Cathedrals Explorer

Two shots at Barnes. Got there over an hour early, having photographed Tangmere / The Canterbury Belle at Clapham Junction earlier. Just as Clan Line was due to pass platform 3, a regular electric stopped on little used platform 4, where a few of us were positioned, blocking the view. A quick dash to the far end of the platform co-incided with Clan Line thundering towards us. Just happy to come away with a couple of pics in the circumstances!

Clan Line Cathedrals Explorer Barnes 1

Clan Line Cathedrals Explorer Barnes 2

 

Clan Line crossing the St Mary Bourne viaduct, just as the sun decided to hide behind a cloud
Pic:
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Vid:

 

Looking on ukSteam, this tour looks a complete mess. Apart from 35028 it is either box hauled or TBA.

 

Five minutes earlier - sunshine. Two minutes later - sunshine.

This is Clan Line in the pouring rain at Deepcut!

 

Clanline on the outskirts of Yeovil.

 

I can count double that amount of confirmed steam locomotives on UKsteam unless an A4 is also classified as a 'box' these days..

 

Clan Line at Brookwood. In the rain!

 

Forget CLAN LINE, the HMS ILLUSTRIOUS photos are doozers!! Wonderful stuff.

Cheers

Alan

 

NYMR seems to he hogging the operational mainline loco's currently.. 60007, 62005, 44871 and 45407.. 3 of which could do an EWS turn.

Besides 70000 and 60163.. whats happened to 61994, it was down for this trip and Skegness that also got canceled.

 

No issues with 61994 for the Skegness trip. Reported as insufficient time to gauge route for 34067, hence the cancellation.

 

Apart from which 62005 and one of the Black 5's headed to Scotland yesterday, bang on time at Chester le Street last night.
60007 has just came back from a valve and piston exam, and winter maintenance, and as far as I am aware has not been mainline re-certified.
I would think a prolonged period of preserved running will take place before that happens.

 

''35028 Clan Line on 1Z30 0816 Exeter St Davids ~ Cardiff via Okehampton, New Bridge Cross 0822 with 66132 on rear''

Thanks to Charles Woodland. <BJ>

 

Class 66 to run LE from Exeter - Taunton - Castle Cary - Westbury after the railtour. <BJ>

 

A few minutes down leaving Taunton. Load 12.

 

Here’s my video at the start of Day 2. Taken on the Okehampton branch, near Newton St Cyres, and north of Tiverton Parkway.

 

From the A1 Steam Trust website :-

"Air pump update
Thursday, 09 May 2013 13:29
Update: Repairs to Tornado are well advanced with two airpumps expected to be returned from refurbishment on 17/5/13. The locomotive will then be tested and all systems checked before being made available for operations. We apologise to those affected by Tornado not being available for its planned duties on 13th and 16th May. Tornado's next booked duty will be 'The Elizabethan' on 11th June 2013."

 

60009 now at Newport , was 25 late LE through Cardiff.