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TORBAY EXPRESS 2011 Season

Rasprava u 'What's Going On' pokrenuta od GWR, 12. Listopad 2010..

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  1. 5944

    5944 Resident of Nat Pres

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    Torbay Express website makes no mention of stop at Torquay, despite it appearing on UKSteam times.
     
    5944, 30. Svibanj 2011.
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  2. gwr4090

    gwr4090 Part of the furniture

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    I am now advised that there will be no passenger stop at Torquay.

    David
     
    gwr4090, 31. Svibanj 2011.
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  3. free2grice

    free2grice Part of the furniture Friend

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    It would have been interesting, but Torre bank is a wonderful stretch of track, and very noisy, even without the station stop. <BJ>
     
    free2grice, 31. Svibanj 2011.
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  4. campainr

    campainr Well-Known Member

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    A provisional loco roster for the Torbay Express this year is on the 6024 website.

    Sun 05-Jun-11: 71000 Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear and return
    Sun 12-Jun-11: 6024 Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear and return
    Sun 19-Jun-11: (no service)
    Sun 26-Jun-11: 71000 Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear and return
    Sun 03-Jul-11: 6024 Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear and return
    Sun 10-Jul-11: 60163 Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear and return
    Sun 17-Jul-11: 60163 Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear and return
    Sun 24-Jul-11: 60163 Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear and return
    Sun 31-Jul-11: 60163 Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear and return
    Sun 07-Aug-11: 71000 Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear and return
    Sun 14-Aug-11: 6024 Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear and return
    Sun 21-Aug-11: 71000 Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear and return
    Sun 28-Aug-11: 6024 Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear and return
    Sun 04-Sep-11: 71000 Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear and return
    Sun 11-Sep-11: (no service)
    Sun 18-Sep-11: 6024 Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear and return
     
    campainr, 3. Lipanj 2011.
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  5. Western Venturer

    Western Venturer Well-Known Member

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    Okay. Its time for an urgent call for everyone to do their rain dances again following successes the last 2 years! With 6024 headed for Plymouth with a diesel on the front today and possibly 71000 doing the same to Kingswear tomorrow we need that wet stuff desperately. Give it your best shot everybody!!!!!!!!!!
     
    Western Venturer, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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  6. campainr

    campainr Well-Known Member

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    Rain forecast on Sunday. Hopefully enough to persuade NR a pilot isn't needed.
     
    campainr, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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  7. Hemerdon

    Hemerdon Member Friend

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    Well I'll be dancing all next week as I'm on the Torbay Express next weekend!
     
    Hemerdon, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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  8. channel

    channel Member

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    Were on tomorrow's - fingers crossed! It rained in Bristol earlier today and with more planned tomorrow I guess we shall have to watch this space. Good job NR didn't exist when steam was the norm . . . oh no wait a minute. Linesides were cared for then!!
     
    channel, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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  9. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    Precisely - so enough said.
     
    Big Al, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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  10. KentYeti

    KentYeti Guest

    That most English of rain manufacturing dances just ended it's second day. A Lords Test Match.

    Fear not. There will be flood alerts before the morning!
     
    KentYeti, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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  11. mattspencer

    mattspencer Well-Known Member

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    mattspencer, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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  12. campainr

    campainr Well-Known Member

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    Could Paignton get a 2-8-0 ready to take the train forward? At least you'd get some steam.
     
    campainr, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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  13. Sidmouth

    Sidmouth Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Moderator

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    who pays for that ?
     
    Sidmouth, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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  14. channel

    channel Member

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    There's £280 of my hard earned cash wasted!! In future I'm not going to advance book tours but will wait til the day - if its full so be it but this is the 3rd time I have done a diesel Torbay and wasted money! Whats the betting it'll be a rainy day also!
     
    channel, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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  15. KentYeti

    KentYeti Guest

    Strewth. A web site for boxes!

    Is there a setting on my browser, (like the adult one), that stops me accidentally going to such sites?



    WINK!
     
    KentYeti, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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  16. campainr

    campainr Well-Known Member

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    Well I assume the PDSR charges some sort of access fee? I think they've done it before for something.
     
    campainr, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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  17. mattspencer

    mattspencer Well-Known Member

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    An update from Nick Scott on the brush47 yahoo group is that it will be 71000 and 47815 double heading.
     
    mattspencer, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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  18. campainr

    campainr Well-Known Member

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    Is 71000 less likely to emit sparks than a King? It never seems to sound as though its working particularly hard with its soft beat. (the opposite of a 67 that sounds like its at full throttle whatever its doing!)
     
    campainr, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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  19. Sidmouth

    Sidmouth Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Moderator

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    In theory a King on 9 shouldn't be being worked well within it's limits . Given that most main line engines are spark arrestor fitted and care is given to ensuring ashpans are all in full working order and ash tight , it should be possible to run in fire risk season relatively safely
     
    Sidmouth, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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  20. hatherton hall

    hatherton hall Well-Known Member

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    I am very sorry to say that NR has oversteeped the mark here. I repeat what I have posted elsewhere, following NR's logic for tomorrow's tour with 71000 and they have to insist that all steam tours are diesel assisted for the forseeable future.

    Crazy, absolutely crazy and I feel desperately for those who have paid a lot of money for these tours. And it is not as if we are experiencing extreme hot conditions. It has been around 25 degrees. A couple of years ago it was 31 degrees and 6024 hauled the Torbay Express unaided to and from Kingswear.

    Sensless.
     
    hatherton hall, 4. Lipanj 2011.
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