At 0650 this morning the New Forest fire index was 2, which is low, but I don't suppose NR will check anything so sophisticated. In fact although...
Hi Ben. Do you know the dates when 5043 will be working? Thanks
An excellent day out yesterday. Very good climbs of Upwey, Parkstone and Roundwood on the return. Thanks to all concerned
I dont think I am going on one of these. Somehow the hype takes the edge of the excitement which still surrounds the occasional (considerable)...
Yes I took the view from about md 1965 that the only way to be quite sure about the accuracy of high speeds was to take a lot of times at full...
Oh no. First I was going on it but not with a 5 hour schedule to York. So then I had decided to drive to Welwyn for a shot but now its going to be...
We bought tickets a while back but still no timetable and they havent answered my email request. Don
No news tonight as I didnt go out but this morning it looked and sounded great passing Totton with 12 on plus a dead 47245, thats around 550 tons...
Yes and dont forget that after topping Roundwood at 76 mph (with 455 tons) and still accelerating, we got checked down to walking pace at Worting...
This book has been planned for many years and hopefully I wil find time to write it before I get too old, with help from Dave (dropgrate) Wilson...
Yes my old friend, two of the greatest Merchant runs ever, both close to 3,000 ihp. 35028 on 12 York to Darlington in probably around 34 minutes...
Just to add to that the gradient profile in the IA book looks like its uphill northbound but the two 'steeper' downhill sections are both...
I never timed steam over this stretch but had a few Deltic runs. My best was 6th August 1966, D9014 on 14 for 550 tons gross. We did Darlington to...
One would not wish to disagree with such an eminent boffin. Seriously. This brother of mine can work out moving average speeds whilst runs are in...
Alan Those were the timings for two years ago. Whilst they may be the same this year RTC specifically make the point that taking a second tender...
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