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Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads
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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).

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 (...) (18 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 (...) (18 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)

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