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Railway200: The Greatest Gathering. Derby Litchurch Lane. 1-3 August.

Rasprava u 'Galas and Events' pokrenuta od Paul.Uni, 6. Prosinac 2024..

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  1. Paul.Uni

    Paul.Uni Well-Known Member

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    Quote from the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/thegreatestgathering
     
    Paul.Uni, 6. Prosinac 2024.
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  2. Paul.Uni

    Paul.Uni Well-Known Member

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    Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 9am. Tickets are:
    • Adult £30
    • Child £15
    • Family (2 Adults + 2 Chidren) £65
    Plus booking fee

    More info https://www.alstom.com/greatest-gathering

    According to the Alstom press release the following were at todays press event and are expected at the event (or another member of the class will be).
    • LNER A4 Class 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’
    • SR Merchant Navy Class 35018 ‘British India Line’
    • Class 37 37800 ‘Cassiopeia’
    • Class 50 50049 ‘Defiance’
    • Class 57 57307 ‘Lady Penelope’
    • Class 66 66315
    • Class 69 69004
    • Class 507 507001
    • Class 390 Pendolino 390200 'Railway 200'
    • Class 701 Aventra 701003
    • Class 720 Aventra 720503
     
    Last edited: 30. Siječanj 2025.
    Paul.Uni, 30. Siječanj 2025.
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  3. Bikermike

    Bikermike Well-Known Member

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    That's the "greatest gathering"...?
     
    Bikermike, 30. Siječanj 2025.
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  4. 5944

    5944 Resident of Nat Pres

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    Yesterday was simply the launch day for the press. They spent a lot of money getting all the locos there for a free photo call. There'll be a lot more for the actual event in August.
     
    5944, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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    Johnme101, acorb i barnsley2857 se sviđa ovo.
  5. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    Just so. A press shoot to celebrate 200 years of the railways with only two examples of the main motive power that provided the traction for around 140 of them does seem a bit unbalanced to me.
     
    Big Al, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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    1472, The Gricing Owl, green five i 1 drugoj osobi se sviđa ovo.
  6. 5944

    5944 Resident of Nat Pres

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    No, a press shoot to announce the event in August. They could quite easily have sent an email instead and put adverts out, but no, they actually put on an event with a dozen or so locos, all at their own expense.

    Look at the costs of moving a steam loco light engine. It's a few dozen members of the press, Alstom aren't going to pay thousands of pounds to move more than a couple of steam locos there.
     
    5944, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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    Platform 3, Johnme101, black5 i 1 drugoj osobi se sviđa ovo.
  7. acorb

    acorb Part of the furniture

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    Is it me or is NatPres getting increasingly grumpy at the moment?
    Complaining that there were not enough steam engines at a press event for an event 7 months away takes the biscuit..
    Anyway, tickets booked for me, last open day I went to was about 20 years ago, this looks to be the event of the year to me.
     
    acorb, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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    Diamond Gaz, William Fletcher, 35B i 5 ostalih se sviđa ovo.
  8. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    looks like site crashed
     
    neildimmer, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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  9. Brunel

    Brunel Member

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    Is everyone else getting the '502 Bad Gateway' errors?
     
    Brunel, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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  10. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    yes they have taken my money, then nothing

    Now cleared and gone through
     
    neildimmer, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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  11. Bikermike

    Bikermike Well-Known Member

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    The line
    "According to the Alstom press release the following were at todays press event and are expected at the event (or another member of the class will be)", is missing anything about others being there. Apologies if there's more in the main release.

    But the self-congratulatory tone does still stick a bit. At the current list, it's neck-and-neck with Woking 150, way behind the Rainhill cavalcade, and arguably some way behind the Great Gathering.

    I hope it does do better
     
    Bikermike, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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  12. Brunswick Green 2

    Brunswick Green 2 Member

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    Same for me when I tried a couple of minutes ago.
     
    Brunswick Green 2, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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  13. Dan Hamblin

    Dan Hamblin Part of the furniture

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    Got the receipt e-mail and kept refreshing the completion page after payment to get an order number, but don't appear to have a confirmation e-mail. Anyone else similar?

    Regards,

    Dan
     
    Dan Hamblin, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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  14. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    You are now in line.
    Thank you for your patience.
    Your estimated wait time is 23 minutes.

    We are experiencing a high volume of traffic and using a virtual queue to limit the amount of users on the website at the same time. This will ensure you have the best possible online experience.

    This page will automatically refresh, please do not close your browser.

    Last updated 10:29:53 AM
     
    neildimmer, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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  15. A1X

    A1X Well-Known Member

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    No YOU'RE getting increasingly grumpy at the moment.
     
    A1X, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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  16. Wagoniester

    Wagoniester Member

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    The August lineup will definitely include many more locomotives (steam and diesel) and units (new and old); as cited, yesterday was a publicity day with an Azuma (I think) renamed Railway 200 also taking place.

    There's no denying demand for tickets has been popular; some of the comments made on other platforms about the situation have been rather unsavoury to say the least. One wonders if the modern technological world has given people the false impression that computers are faultless and service instant, and therefore don't consider the effect 10000 people all descending on one site for tickets has on the servers (which I'd wager are not intergalactic supercomputers). I'd certainly like to see some of these critics attempt to serve that same number of people in a shop all at the same time...

    Alstom have said there are 10,000 tickets available for each of the three days, so plenty of capacity. It's just a case of join the queue now with thousands of others and wait, or hold off until later on when the initial rush has passed.
     
    Wagoniester, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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  17. AaronT

    AaronT Member

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    It was a pendolino
     
    AaronT, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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  18. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Did anyone else actually receive a ticket? As website saying tickets now being sent out next week?
    I actually received one this morning from then with my email confirmation
     
    neildimmer, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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  19. Alexbrown123

    Alexbrown123 New Member

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    Haven't even had a booking confirmation only a payment receipt.

    It's a ridiculous ticket Provider
     
    Alexbrown123, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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  20. Sidmouth

    Sidmouth Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Moderator

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    it is and across social media . it manifests itself in entitled questions , increased rudeness, and just not thinking before typing .

    * entitled questions does not apply to yours
    ** I hope my rsponse doesn't come across as rude
     
    Sidmouth, 31. Siječanj 2025.
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    acorb se sviđa ovo.
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