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« on: September 04, 2017, 20:36:27 »
Warning - pedantic thread

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This year’s event will include tributes to the No. 6000 King George V train, which is celebrating its 90th birthday.

Surely "who's 90th birthday is being celebrated"?  But come to think of it ... is it a train and was it really born?
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« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2017, 21:21:12 »
It's an engine, and it was built - but at what stage did it start life as such an entity?  The laying down of the first axle, or the maiden run under its own steam?  Undecided
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« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2017, 21:23:35 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on September 04, 2017, 21:21:12
It's an engine, and it was built - but at what stage did it start life as such an entity?  The laying down of the first axle, or the maiden run under its own steam?  Undecided



I can't cite sources, but I've read somewhere that a locomotive exists from the point where its frames are completed.
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« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2017, 22:28:35 »
My sofa laughed when it read the title of this thread.
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« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2017, 23:12:36 »
My first thought on seeing the thread title was Ralph Fiennes having telecommunications issues in the film In Bruges.

Those that know the film will know the scene and dialogue. Those that don't, sorry, but I don't think a link or embedded YouTube clip is appropriate on a public board.  Grin Lips sealed
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« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2017, 15:06:20 »
Quote from: Red Squirrel on September 04, 2017, 21:23:35
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on September 04, 2017, 21:21:12
It's an engine, and it was built - but at what stage did it start life as such an entity?  The laying down of the first axle, or the maiden run under its own steam?  Undecided



I can't cite sources, but I've read somewhere that a locomotive exists from the point where its frames are completed.

Indeed, they start life when the frames are completed, and the first run under their own steam is more like coming of age.
DMUs▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) are different, I think that they hatch from larvae or something.
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