The Royal Scot. 10th October.

trips been added to the Nat Pres Calendar including booking URL..

http://railways.national-preservation.com/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=38&day=2009-10-10

 

Have we filled a coach yet?

 

Hi John, I am not sure as I had a number of PM's from members who had asked to join us that I had replied to but have since lost them in the move over (my fault, not the new style forum, I binned all my most recent PMs instead of the old ones!).
I will give PTR a ring on Tuesday and if there is a good number of members travelling together I will ask if we can be seated near the front of the train for either the outward or return run depending on where posh class is located.

Neil.

 

I'm really looking forward to it. Last time I went over Shap behind a 'semi' was..............well, I prefer to forget!

 

Well it's a first time ever riding with steam north of Preston on the WCML for me..and my first time behind 6233, though ive done 46229 several times.

 

2nd to last run

I'm in premium class can't wait! its the second to last trip on the mainline as its booked for one the following saturday. It then is going back to Butterley where it will do driver experience and training before it goes for overhaul. LETS HOPE ALL GOES WELL!

 

Someone told me about this when I was on 'The Devonian', which was why I decided to do the trip. I've only had him once before on the first of 'The Cambrians'. By the way, there's a beer festival on in the hotel next to Carlisle Citadel the same day as the trip. I'm thinking of filling up on some local ales for an hour, then go sight-seeing if I have any left!

 

Oh there is a God ! Happy days !

 

Splendid news. Looks like I'll be joining you although I think I'll give the sightseeing a miss.
Must do my utmost to support the British brewing industry. Hic!

 

Here are a few more details of the festival from the CAMRA website:

Opening times: Sat 10 October 12pm-4pm; then 5pm-11pm (Ed. I'd get rather worried if I were you if you were still around for the second sitting!).

Admission all sessions: £1 (CAMRA membs)/£3 (non-membs). The ususal thing about a glass and possibly a couple of tokens in the price apply.

The most important information:

Venue
Hallmark Hotel, Court Square, Carlisle

Directions:
Next door to Carlisle rail station.

Sooo, see you there if I don't see you on the train.

 

So i' catching up on a bit of holiday for this trip..

I'm thinking thursday 34067 to Bristol, then Friday to the SVR Diesel Gala and stay in Brum on Friday night, Saturday with 6233, then maybe at Crewe I can buy a 1 way on the castleto Brum, on sunday jump a train to Loughborough on Sunday for the SR gala !

two weeks before I'm in Asia, two weeks after i'm in Africa. ! not too bad eh ?

 

The beer festival seems a good way of passing an hour or two, this trip gets better by the day!

As far as numbers of members are concerned I have 12 confirmed but as I posted on the 29th of August I deleted some of the PM's by mistake. I think most members have got back to me again and thanks for that but some may still be on there hols or suchlike as I thought there was a couple more members. I tried PTR a couple of times today but due to being in work I couldn't stay on long enough to get through. I will email tonight and then they will not have to check names against my ref number over the phone as they will already have some of the info to hand before I phone.

Roll on the 10th... \\/

Neil

 

PTR? You mean RTC surely?
Be careful at the beer fest. Did a Marylebone - Derby with 4498 some years ago and we made a festival of our own in the Brunswick Inn. Having such a good time we lost track of time and made the train with seconds to spare after a very rapid dash back to the station. not easy when you're half cut.

 

Quote; PTR? You mean RTC surely?

Sorry, dunno how I did that #-o
I must have been distracted by the thought of trying a few of those ales =P~

Neil.

 

Quite understandable.

 

I am going to see if I can afford to go on this trip.
I know some of the staff will be wearing National Preservation tops.

 

Better hurry, there's only 25 standard class tickets left...