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Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:16:28 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> The original books were based firmly on various railways in the UK (my
> daughter was ecstatic when we visited the Talyllyn Railway in 1991 and she
> got to see the REAL Peter Sam (Edward Thomas), Sir Handel (Sir Haydn), and
> especially Skarloey (Talyllyn)) and the engines are almost all recognisable
> as specific classes. Since the original books, though, the modern TV series
> and spinoff series and spinoff books have strayed further and further from
> the original (and have become more and more simplistic in language and
> plot).
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> Kevin
Exactly. Who now knows that Annie and Clarabel are bogie coaches?
Tim
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| (...) This reminds me of the modeling dilemma I faced when I first started building Thomas characters in LEGO-- do I model the prototype upon which the character was based, or do I try and faithfully model the character itself? I ended up deciding (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) I'd heard that "Ring a Ring of Roses" referred to the markings produced by bubonic plague :-) (...) The original books were based firmly on various railways in the UK (my daughter was ecstatic when we visited the Talyllyn Railway in 1991 and (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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