]

Chuffed - is the narrow boat purely 'haulage' (like it was designed' for?)

I don’t see any water skis on it

 

[Chuffer]

She belongs to Canal & Rivers Trust and is volunteer maintained and operated . She has an interesting history as built in 1928 which is very late in commercial carrying terms on the canals . She is powered by a twin cylinder air cooled diesel and carried coal and other bulk goods for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company .. She was commandeered in WW2 by the War Department along with many other narrow boats and fitted out as fire fighting boat during the blitz in London . It is maintained in full working order and goes to boat shows and other events on the inland waterways system . We did shift 20 tons of coal in her on one occasion which was great fun . It was like trying to stop or steer a super tanker ! No good for water skiing at only 5 mph though

 

[Chuffer]

Now they are Big Boys Toys

Yep ! and here are the others in the toy box . It`s a VERY big box I am a member of an association that also maintains and operates these beasts ! Privately owned steam loco 45305 that hauls charter trains all over the UK and the huge D123 diesel electric loco . We are also custodians of D6535 and steam loco 30777 Sir Lamiel which belong to York Railway Museum national collection . Sir Lamiel is currently being stripped down for a heavy general overhaul before going back into service on heritage railways and the national rail system hauling charter trains . Unfortunately the Covid lockdowns have seriously curtailed progress

 

[Slick]

I've got this.
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Dunlop Ground hog , remember them well

 

[Nick B]

Dunlop Ground hog , remember them well

Still squeaks as well!

 

[Slick]

Still squeaks as well!

I had one glued to the dash of my mini many years ago

 

[Chuffer]

Dunlop Ground hog , remember them well

The Samoyed dog I had back those days went went barmy with ours until it bit through it and it wouldn`t squeak anymore . The groundhog that is , not the dog !!

 

[James Vette]

Yep ! and here are the others in the toy box . It`s a VERY big box I am a member of an association that also maintains and operates these beasts ! Privately owned steam loco 45305 that hauls charter trains all over the UK and the huge D123 diesel electric loco . We are also custodians of D6535 and steam loco 30777 Sir Lamiel View attachment 8633View attachment 8634View attachment 8635View attachment 8636 which belong to York Railway Museum national collection . Sir Lamiel is currently being stripped down for a heavy general overhaul before going back into service on heritage railways and the national rail system hauling charter trains . Unfortunately the Covid lockdowns have seriously curtailed progress

30777 is my favourite train.

 

[Chuffer]

30777 is my favourite train.

Clearly a man of impeccable taste But to be pedantic , 30777 is a locomotive . A train is what it tows behind it

 

[James Vette]

Clearly a man of impeccable taste But to be pedantic , 30777 is a locomotive . A train is what it tows behind it

Locomotive doesn't sound as cool.

 

[BobbyV8]

This for a little while
but decided I wanted to live a little longer so now have this

 

[BobbyV8]

Hopefully when we're out of lockdown we'll be able to get this baby out again to play

 

[James Vette]

Dream job!
https://flic.kr/p/diDPGu

 

[Chuffer]

Locomotive doesn't sound as cool.

General railwayman`s parlance is `Engine` but as with all chaps mechanical toys they are always `she ` . Probably because they are temperamental !

 

[Chuffer]

Hopefully when we're out of lockdown we'll be able to get this baby out again to play
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Now that toy is entirely too much fun

 

[Chuffer]

Weather `s too pants to take the 1:1 scale classic out for a spin so having to make do with the 1:64 scale classic instead