61306 Cathedrals Express to York 12th March 2015

Still in sun a bit further North at one of the threatened foot crossings running about 7 early





and video



John

 

Nice one John. Looking forward to seeing your films of 34081 in the near future.

 

Death Wish at Watton at Stone

 

Just over 56 years after the last B1 hauled passenger train departed Arlesey, 61306 restarts her train from the new station en route to York. She's a bit cleaner than the New England B1s we used to see on this stretch.
61306 'Mayflower' Arlesey 12-03-2015 by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

 

Running to time and what a lovely sight and sound she made. Barrel Hill foot crossing north of Newark on Trent in tricky light the norm for mainline runs on the ECML .

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10257146@N05/16606520460/

 

Off York 28L, ECS got into the platform late but not sure why it was so late leaving.

 

29 late now. RTT is expecting them to cut the Retford water stop from 23 to 3 minutes. They'll be lucky.

 

Arrived Retford 43 late according to RTT.

 

Departed Retford 30 late.

 

Looks like she was held at Stoke Jct. as she's 48 late now.

 

Perilously close to RST then ?

 

Random Silliness Thread?

 

'The Cathedrals Express' on the 12th March 2015 featuring LNER B1 No.61306 'Mayflower'. Running from London Kings Cross to York, the train is seen passing Colton Junction on the return.

Video Available Here

 

Made the risky trip to, Gamston Bank, where it was almost pitch black, but thankfully, modern day cameras, shoot well in very low light. Loco seemed on form again, despite the late running.

 

Made up a lot of time at the Connington water stop and going well at St Neots




John

 

Two shots from today but very dull oop North!

Northbound

Southbound

 

Love the reaction of the child on the platform, ending in a little double jump. A future forum member!

 

Used Platform 3 at Peterborough, all passengers were off and doors were shut within a minute of coming to a halt, but was held for another 2 minutes for the footplate crew to get their tea from the support coach...

 

My footage of the charter at Peterborough and Sandy on the return run

 

Would much rather have seen the second sequence without the inclusion of a shot that "crossed the line", (in filming and literal terms). All that train action and the B1 ending it was superb, spoiled for me by jumping over to the other platform for a very short sequence.

Comment intended as a very constructive comment.