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Re: Mr. Toad Rides the Great Western

Author: pdxrailtransit

Date: 02-17-2014 - 21:56

brains Wrote:
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> Dear PDX- Ahhh!, so much to enjoy here, from the
> understated pantheism in the book to the telling
> caricature of Victorian/Edwardian society in the
> characterizations by animals to a not-so-unreal
> nostalgia for a vanished England (or maybe a
> dormant one, with preserved railways abundant and
> disused canals being slowly rebuilt, including
> possibly, the one near Graeme's setting of the
> adventures). Alas, the illustrator took artistic
> license with the train, getting the locomotives
> (loosely)right, but sparing the difficulty of
> getting the "coaches" right by colouring them Toad
> Green instead of (horizontal) Brown and Cream,
> which was standard from 1842 to 1948 on the GWR,
> fondly known as the Great Way Round or God's
> Wonderful Railway, depending on your most recent
> trip. The 7ft. gauge locomotives in the Gwr Museum
> in Swindon are something to see.

:) And Swindon is the home of one of my favourite bands, XTC.

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Mr. Toad Rides the Great Western	Pdxrailtransit	02-16-2014 - 13:59
Re: Mr. Toad Rides the Great Western	BoilingMan	02-17-2014 - 06:12
Re: Mr. Toad Rides the Great Western	Burz	02-17-2014 - 10:33
Re: Mr. Toad Rides the Great Western	brains	02-17-2014 - 21:01
Re: Mr. Toad Rides the Great Western	pdxrailtransit	02-17-2014 - 21:56

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pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> brains Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Dear PDX- Ahhh!, so much to enjoy here, from
> the
> > understated pantheism in the book to the
> telling
> > caricature of Victorian/Edwardian society in
> the
> > characterizations by animals to a not-so-unreal
> > nostalgia for a vanished England (or maybe a
> > dormant one, with preserved railways abundant
> and
> > disused canals being slowly rebuilt, including
> > possibly, the one near Graeme's setting of the
> > adventures). Alas, the illustrator took
> artistic
> > license with the train, getting the locomotives
> > (loosely)right, but sparing the difficulty of
> > getting the "coaches" right by colouring them
> Toad
> > Green instead of (horizontal) Brown and Cream,
> > which was standard from 1842 to 1948 on the
> GWR,
> > fondly known as the Great Way Round or God's
> > Wonderful Railway, depending on your most
> recent
> > trip. The 7ft. gauge locomotives in the Gwr
> Museum
> > in Swindon are something to see.
> 
> 
> :) And Swindon is the home of one of my favourite
> bands, XTC.

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