Post #3343989
2026-06-14 21:20 UTC
@davidnjoku@mastodon.world I agree with your point, but steam trains didn't actually disappear that long ago.
For instance, the last steam driven normal service (not "historic") service on British Railways was in 1968, 58 years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainline_steam_trains_in_Great_Britain
Lots of us are older than that.
The first fight of Concorde took place only about six months after the last steam train service, and the Apollo 11 moon mission was just a couple of months later again.
So anyone who remembers the moon landing probably also remembers steam trains !
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@MikeFromLFE@cupoftea.social 2026-06-14 21:26
@hembrow@todon.eu @davidnjoku@mastodon.world David! You are messing with my head! I can remember steam trains better than I can remember either Concorde or the moon landing. You've made an excellent point. Thank you
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@davidnjoku@mastodon.world 2026-06-14 22:08
@hembrow@todon.eu That blows my mind. I thought steam trains ended before the second world war 😀
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@theotherbrook@sunny.garden 2026-06-14 22:29
@hembrow@todon.eu @davidnjoku@mastodon.world For the record I remember Apollo 11 but it's one of my very first memories, coming two months after I turned three. I have a couple other memories I can place earlier in 1969 before I was three (like my brother's birthday party almost three months before I turned three!) but I'm pretty sure I remember nothing from 1968.