Thread: Deltic diesel locomotive numbers 1962 to 1978

Bloody hell, they are seriously good for a nine year old! Amazing!

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

A couple of pics drawn by my late son Paul when he was about 9 years old ,, he loved his diesel trains .






When he wasn't out train spotting he was drawing them , he would spend hours getting them as best he could .

Not very good quality but the same train can be seen passing in two different places below and to the right


another view

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

A couple of pics drawn by my late son Paul when he was about 9 years old ,, he loved his diesel trains .






When he wasn't out train spotting he was drawing them , he would spend hours getting them as best he could .

Put some more up Nigel, . The detail in those drawings is incredible. You are a great guy Nige, I bet he was a chip off the old block like his old man.

Well somebody has to post it !!

Best thread on TD since I was an egg.
Nigel, just look at the pleasure your lad is giving folk today. You have every right to be a very proud dad.

Originally Posted by chassamui

Best thread on TD since I was an egg.
Nigel, just look at the pleasure your lad is giving folk today. You have every right to be a very proud dad.

Thankyou kindly ,, now that's put a big lump in my throat , of course I accept any kind remarks on Paul's behalf

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

I will put a pic of him on here if that's OK with Neal ,, I'm not wanting to take over your thread

No worries. I was trying for boring thread, see what happens when one tries too hard, but it didn't work. Next time I wont try and it will be boring.

Happy to have given you a spot to post the drawings.

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

I will put a pic of him on here if that's OK with Neal ,, I'm not wanting to take over your thread , but this was a great passion of his , trains and drawing them ,, in the meantime a class 56 for you

Awesome, please post more!

I used to sit on New Street Station in my youth in Birmingham Uk , was sat for hours watching the steem trains come in and out great times .

Well as we seem to have just about finished with this little thread , its been quiet a couple of days now ,, I will just add the tail end bit of Paul and his diesel train drawings ,, as well as trains he loved trucks , Bon Jovi ( well he did have to have some faults lol ) and his greatest love above all was tigers .

Here we are Paul + me on our first holiday together



Another of his truck drawings



His pic of his hero JBJ



One of his many Tiger drawings




In his memory I painted a pic of a Tiger for his brother ,, this is a big painting does not really show in a photo but its about 4 foot 6 " by about 1 foot 6" to give you an idea .




Hope you have enjoyed this little diversion from the most boring thread on TD

Originally Posted by Bung

I used to work on these in the Nth West of Western Australia 1985.



A special commendation to any eagle eyed train spotters out there!

That would be a Mt Newman loco, would it not?



This is what I used to work on.

Thanks for sharing these Nigel.



For a 9 year old these drawings seem really quite unusual.

He seems to have had a fantastic eye and a precocious talent.

Very confident lines and an almost photographic sense of perspective.

I have only seen talent like that from youngsters when they have had an autistic spectrum disorder which means they can naturally disappear into their own world and give 100% concentration to the task of replicating very acurately what they see. They tend to also be very good with vehicles and buildings (more so than natural scenes) and understand perspective when other kids are struggling with much more basic drawing techniques.

Was Paul like that or just a regular kid?

there are so many new words nowadays, but Special is what I see

yes some terrific photos , drawings and paintings in this thread
lovely stuff !!
well ,
apart from that Southern geezer in the swimming pool with the mutton chop sideburns.....

Originally Posted by Looper

Was Paul like that or just a regular kid?

You are very warm mate ,, he had a 100% one track mind he would travel down ,, he was even more stubborn than me ( and thats saying something ) he would only draw what he wanted , nothing else , we got him into college to study art later on , he lasted about 2 days because they wanted him to draw a wide spectrum of things and he was not going down that route.

I spent hours trying to get him to paint with me , but to no avail , he would just mess about .

I have a picture somewhere of a bowl of fruit he drew for his Nan when he was about 4 , this was in colour a rarity for him and the shadow strength and directions were incredible ,, if I can find it I will scan it and put it up for you .

Originally Posted by blue

apart from that Southern geezer in the swimming pool with the mutton chop sideburns.....

Just as well you couldn't see me DM's waiting for me by the pool

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

Great pics
Steam locomotives are kinda cool too.

I would love to restore one but that would take one hell of a machine shop and some equipment.

It is nice to dream though.

These drivers eye views are quite good when stoned, I have two DVDs

Diesel locos are characterless and fuckin offensive.
Real locos run on steam. Coal. Get that? DIRTY COAL.

Suck it up.

FF if you think these magnificent machines have no character then you are suffering from some form of aesthetic blindness.

Originally Posted by FlyFree

Diesel locos are characterless

I would not call an 18 cylinder,36 piston,3 crankshaft, supercharged, "highly- strung and required careful maintenance" engine characterless.

But each to their own.

Originally Posted by blue

Southern geezer in the swimming pool with the mutton chop sideburns

He still has them, although they looked a bit whiter

^ you behave you'll get there one mate

Looper fantastic pics love that model 5869 ,, there used to be a series called Westerners that ran on our tracks like that so I believe