The Great Britain VII

Cracking video Mike, lovely scenes along the coast, what a day for it.

 

Headed back to Sunday Great western leads southern out of Taunton https://www.flickr.com/photos/tguppy37401/14027228126/

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When did the diesel get hooked on the back, it was there when we overtook at Preston.

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Diesel came on the back at Preston yesterday, it did give a small push out of Preston but only for a short distance. No diesel at all today and 46115 was absolutely superb with 12 on, been told speed up Beattock was down to 28mph by somebody who had GPS.

 

Times for train A on Thursday just posted on RTT: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U54886/2014/05/01/advanced

 

Also Saturday's trains:
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U54911/2014/05/03/advanced
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U54912/2014/05/03/advanced

 

And the last day (looks a long one!) : http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55017/2014/05/04/advanced

 

Footage of 46115 at Lindal bank, Bootle station, St Bees , Metal bridge and finally near Beattock summit .

 

cheers Ralph -- thought I'd left that on the cutting room floor

 

Superb footage.....including the bovines.....curious at first......then blind panic!.......

 

Foggy in the central belt this morning. I could see Grangemouth and the Firth of Forth from my B&B last night. Not this morning! The forecast is not encouraging either. The passengers should get an enjoyable run, but today's pictures may be a bit dull.

Looking at the times on RTT linked yesterday - interesting to see that the Saturday trains take unusual routes: No 9 won't cross the Tay Bridge, but runs via Perth and Ladybank. 62005 will take the Shotts line after all. The track bashers will be pleased, while the photographers will have a difficult choice to make.

 

From memory that area is notorious for fog......

 

My video from the first 3 days of the Great Britain VII:



James

 

My shots from yesterday on the Cumbrian Coast are up at:

Photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-walker/14074105014/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-walker/13887017679/

Vid:


Cheers,
Mark

 

Our rightly optimistic looking plan was successfully completed with the Scot putting on performance to remember

 

Thats a cracking video with some great locations along the coast. A well planned campaign

 

Thanks for the kind comment , I only really noticed the cows running when I watched it back !

 

Excellent footage Liam, looked superb heading round the coast. 46115 has had several excellent performances this year and I'm sure there will be many more to come; very much a credit to David Smith and WCRC.

 

New ground...

New ground by newshot., on Flickr
New ground by newshot., on Flickr

...The Great Britain VII, Bathgate, 30th April 2014.