VT - The Cornishman - 28 April - Update

Great pics Oli - How'd you get that shot at Dawlish - hot air balloon?

 

Bring it on, can't say I've ever been impressed by a certain A3 in preservation when compared to A4 and Peppercorn designs.

 

Hopefully after its recent light overhaul it'll have you eating your words

 

Just be sure you don't thrash a certain Doncaster product during that rematch - else its namesake will get all upset

 

his location is no secret, public footpath (with a seat for a rest) (and only one 'm' in Hemerdon'

 

Ben,

If you look at page 23 of the GB V thread it appears our friend was managing to share his wisdom with some old guy at TVP, presumably Tiverton Parkway but that must have been too difficult to spell. Quite how he managed this whilst riding on the train is a mystery to me.

 

I think he is best left alone. I think that the young man might have bigger issues in his life than being a daft poster.

Now. About this Kings Cross challenge. A very interesting idea.....

Lastly, Anyone up for a trip to Scotland behind 5043 in a few weeks? I've got a few one-way seats if you don't want to do the full weekend.

 

You've got your thinking/planning head on haven't you.
Roll up roll up folks for a nice "thrash" up the ECML.:thumb:

 

Now how about recreating the exchange trials - London - Edinburgh with the haulage split between a Castle and the A3 (mind you it'd have to be a single chimbley low superheat Castle or else we'd have to wheel out Tornado - fairs fair eh? )

 

Not quite, if you want a single chimney Castle, then we want 4472 converted back to orginal A1 spec, you know, the one that got trounced first time round

 

Damn - rumbled You'll want the short travel valve gear and 180 psi boiler next

 

Many thanks Stuart and Sheff for comments regarding pics. An additional thanks for noting the spelling error, oops, has now been altered. Must have been tired