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# me neither
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 11:50, archived)
# oh well
my first photoshop experiment has failed. back to the animation...
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 11:51, archived)
# give us a clue
?
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 11:53, archived)
# Ah-ha!
file name realted goodness, that rocks!
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 11:53, archived)
# nor I
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 11:52, archived)
# Is it a victorian underground train?
If so, I hate to tell you that's exactly what they looked like. Nice 'shopping though!
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 11:52, archived)
# yes!
is it really what they looked like? damn...
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 11:53, archived)
# your shoppery
is too well done for your own good
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 11:55, archived)
# Yes,
they really did have steam underground trains 100 years ago? Mad innit?

A quick spazz came up with this proof....

www.trainweb.org/districtdave/html/underground_steam.html

(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 11:55, archived)
# and here was me
thinking it would be a nice thing to shop cos it would never have happened in real life...

i am still quite amazed tho.

did they provide oxygen masks too?
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 12:02, archived)
# God knows
I guess it would have been pretty nasty down there. Oh well, nice pic, and nice debate.
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 12:03, archived)
# and this
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 12:02, archived)
# I'm not even an Englishman,
but this obviously is a tube station... you'd hardly have a steam train there, would you?
Woo to the pic, nicely made!

[Edit] I stand corrected by the posts above - shame on me.
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 11:55, archived)
# They used to
and the original tunnels were made by diggin a trench in the street, putting the tracks in and covering it over.
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 11:57, archived)
# how
strange indeed
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 11:58, archived)
# Ahem....
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 12:00, archived)
# Baker Street station has
fine examples of the smoke vents. except they're blocked now. See this 'ere.

that's my tuppeny's worth, seeing as I'm passing. *returns to lurking*
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 12:13, archived)
# i didn't
think it could possibly be true!
(, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 11:59, archived)