The Cornish Riviera, 26 & 28 June 2010

I've just posted my video of the train looking great at Ruscombe and Newbury.

Hope you enjoy it

[video=youtube;4L-QrnPT8s8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L-QrnPT8s8[/video]

 

I'm at Totnes & just heard left Exeter about 4:40pm

 

Whoops, that was meant to be a PM!

 

Through Totnes about 5:05pm going like a bat out of hell.

 

sounds great news...pulling back some time. Assume both engines on the front ??!!

 

Reports of a serious lineside fire at Redruth with some trains running over 1.5 hours late. This trip isn't over yet!

 

Bill, the 37s sounded awsome on your video.Would have loved to see them and 56s,Grids now very late due to fire at Redruth.

 

Don't want to be a pessimist, but given the current weather conditions & there does not seem to be any change in the foreseeable future, I can see a fire risk steam ban looming.

 

But this can't have been steam, so what caused it, or is it non-railway related?

 

I get it now, just looked on Google, it's on the diesel leg. My geography is not that good!

 

I've just checked the location of Redruth as well. Bl..dy hell, it's so far West it's almost in the USA!

Anyway. It's more than 25 miles West of where the box was scheduled to take over the train.

So unless there is a very strong Easterly wind blowing I think steam should ride this one out.

 

Surely you mean D1015 Western Champion Bryan, you know, the engine that helped out a few hours earlier.Remember, dont knock other peoples favourite locos on here...........................

 

6024 captured passing White Waltham this morning.http://stephen-leek.fotopic.net/p65591104.html

 

Here's my shot between Bedwyn and Crofton - the problem with the coal/fire is evident


http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=329491&nseq=8


STEVE

 

oh, that looks black !! Wasn't like that through Twyford, hardley saw any thing at all even though she was working

 

Nick, I've called a box, a box since the early 1960s. Like some diesel fans call a steam loco a kettle.

That doesn't mean I set out to knock a diesel fans fav loco. It's just the way I have talked about that form of motive power for close on 50 years.

And I always will call them boxes.

 

Very lovely photo though Steve..

Even though it was taken by someone with a Nat Pres name taken from a box! LOL! (wink).

 

I should have put a wink at the end of mine as well Bryan,I didnt mean it to come across as aggresive.I should be used to it now,I get the same thing all the time at home......................

 

Now while this debate about boxes goes on, all here semed to have missed something really big on Nat Pres tonite!

Fanatical, "If it isn't SR steam then it's nothing", KentYeti, is here taking an interest in, and enjoying the reports, photos etc of a train heading West out of London with GWR locos in charge.

History is being made! LOL!

More photos and videos please!