Has anyone here ever read the Thomas the Tank Engine books that talk about the Mid Sodor railway or have seen Awdry’s model of the Mid Sodor if so, can you tell me what type the coaches are and how to model them?
I dunno. Belichick? Landry? The Tuna, who announced his retirement (for the second (or is it the third?)) time today? Shula, who is now hawking diet aids on TV? No, my vote is still with Vince Lombardi. To quote lineman Jerry Kramer, “This is a man.”
http://www.pegnsean.net/~railwayseries/ffarquhar.htm, this link is to “The Modeling of Sodor”, and is about the origional “Thomas” layout. It’s chock full of about all there is to know, short of reading all of the books. Hope this helps.[2c]
What the hell are you talking about?
Coborn35,
The subject was, “Coaches.”
Of course, here in Sin City the accepted answer would be:
Tarkanian.
My own favorites are Yacolan and Kondos-Field.
Or don’t you guys play sports in the frozen wastes?
Chuck (who enjoys watching NCAA gymnastics when not modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
The Bear was the best. What Howard Schnellenberger did at Miami is hardly anything to sneeze at, but the Bear was still the pinnacle in my book.
Sports are good and all but what does that have to do with coaches?
I agree, what has any of that got to do with the original question?
I have all the original Thomas stories in one bound volume. Unfortunately, I know nothing (or worse than nothing [:P] ) about the prototypes the stories were based on, so decided not to post irrelevant posts just because. But this going so far off topic, and on the first reply, does not show much respect for the original poster.
And some of us may actually learn something from this discussion, unfortunately the link http://www.pegnsean.net/~railwayseries/ffarquhar.htm did not work for me.
I tried that link too and I think there is a problem with their website.
The link for Sodor must be down - just tried it - I have used it in the past - lets hope it’s back up soon - lots of great info on Thomas![%-)]
I will keep trying, thanks for the link [bow]
Jay,
There are multiple ways of looking at the word “coach”, it can either be:
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coach (kowch) - as in a sofa or davenport
OR -
coach ('kOch) - as in, 1. The instructor and/or call player of a sports team. 2. A Greyhound or Trailways bus. 3. A railroad passenger car used for day travel. 4. The cheap section of an airline flight.
Some of the fellas are playing around with the words.
Tom
Don’t want to be a smart-A$$, but a “sofa or davenport” is a coUch, not a coAch!
But there ARE several meanings of the work “coach”. Playing word games by answering the question based on a different definition can be fun. I got a chuckle out of it, just as soon as I figured out what he was talking about!!! Me slow!!
Darrell, NOW you know why I’m quiet…for now
I realize my mistake but why would someone talk about a sports coach on a model train forum?
Thanks, Darrell. Sorry, I had a bad “spelling” day early this morning. Actually, I realized what I had done about 15 minutes ago and was hoping to get back on the forum and change it before anyone noticed. Well…you noticed. [:I]
Tom, feelin’ really stupid…for now
Jay,
As Darrell and I have said, it’s a play on words and the guys were just having fun with it. When I originally saw the post title, I thought the same thing in my mind.
There’s another thread on pg. 1 that’s entitled “Starting a LA layout”. I read the title and immediately understood that someone was probably desiring to start a layout based on the industries and geography in and around Los Angeles, CA. However, being the musician and “punster” that I am, I also saw LA as “la” in musical solfege - i.e. do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do. (You’ve seen the Sound of Music, yes?)
I then thought to myself, “Well, I’d definitely rather have a “LA” layout than a “DO” (Doh!) layout”. ([banghead] I hate having to explain word jokes. If you have to explain them then they aren’t as funny.)
Anyhow…on with the thread.
Tom