Video still from the car park at Woking on the return leg - a filming location I haven't used before - a slightly limited field of view and a...
Many thanks for that - interesting stuff. I know the line to Milford is far from flat but a MN could handle that load with ease, but of course...
My video from yesterday's run. [MEDIA]
Quite a few turned out to see it, lining the footbridge!
Indeed, as I mentioned, the 47 was powering hard at Milford for no apparent benefit on a pretty easy stretch.
I noticed a red at Farnborough on 'Traksy', for no apparent reason as the line ahead was clear. Yes, Woking was tangled.
I was at Woking, trying a new filming spot, in the car park. Far from ideal (not least because it was into the sun), but different. I saw the...
Yes the diesel was needed for the reversal into Portsmouth but it seemed unnecessary at Milford when '28 is more than capable of running to...
That may be what will happen but it's not what RTT shows and therefore what has been planned.
'28 at Milford this morning. Still from video. Unfortunately the 47 was working hard too, probably because the train was over 10 late, but it...
RTT shows a clash at Woking in the evening - see attached. An ex-Basingstoke train (2L68) is supposed to arrive at p2 at 2003 and terminate. It...
Absolutely. I assumed '28 would cross at Byfleet, with the 450s/444s having got well ahead by then. I have often wondered why the intermediate...
A couple of slightly interesting features of the run are; a call at Barnes "for staffing reasons", and the fact that it reverses at Fareham signal...
Ouch!
Yes, passengers have the timings they need, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been a challenge to fit the special in, given the abnormal service...
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