Hello from Teesside

Hello everybody, apologies, this is a slightly belated intro

I’m a 45 year old IT engineer living in Teesside and I’ve always had an affinity with railways, traction engines, general engines etc. Unusual hobby for an IT person I know, but it gets me away from the screen and gets me covered in oil and petrol, and I love it .

A few months ago, I bought my first engine, an original Lister A junior and it’s lovely, just not running, I think the compression is low, but haven’t got round to investigating much further. Another Lister A junior came up and I couldn’t refuse, fully restored and running, so I bought it!

My latest acquisition last week was a rough but “running” Lister D. I say “running” because I saw it get started when I picked it up, but can’t seem to now (question in another section of this forum).

I have to say though, this hobby is addictive. I love learning about the history of these wonderful feats of engineering and if I can play a small part in keeping these machines running then I’m happy. I’ve already met some amazing people and I’ve already discovered that people involved in this hobby/addiction are extremely helpful and not condescending to us newbies. So for those who I’ve already spoken to, I thank you!

I hope to be an active member of the forum as and when work/life/family allows and if I can be of assistance to anyone, then please reach out. I also hope to meet others in the Teesside/Durham area, I’m sure there are loads

Sorry for the long intro peeps

Regards

Hello, John not that far from you am just up A19 4 miles past Peterlee.

Welcome to forum, as you already know this engine thing is very addictive.


Don

Hello and welcome!

Hi and a warm welcome to the forum. I guessed IT from your user name. Thirty years in IT starting as a trainee programmer.

mattblack wrote:Hello and welcome!

Thank you, it’s good to be part of this community!

Woodsman wrote:Hi and a warm welcome to the forum. I guessed IT from your user name. Thirty years in IT starting as a trainee programmer.

Ah, I am impressed, not many people get the old school programming reference, kudos my friend

Welcome aboard

Welcome sir

Gosub90 wrote:

Woodsman wrote:Hi and a warm welcome to the forum. I guessed IT from your user name. Thirty years in IT starting as a trainee programmer.

Ah, I am impressed, not many people get the old school programming reference, kudos my friend

Started writing FORTRAN on an IBM1620 in 1969 - check out how fast it  was!!

https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP1620.html

Flunked uni so starting work in a lab. Many years and jobs later returned from Middle East and decided to re-train using COBOL. Got a job and next language was RPG on IBM System 36.  Finally ended up as a BI consultant building data warehouses. Dabbled in Pascal, Delphi and a little Assembly language.

A belated welcome from Richmond