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The Gricing Owl liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
The latest issue of The Bluebell Times is available here: https://www.bluebell-railway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/issue-61.pdf Beachy Head is launched into public traffic to great acclaim "The Brighton Works" Gala event showcases 150 years...
Sep 13, 2024 at 1:20 PM -
The Gricing Owl replied to the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Yeehaa, the Swanage Railway are now showing a loco roster for all of September. The link is currently top of the Your Visit section on the website. Shown with the usual caveat about subject to change at short notice, which is something we all...
Sep 13, 2024 at 11:28 AM -
The Gricing Owl liked Big Al's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
As I said, I don’t want to come across as 'picky'. The plus points about the line easily outweigh the minus. But when you think of how a railway like the Spa Valley handles information and PR, it's always worth looking at what others do and...
Sep 12, 2024 at 10:27 PM -
The Gricing Owl liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Just on that point: I tend to think that social media should be an "in addition" to publishing such info on a website, not an "instead of". As an example, I just saw what is (presumably) the same Facebook post as @Big Al mentioning 563 in...
Sep 12, 2024 at 10:26 PM -
The Gricing Owl liked D1002's post in the thread British Pullman 2024.
Video. British Pullman, 35028 Clan Line, 12th September 2024. Filmed at Hildenborough. [MEDIA]
Sep 12, 2024 at 9:04 PM -
The Gricing Owl replied to the thread British Pullman 2024.
Thanks Al. There was an ecs before the one that @Deepgreen mentioned that I wrongly thought 35028 had followed through the tunnel. Stupid me! Of course the earlier ecs, the one Clan Line was stopped at Tonbridge to let go in front would have been...
Sep 12, 2024 at 9:01 PM -
The Gricing Owl liked Big Al's post in the thread British Pullman 2024.
Word is that today was not the controllers' finest hour. '28 was stopped before Tonbridge and made a slow pass at 10 mph following a late departing ECS so hit the climb with not much forward momentum. With 500 tons to lift it went through...
Sep 12, 2024 at 8:48 PM -
The Gricing Owl replied to the thread British Pullman 2024.
The end of the platforms was my reserve position if I couldn't get clear view from the main road bridge. You did well there, especially as you didn't get blocked. Thanks for the info about the ecs, I had no idea where it had come from, which is...
Sep 12, 2024 at 6:34 PM -
The Gricing Owl liked Deepgreen's post in the thread British Pullman 2024.
I was at the southern end of p3! A class 700 ECS crawled out of the down side siding just before '28 appeared, and took an inordinately long time to pass through the station (p3), despite having a green. Nothing had come up from Hildenborough...
Sep 12, 2024 at 6:05 PM
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The Gricing Owl attached a file to the thread British Pullman 2024.
RTT shows 35028 may have been badly checked through Tonbridge, but I can't comment about the MN struggling on the climb afterwards, no doubt anyone from MNLPS on the train will update us on that. But there were three trains at varying times in...
Sep 12, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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The Gricing Owl liked green five's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Does anyone know which loco's are rostered for the upcoming Engineering Open Weekend? We will be attending on Saturday.
Sep 12, 2024 at 1:39 PM -
The Gricing Owl replied to the thread British Pullman 2024.
Yes Ralph, whereas most of the steam specials I check RTT for are shown as Diesel loco trailing 420 tons at 75 mph. A little bit strange that RTT don't have steam locos as a motive power, but I guess they don't want to get involved in the 'diesel...
Sep 12, 2024 at 12:27 PM -
The Gricing Owl liked RalphW's post in the thread British Pullman 2024.
I think that diesel is usually shown at 95mph.
Sep 12, 2024 at 12:22 PM
