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- From: cmorris@Ingres.COM (Colin Morris)
- Subject: Re: Thomas and Friends
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.204141.22093@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Keywords: Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
- Organization: Ingres, an ASK Company, Alameda CA 94501
- References: <1992Dec15.202939.21939@meadow.uucp>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 20:41:41 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- In article <1992Dec15.202939.21939@meadow.uucp> nzr20@meadow.UUCP (Nicholas Russon) writes:
- >
- >My son (age 22 months) is addicted to Shining Time Station/Thomas
- >the Tank Engine and Friends. At his age, he's not too worried about
- >such details as scale or historical accuracy. Just in case he ever
- >gets around to asking about British railways and the relationship
- >between his current favourite engine (James the Red Engine, or as he
- >is known to Victor "Jaym") and reality, I'd like to be able to say
- >something halfway intelligent about it ("...of course, son, James
- >is based on an LNER mixed traffic engine from the early 1900s...").
- >I'm sure that some magazine has probably done an article on the
- >prototypes (or lack thereof) for the various characters in the series.
- >
- >I've had to be in the same room with the VCR for the last year, and I'm
- >curious about which engines the Rev. Awdry was modelling his creations
- >on, and I hope someone has already found this information. There was an
- >article in Model Railroader several months ago, but I don't recall it
- >answering my question. Can any of the British railfans help me out on
- >this?
- >
- >I don't need a lot of information, but knowing which railway designed
- >and built similar engines during approximately what time period would be
- >more than satisfactory.
- >
-
- "Toby the Tram Engine" was based on engines on a tramway in Wisbech in
- Eastern England. The line closed down sometime in the 50's:- hence the
- story of Toby being purchased from a railway that didn't have any
- passengers anymore.
-
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- Colin Morris Ingres, an ASK Group company cmorris@ws2s.ingres.com
-
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