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Title: Indian hill railways
Post by: Pastis on December 23, 2010, 06:15:35 PM
Watched this last night:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qzzlm#synopsis

I do like a train; might be something to book for next year  rubschin:
Title: Re: Indian hill railways
Post by: Nick on December 23, 2010, 06:54:47 PM
My nice cousin sponsors kids in India. He goes for 6 weeks each year and buys a bike which he takes on trains to visit remote villages. He loves it  cloud9:
Title: Re: Indian hill railways
Post by: Pastis on December 23, 2010, 06:57:09 PM
It sounds blissful...  Watch the prog on iPlayer if you get the chance  happy088
Title: Re: Indian hill railways
Post by: Snoopy on December 23, 2010, 07:41:54 PM
Minor is train mad ~ He & I watched it the past two nights and the third and final programme in the mini series is on tonight twixt 7 and 8. As the lad is busy I am recording it on my Freeview box (in the study) and we will watch it tomorrow.
I/we agree with you about the Indian Hill Trains ~ however Minor's ambition is to ride the railways in Switzerland .... in fact he views Switzerland as the ideal model railway layout. Since he has a cousin (Lil Bruvver's Daughter) living in Switzerland he plans to visit them with his Uncle in a few years time and spend a week riding the rails.
Title: Re: Indian hill railways
Post by: Just One More on December 23, 2010, 08:34:10 PM
Thanks for the heads up Pastis, I shall watch them on I-plyer

Snoopy, I think I've seen every one of the Swiss Railway journeys, and watch them again and again  cloud9:  Fantastic scenery, wonderful footage of the old trains, and I marvel at the engineering involved to build most of the lines
Title: Re: Indian hill railways
Post by: Snoopy on December 23, 2010, 08:39:00 PM
Minor's BIG plan is to win the lottery and buy Swiss Railways .... Bless him.
Title: Re: Indian hill railways
Post by: Just One More on December 23, 2010, 09:01:46 PM
Mine was to buy British Rail, always wanted a cowboy outfit  drumroll:
Title: Re: Indian hill railways
Post by: Barman on December 24, 2010, 07:00:25 AM
Quote from: Just One More on December 23, 2010, 09:01:46 PM
Mine was to buy British Rail, always wanted a cowboy outfit  drumroll:


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Title: Re: Indian hill railways
Post by: Just One More on January 20, 2011, 07:46:02 PM
Still railway related, I watched Great British Railway Journeys tonight presented by Michael Portillo. Tonights was Batley to Sheffield and the focus was more on the surrounding areas and its history rather than the railway. Very interesting. I've now set the series link for the rest of the series  happy088
Title: Re: Indian hill railways
Post by: Barman on January 20, 2011, 07:47:44 PM
Quote from: Just One More on January 20, 2011, 07:46:02 PM
Still railway related, I watched Great British Railway Journeys tonight presented by Michael Portillo. Tonights was Batley to Sheffield and the focus was more on the surrounding areas and its history rather than the railway. Very interesting. I've now set the series link for the rest of the series  happy088

My series link isn't werking like...  noooo: