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Buxton Spa Express - Feb 2017

Discussie in 'What's Going On' gestart door Spotter, 7 jan 2017.

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  1. Spotter

    Spotter New Member

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    Providing that this trip runs to its advertised route, does anyone know the mileages for the Todmorden Curve?
     
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  2. LMarsh1987

    LMarsh1987 Part of the furniture Friend

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    Are we going back in time for this jaunt !
     
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  3. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    Stansfield Hall Junction to Todmorden is 0.43 miles.
     
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  4. Where's Mazeppa?

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    A useful source of mileage data that is in the public domain (as opposed to, say, the Railway Performance Society mileage database, which is subscription-based and member-only access) can sometimes be the mileage tables that accompany the individual train running detail offered by the Real Times Trains website. And as it happens, looking at the data for Todmorden right now, clicking on the entry for 2J65 19.20 Blackburn to Manchester Victoria gives you all the basic mileage data you need covering the new Todmorden Curve in the direction of travel planned for the Buxton Spa Express. The relevant link is

    http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/Y65317/2017/01/07/advanced

    Take a look, but just for convenience, the following summary extracted from this data picks up a few intermediate points that are recorded on RTT and relevant to the BSE itinerary as it progresses from its scheduled Blackburn call to the point where it turns south to Ashton Moss / Denton/ Stockport at Brewery Junction

    Blackburn 0M 0C Burnley Manchester Road 11M 25C Stansfield Hall Jc. 19M 62C

    Todmorden 20M 17C Rochdale 28M 74C Brewery Junction 37M52C

    Hope this helps!!
     
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    Where's Mazeppa?, 7 jan 2017
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  5. Pendle Witch

    Pendle Witch New Member

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    The Three sides of the triangle are as follows
    A Todmorden Viaduct Jtn(19m30c) - West Curve - Stansfield Hall Jtn is 18c
    B Stansfield Hall Jtn(30m24c) - Hall Royd Jtn(30m54c) is 30c
    C Todmorden Viaduct Jtn(19m30c) - Hall Royd Jtn(19m61c) is 31c
    Todmorden is at 19m13c and Burnley Manc Rd is 21m67c on the 2 different routes
     
    Pendle Witch, 7 jan 2017
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  6. RalphW

    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    Anyone booked on this?
     
    RalphW, 8 jan 2017
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  7. Spotter

    Spotter New Member

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    What an answer! Just what I was looking for, cannot thank all enough for their contributions especially Pendle Witch, Cheers
     
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  8. Bulleid Pacific

    Bulleid Pacific Part of the furniture

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    Myself and some of the usual crowd... Copy Pit eastbound and the curve just have to be done.
     
    Bulleid Pacific, 8 jan 2017
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  9. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    Looks like a NP gathering then as subject to the usual provisos I will be on this one.
     
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  10. RalphW

    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    Already done the curve, but with 47 haulage..... so that doesn't really count for much.
    As I've not been asked to work on this, I've booked 1st, just to re-enforce 'enthusiasts do use other than standard', ;)
     
    RalphW, 8 jan 2017
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  11. Bulleid Pacific

    Bulleid Pacific Part of the furniture

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    Ok, well do wander down into standard to say hello.
     
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  12. andalfi1

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    Same goes for me...
     
    andalfi1, 9 jan 2017
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  13. Oswald T Wistle

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    When I suggested this trip to Mrs W she questioned if it would be the wisest of decisions given the time of year, the necessary early start and the destination. What she actually said was, "Only an idiot would get up at that time in the morning at the beginning of February to go to Buxton." . . . . I'm on it!
     
    Oswald T Wistle, 11 jan 2017
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  14. Bulleid Pacific

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    I'm still considering whether I should be even more of an idiot and go to Buxton twice in the same month...
     
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  15. Mick45305

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    I'm officially in the idiot category, I'm doing both! ;)
     
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  16. Bulleid Pacific

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    I bow to your superior idiocy! ;)
     
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  17. RalphW

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    What's the 'spoons like in Buxton?
     
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  18. Bulleid Pacific

    Bulleid Pacific Part of the furniture

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    Don't know. Went to the Cheshire Cheese Inn during the diesel gala Buxton Spa Express I did last September. Not a bad pub, as is the King's Head, but its a bit of an uphill walk.
     
    Bulleid Pacific, 11 jan 2017
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    Like all Spoons, cheap and cheerful, not far from the station.
     
    steam man, 11 jan 2017
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  20. andalfi1

    andalfi1 Well-Known Member

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    Down the hill, under the viaduct, opposite side, It's a bit characterless for a spoons, otherwise exactly the same as the rest.
     
    andalfi1, 11 jan 2017
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