4464 King's X to York 4th December 2014

Times up on RTT.

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55465/2014/12/04/advanced
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55466/2014/12/04/advanced

First steam to stop at Sandy since 1963 I believe, and I'm at work. If it had been a week earlier, as originally planned, it would've been my journey home from work!

 

4464 departed Sandy just a couple of minutes late in full dull. Lovely sight and sound though and the first steam passenger departure from Sandy (GN) since 1963 IIRC.

 

Sound clip of 4464 departing Sandy.

 

And here's the still.
A4 4-6-2 4464 Bittern Sandy 04-12-2014 by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

 

Tallington - Nearly Bowled!

 

Reckon you did well there. A nice interesting sequence.

 

A rare St Neots stop as well.



John

 

The Sandy departure still.
A4 4-6-2 4464 Bittern Sandy 04-12-2014 by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

 

And the Sandy departure in sound.

 

Has anybody noticed the valves are out - listen and compare to no9.

 

A not very scenic shot of the "streak"..................LINK

 

A Streak is all the scenery you need.

 

Some lovely footage and still from today..my effort at Cromwell Moor north of Newark on Trent

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10257146@N05/15760189069/

Thanks...Simon

 

Saw this accelerating past Abbotts Ripton looking fantastic this morning. Am stood at St neots waiting for the return and I can't believe the number of people. At least 50. Normally its me and 3 or 4 photographers!

 

Just after the early arrival in York. (click thumbnail to enlarge)

 

Certainly in the East Midlands the local media has suddenly got interested in steam trains, reporting the times of the York train and the Lincoln trains on Saturday. Not sure if just chance at a slow news time or if they have been sent press releases.

David

 

Yes, quite a crowd as shown at the end of this clip. Surprising as it was cold and drizzly.



John

 

Good to see steam on the equivalent of a Peterborough semi-fast for the first part of the journey. Saw a couple of strange posts on Facebook. One woman complaining that the steam engine had made it dark inside Peascliffe Tunnel. Dark? In a Tunnel? Whatever next? Another from a rail worker saying steam should only run on Sundays as it had made him finish his shift late. Seems the diesel that had brought in the ECS (a few minutes early by the way) had a problem AFTER 4464 had left KGX. Can hardly blame steam for that.

 

I liked that clip. Nice and different from a lot of other, (but still good), clips. Really conveyed the atmosphere of the occasion.