Your favourite machine.

Nitefly

The one on Preston station where you could put a penny in, and then stamp your favourite engine  number onto a strip of aluminium.

lasermonkey

cruxiform said:

Deadman said:

Class 55 Deltic. The noise and presence of one of these roaring through Darlington train station to a 5 year old kid was unreal.

With names like 'The Fife and the Forfar Yeomanry', 'The Black Watch', 'The Durham Light Infantry' and 'The King's Own Light Infantry', they left a lasting impression.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8624/15837828603_3c799a2d74_b.jpg

Spot on mate. I grew up just outside of Hartlepool and often saw them pulling coal trucks from Blackhall Colliery. They were a proper 'muscle' train!

Are you sure it wasn't a class 37, 40, 44 or 45? The Deltics were very much a passenger locomotive and as far as I know, were only to be found on the east coast main line.
 I used to live less than a quarter of a mile from the ECML and got to know the distinctive sound of the '55 very well.
 Grown men wept they day the last one was retired.

not_the_dj

Another vote for the Spitfire.

57Deluxe

@Deadman @cruxiform ;;;...nothing beat a BR Class 42 'Warship' in full flight! There were 3 a day on the 'boat train' express service that came along the Waterloo mainline past our school and the sound of it approaching would be met by excited boys shouting "Warship!" and a dash to the end of the playing field to try and get it's name and number... More often than not was D805 Benbow....but sometimes a Western Region would be hauling up front! D837 Ramilles was my fave...

http://www.miac.org.uk/images/833.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/Rail/Locos/42/i-V49rjS8/0/M/D832 D7076 Burrs 1 010907g-M.jpg

vale

earth. i love it. nature is the greatest & most perfect thing.
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IvisonGuitars

miserneil said:

The Submarine Spitfire

Fucking autocorrect!

robgilmo

Budgie said:

The Land Rover. From the Series 1 to the last of the Defenders.

Ta Da!

cruxiform

lasermonkey said:

cruxiform said:

Deadman said:

Class 55 Deltic. The noise and presence of one of these roaring through Darlington train station to a 5 year old kid was unreal.

With names like 'The Fife and the Forfar Yeomanry', 'The Black Watch', 'The Durham Light Infantry' and 'The King's Own Light Infantry', they left a lasting impression.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8624/15837828603_3c799a2d74_b.jpg

Spot on mate. I grew up just outside of Hartlepool and often saw them pulling coal trucks from Blackhall Colliery. They were a proper 'muscle' train!

Are you sure it wasn't a class 37, 40, 44 or 45? The Deltics were very much a passenger locomotive and as far as I know, were only to be found on the east coast main line.
 I used to live less than a quarter of a mile from the ECML and got to know the distinctive sound of the '55 very well.
 Grown men wept they day the last one was retired.

37 I think mate.

cruxiform

57Deluxe said:

@Deadman @cruxiform ;;;...nothing beat a BR Class 42 'Warship' in full flight! There were 3 a day on the 'boat train' express service that came along the Waterloo mainline past our school and the sound of it approaching would be met by excited boys shouting "Warship!" and a dash to the end of the playing field to try and get it's name and number... More often than not was D805 Benbow....but sometimes a Western Region would be hauling up front! D837 Ramilles was my fave...

http://www.miac.org.uk/images/833.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/Rail/Locos/42/i-V49rjS8/0/M/D832 D7076 Burrs 1 010907g-M.jpg

A wow awarded for that!

ESchap

Orgasmatron

robgilmo

Deadman

cruxiform said:

lasermonkey said:

cruxiform said:

Deadman said:

Class 55 Deltic. The noise and presence of one of these roaring through Darlington train station to a 5 year old kid was unreal.

With names like 'The Fife and the Forfar Yeomanry', 'The Black Watch', 'The Durham Light Infantry' and 'The King's Own Light Infantry', they left a lasting impression.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8624/15837828603_3c799a2d74_b.jpg

Spot on mate. I grew up just outside of Hartlepool and often saw them pulling coal trucks from Blackhall Colliery. They were a proper 'muscle' train!

Are you sure it wasn't a class 37, 40, 44 or 45? The Deltics were very much a passenger locomotive and as far as I know, were only to be found on the east coast main line.
 I used to live less than a quarter of a mile from the ECML and got to know the distinctive sound of the '55 very well.
 Grown men wept they day the last one was retired.

37 I think mate.

Yeah the only long nosed diesel you'd have seen in those parts pulling freight at the time. 31's were common too but had a flat front obviously. I saw the odd 40 in Darlo pulling freight too. Rarely a 45/46 though. And certainly never a Deltic. 
Thornaby depot used to be a schoolboy's dream back in the day.

Deadman

57Deluxe said:

@Deadman @cruxiform ;;;...nothing beat a BR Class 42 'Warship' in full flight! There were 3 a day on the 'boat train' express service that came along the Waterloo mainline past our school and the sound of it approaching would be met by excited boys shouting "Warship!" and a dash to the end of the playing field to try and get it's name and number... More often than not was D805 Benbow....but sometimes a Western Region would be hauling up front! D837 Ramilles was my fave...

http://www.miac.org.uk/images/833.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/Rail/Locos/42/i-V49rjS8/0/M/D832 D7076 Burrs 1 010907g-M.jpg

Before my time bud. Close to a 50 in sound/size though I believe? 
Big diesels are awesome. The sounds, the smells. Bloomin awesome.

bluechargeboy

Deadman said:

cruxiform said:

lasermonkey said:

cruxiform said:

Deadman said:

Class 55 Deltic. The noise and presence of one of these roaring through Darlington train station to a 5 year old kid was unreal.

With names like 'The Fife and the Forfar Yeomanry', 'The Black Watch', 'The Durham Light Infantry' and 'The King's Own Light Infantry', they left a lasting impression.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8624/15837828603_3c799a2d74_b.jpg

Spot on mate. I grew up just outside of Hartlepool and often saw them pulling coal trucks from Blackhall Colliery. They were a proper 'muscle' train!

Are you sure it wasn't a class 37, 40, 44 or 45? The Deltics were very much a passenger locomotive and as far as I know, were only to be found on the east coast main line.
 I used to live less than a quarter of a mile from the ECML and got to know the distinctive sound of the '55 very well.
 Grown men wept they day the last one was retired.

37 I think mate.

Yeah the only long nosed diesel you'd have seen in those parts pulling freight at the time. 31's were common too but had a flat front obviously. I saw the odd 40 in Darlo pulling freight too. Never a 45/46 though. And certainly never a Deltic. 
Thornaby depot used to be a schoolboy's dream back in the day.

I don't claim to be an - ahem - expert on trains, but this is reminding me of going to gigs in places like Nottingham and Rugby as a young'un and spending the night in the train station waiting for the first train in the morning. Used to see these big buggers coming through in the small hours, always impressive!

Axe_meister

S1 Corvette
followed by
S1 Lotus Elise

ThePrettyDamned

Lady prettydamned nominates the massive photocopier at work. She actually loves it - it copies, double sided and staples. It even gives instructions on what to do if it breaks so anyone can fix it.

Mobile phones for me I think. How it went from such a special rarity to fairly common to common with children to cameras, touchscreen and video device with the Internet on board...

I also find cranes to be very amazing.  

Alnico

The Avro Vulcan, a jet-powered tailless delta wing high-altitude strategic bomber, which was operated by the Royal Air Force from 1956 until 1984.

http://i.imgur.com/6jb4IaZ.jpg

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robgilmo

The TV, one in every house churning out propaganda and brain deadening crap to an audience of slightly amused consumerist zombies. Got to give it credit.

JezWynd

Crazy Germans



Even crazier Brits...

octatonic

Either my coffee maker or my BMW S1000R.