What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

An "excitement of boxes"

A "misery of Mallets"

A "Conurbation of Crocodiles"
 
Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

A divorce.
 
Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

a quarry of hunslets,,,
 
Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

daveyb said:
a quarry of hunslets,,,
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I think I can quote Ivo Peters writing "Dinorwic Quarry was a veritable hive of Hunslets".
I imagine he meant the general quarry environment rather than the group of locos, but it sounds good.
 
Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

When NQD get round to building locos, and given how they transport their wares we would have:
'A Shipload of Newquida'
:bigsmile:
 
Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

Stainzmeister said:
Loads

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Do you like stainz'S by any chance or did you leave two together by mistake while you went on holls
And
What is the plural of Stainz anyway

Tony
 
Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

Tony said:
Stainzmeister said:
Loads

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Do you like stainz'S by any chance or did you leave two together by mistake while you went on holls
And
What is the plural of Stainz anyway

Tony
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Stainzii
 
Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

why of course,
when referring to a group of locos,

the collective would be


an 'asylum'
 
Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

a "shunting"
 
Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

Scrap yard
 
Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

Splitting up locos into various groups:

A consolidation of 2-8-0s
A prime of diesels
A accumulation of electrics
A fuss of shays
A navigation of switchers

Or in the recent weather on my layout 'A redundancy of locomotion'
 
Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

Dont tell the wife :clap:
Do i need some more:bigsmile:

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Some of mine on the East Midlands group layout
 
Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

Yes
 
Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

with the price of some accucraft locos,,,,

a bankrupt of brass...........
 
Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

A positive plethora of perfectly performing powerful pistons? :bigsmile:
 
Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

silly qestion..
sensable asnwer, see above
 
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