Diesel tours

On 1st July TorbayTrains started a thread about a trip with Alycidon, in the "What's Going On" section http://www.national-preservation.com/threads/d9009-alycidon-derby-kingswear-04-07-15.520249/ . It got moved to the Diesel & Electric Traction section, on the idea that What's Going On is generally for steam trips. I contacted one of the Mods, suggesting that either "What's Going on" should include all main line tours, regardless of the traction, or its title should be changed to "Steam tours".

I have been on a few diesel-hauled tours and, not seeing them in "What's Going on", I had assumed that no-one was interested in discussing them.

For steam traction there is a clear split in principle between discussions about the trips and discussions about the locos, although the boundary is inevitably woolly. I suggested that the same should apply to diesels.

Anyway, following a discussion among the Mods, I have been informed of their decision: that there's nothing to stop diesel tours going here in "What's Going on", with perhaps some uncertainty whether to make a distinction between heritage diesel and other stuff like the regular Class 67 activities by UKRT. View numbers will tell whether there is wider demand and/or whether this section could do with being split between steam and diesel/electric simply on a volume basis.

 

Wouldn't mind doing a trip with a set of Vac's up the West Coast Mainline from Crewe to Glasgow.

 

Peak & MK1/2's from Temple Meads to Plymouth anyone?

 

Excellent, I'll post a lovely long video of the next SWT class 159 sprinter to Swanage.

 

Now a Peak would be a sight to behold on the mainline as one of those hasn't been seen for a few years now, wasn't there one on the mainline but it got withdrawn due to not having modern mainline equipment fitted. Class 50's are what I would like to see as although there are 2 out they arent working charters and Exeter & Defiance I believe are both undergoing overhaul with Exeter requiring I believe a new power unit after a flashover incident in 2012 during a railtour on approach to Bristol.