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30567 replied to the thread Steam Dreams 2024.
Given the deal by which the TOC pays NR is partly for the station stops where passengers board and alight, surely that must include information displays. Every station I've boarded at has shown the train on the big screen.
Apr 23, 2024 at 6:36 PM -
30567 replied to the thread 35028 Clan Line returns: 27/04/24.
I think there's two different things. The first is what number you need to put into a computer model to generate the right passing times to fit the path and the conflicts. 82 mins for 76 miles, the nearest is probably 60 mph. Then there is the...
Apr 23, 2024 at 5:05 PM -
30567 liked sgthompson's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
I think West Coast have done well considering all the crap they keep getting chucked at them albeit a lot of it is of their own doing to pull this tour out of the fire .
Apr 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM -
30567 replied to the thread Steam Dreams 2024.
But what's special about the starting station? Presumably those boarding at Arundel and Chichester were just as much in the dark. With any train with multiple pick ups unless you have a steward at every station it's a problem. I have been at...
Apr 21, 2024 at 6:56 PM -
30567 liked 16Ventnor's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
Well, here we are on the final section of nearly 2000 miles. Despite my sceptism I’ve really enjoyed it. I’ve been surprised at the amount I could hear the locos and that’s because they have been worked hard or very hard even when there has been...
Apr 21, 2024 at 6:19 PM -
30567 liked Waterbuck's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
Seconded, a lot did come out to see the immaculately turned out fives. It's been another wonderful tour.
Apr 20, 2024 at 9:10 PM -
30567 liked acorb's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
Really fun day chasing steam through my part of Wales today. Glorious weather and the 5s sounded magnificent. Started at Craven Arms, then caught them again accelerating away from Dolau. Saw them at Llandrindod and Llanwrtyd, then finished with...
Apr 20, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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30567 liked jsm8b's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
Summits - three Scottish summits in three days. Druimachdar, Tuesday 16th April. A lucky patch of sun by the summit board, although not the same spot as the WJV Anderson 1953 shot of two fives in the snow which may be a little further north...
Apr 20, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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30567 replied to the thread Steam Dreams 2024.
Send it via East Putney and Motspur Park!
Apr 20, 2024 at 9:02 AM -
30567 liked Big Al's post in the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2024.
Test run tonight around the London suburbs. All good to go and doesn't she look the part - as seen by the FTR examiner as the safety valves are tested! [ATTACH]
Apr 19, 2024 at 8:23 PM
