(28-05-2010, 09:56 PM)Peter Wrote: Indeed, as Sarah pointed out from watching too much Thomas the Tank Engine with the next generation of GW signal engineers, that phrase is (correctly) used in this episode.
There is a lot to be learnt from the proper Rev Awdrey books, because he really knew his railways and kept things plausible and faithful to railway operatons; the more modern ones however.....
Just like your wife, my sister picked up quite a lot when my nephews were young boys. She is certainly convinced that they learnt their colours and numbers from those books. It was fortunate that she had the foresight to have given them both names of featured engines or there might have been trouble!
However only one of them is named after a GWR engine (and it isn't "Duck")......
PJW