What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

[Woderwick]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

An "excitement of boxes"

A "misery of Mallets"

A "Conurbation of Crocodiles"

 

[Ferrysteam]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

A divorce.

 

[PaulRhB]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

the correct term for a group off locomtives is
MINE

and for the loggers

A Hiccup of Heislers

A Guevara of Shays
An O***** of Climax's

 

[daveyb]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

a quarry of hunslets,,,

 

[MRail]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

a quarry of hunslets,,,

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.

 

[pugwash]

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'

 

[Tony]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

Loads

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

 

[dragon]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

Loads

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

Stainzii

 

[stevedenver]

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'

 

[owlpool]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

a "shunting"

 

[Bram]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

Scrap yard

 

[beavercreek]

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'

 

[steve parberry]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

Dont tell the wife
Do i need some more

Some of mine on the East Midlands group layout

 

[stockers]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

Yes

 

[daveyb]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

with the price of some accucraft locos,,,,

a bankrupt of brass...........

 

[Old Tom]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

A positive plethora of perfectly performing powerful pistons?

 

[Neil Robinson]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

A galaxy of Asters?

 

[mike]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

silly qestion..
sensable asnwer, see above

 

[3Valve]

Re:What should a grouping of engines be callled ?

What is the plural of Stainz anyway

Tony

Pauls