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Victoria to Minehead, 21st June, 2012

Discussion in 'What's Going On' started by free2grice, Jun 18, 2012.

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  1. free2grice

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    Provisional timings. Cathedrals Express 1Z78 21/06/2012. <BJ>

    London Victoria 0803
    Reading 1035-1037
    Hungerford 1103-1118
    Castle Cary 1207-1212
    Taunton 1254-1257
    Bishops Lydeard 1314-1316 (loco change)
    Minehead 1410

    1Z81
    Minehead 1630
    Bishops Lydeard 1722-1724
    Taunton 1737-1738
    Castle Cary 1807-1810
    Woodborough 1850-1902
    Hungerford 1918-1923
    Theale loop 1943-2008
    Reading 2022-2025
    London Victoria 2230
     
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  2. 6029 King Stephen

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    Thank you for the info.
     
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    Notice the WSR section is box (D1661) hauled because the stock is air brake only. Seems a good idea the SVR is retaining air brakes on 34027 for that very reason as mentioned in another thread.
     
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  5. West Somerset Wizard

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    I understand the WSR times are slightly different from those given on the above link.
    NF 1301 (pass) BL arr 1315 dep 1345 (behind D1661)
    MD arr 1448 dep 1605
    BL arr 1709 dep 1724 NF 1733 (pass)
    (all subject to the usual disclaimers)

    Steve
     
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    Any advice on a good place to phot this near Victoria leaving in the morning appreciated. Thanks.
     
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  7. ADB968008

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    Bittern waiting at Victoria, some enthusiastic smoke and blowing off, 15 minutes to go.
     

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    Off on time
     
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  9. Oakfield

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    Thanks for the information and the images!
     
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    I'll bet that clag was popular with the locals....
     
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    Passed Ashford Middlesex 0922, almost passed a 73 heading to the capital with riveria blood and custard set
     
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    yeah, don't see that often !!!! Can smell it from Reading....lovely !!! ??!!!
     
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    A car did that? Looks more like a Sherman Tank looking at the size of the fallen masonary.
    Anyway nice sight passing through Theale about 11am. One or two open mouths by the "normals" waiting for a service train, some looked like Ascot goers.
    There seems to be a bad bit of track at the London end of the down platform, Bittern took a bad nose dive there. The cab/tender bounced well.
     
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    4464 reported through Westbury a little late at 12:03. <BJ>
     
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    Makes you wonder what the car now looks like !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
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    Amusing to note that the picture in the Somerset Gazette has the top of a police vehicle that could be anywhere....
     
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  18. Oakfield

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    Makes you wonder if it was a Police car that hit the bridge...............................
     
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  19. buseng

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    I think it is a generic picture they use, my local paper does the same if there is no actual photo of the event. If it's a fire they show a fire engine, an accident - a police car or ambulance.

    An example.
    http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2115511_customers_evacuated_after_mcdonalds_fire
     
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