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'Princess Elizabeth'. Hanwell to Bristol. 20/10/2016

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  1. free2grice

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    THE CATHEDRALS EXPRESS [CANCELLED]
    Lewes-Bristol (WCRC) [wcrc]
    6201: Hanwell-Bath-Bristol and return.

    Thanks to Uksteam.

    Possibly a sign of the public showing their displeasure of Steam Dreams railtours being pushed around all day by a diesel. <BJ>
     
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    Actually, no. This job never got to the bid stage, as no workable paths were available.

    JS
     
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    Thanks for the explanation JS.

    Presumably 13 weeks prior to the train running Steam Dreams advised NR that they would like to run a train to Bristol .

    Then after advertising the train until a week before the tour was due to run they cancel it because no paths are available.

    Somewhere along the line (no pun intended) there appears to have been a breakdown in communication. <BJ>
     
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    I don't believe that SD negotiates directly with NR. The proposal goes to the TOC and it is responsible for doing all the work. But I do agree that the TOC wouldn't advise the operator to publicise a trip if they had a pretty good idea that it was a non starter from the outset as seems to be the case. So I don't see why it took so long for SD to pull the plug on it.
     
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    The tour hasn't been on Steam Dreams' website for a number of months, I'm sure they would have communicated with all the parties that matter (i.e. the intending passengers) at the time.

    Andrew
     
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    And was not listed in the latest brochure, which had trips from the 10th September onwards.
     
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    So perhaps apologies from @free2grice who inadvertently has set a hare running when probably both SD and WCRC did the right thing? As long as we don't then moan at @gwr4090, who of course, only responds to messages he may be sent about tours when they are cancelled.
     
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    Agreed. Full apologies to Steam Dreams and West Coast. <BJ>
     
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