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SWanage Winter Warmer 27th December

Discussion in 'Galas and Events' started by gricerdon, Dec 22, 2014.

  1. gricerdon

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    We are going to this again this year and have ben trying to find out which way 31806 and 30053 are facing. Swanage Railway haven't answered my email and the person I talked to yesterday didn't know. Does anybody have any info?

    Thanks

    Don
     
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    Due to the position of the water crane at Swanage tender engines usually face North while tank engines usually face South.
     
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    Don

    31806 will be facing Norden.

    As for 30053, we could be persuaded either way, although my inclination would be to leave it the way it is; that way, when it passes the U (at 12:24 the U is on the freight when the M7 arrives at Swanage, and at 15:38 the M7 is on the freight and the U on the passenger set passing at Corfe) both locos are facing chimney first.

    And people think these things are just thrown together...!
     
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  5. gricerdon

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    Thanks that is perfect

    Don
     
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