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All steamed up by sminobe on 20 July 2004 6:23pm

I was watching a program on the Alaskan gold rush & there's a working, narrow-gauge steam locomotive that runs 110 miles between Skagway, Alaska & Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory of Canada. Just made me think of MP.

Re: All steamed up by sminobe on 20 July 2004 10:16pm

No, it was pretty bland -- just followed the tourists to the usual touristy places.

MP has managed to find steam locomotives (both operable & non) in all his journeys, I think (maybe not in HA), so I wasn't particularly thinking of FC -- just his love of trains.

Any other trainspotters out there?

Re: All steamed up by peripatetically on 21 July 2004 9:08am

I have a passion for model trains. Dad and I made an Austrian/German winter-themed alpine train Christmas garden before he died. It was a work in progress for more than 20 years. Everything handmade, "from scratch" except the trains, land vehicles and the little people themselves. (And the tracks, too, of course! lol) It is cherished to this day.

Patty~

Re: All steamed up by TwoSheds on 21 July 2004 10:13am

I thoroughly recommend MP's first 'Great Railway Journey of the World' where he took the train from London to Kyle of Lochalsh in Scotland.
It's quite a rare video but occasionally it can be found on ebay.
It must be about 23 years old now & Michael looks very young in it!

Re: All steamed up by peripatetically on 21 July 2004 11:10am

I watched that many years ago with my parents, TwoSheds. It was marvelous. We were always anxious for travel/adventure shows anyway, but the train aspect made it doubly enjoyable.

Re: All steamed up by Helen on 21 July 2004 2:02pm

OOOH! Wanna see!

Re: All steamed up by Izot on 21 July 2004 2:51pm

>>>& Michael looks very young in it!<<<

You'd want to hope so. =D

Does anyone here reckon Gordon Ramsay looks like MP? Maybe it's just me. =D lol

Re: All steamed up by sminobe on 22 July 2004 6:41pm

"MP's first 'Great Railway Journey of the World' ... rare video but occasionally it can be found on ebay"

It might also be found in your local public library. If not, access is available through the Interlibrary Loans service.

Re: All steamed up by irishmanufan on 16 September 2004 12:31pm

that reminds me micheal once filmed nesr where i live . he was doing a progrmaee about great railway jounrnies from derry to kerry and stopped off about a mile form where i live here in Dublin . did'nt see him though .
cheers
Linda

Re: All steamed up by jim on 19 September 2004 10:35pm

I Still have Michael's London to Kyle of Lochalsh on Video somewhere.Must dig it out and see it again.It was in the 'Great Railway Journey's' series broadcast in 1980.

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