The Pendle Dalesman - Wednesday 17th February 2016

I get the impression that winter maintenance has been kind to 45699 this year as she seems to have emerged in great form (no doubt i will regret saying this when she fails....).

 

Away from Carlisle down the coast on time then.

 

He didn't look like this bloke did he.....................

 

We had a stowaway the last time we came around the Cumbrian Coast; he got on the wrong railtour by mistake.

We wined and dined him, not threw him off at Whitehaven. Shame on you Ralph!

 

Having lived in north west Cumbria for a while it all sort of makes sense....

 

What was the load today?

 

Come on @RalphW - I thought you would have known better. The Birmingham train goes "whiiiiiiiiiiiiizz", and the steam train goes "chuff". Now, repeat after me, the Birmingham train ...

 

Hell's Bells. Last one for a good while I guess.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today issued a Prohibition Notice to West Coast Railway Company Ltd (WCRC) preventing it running its heritage rail services on the mainline railway.

http://orr.gov.uk/news-and-media/news-and-announcements/2016

 

45699 at Oxenholme , Shap Wells , Wigton and finally Bootle .

 

Steve your fetiche for high-vis has to be admired and good luck to Wcr lol

The first two lines of the song make sense

 

LMS 5XP Class 4-6-0 No. 45699 'Galatea' puts on a fine display as it speeds through Greenholme with the northbound 'Pendle Dalesman'



LMS 5XP Class 4-6-0 No. 45699 'Galatea' drifts around the curve on the approach to Kirkby in Furness station with the returning 'Pendle Dalesman'

 

Looks like a bad day for the finale lol xx

 

Nine including support coach plus 47746 on rear.

Photos of Galatea leaving Carnforth and returning tonight here:

https://andrewstransport.smugmug.com/Northwesttrains/North-West-trains-2016/

Cheers

Andrew N

 

That last photo, which you've called Steamtown Sunset, is rather poignant. Let's hope there's a Steamtown Sunrise to follow before very long.

 

I assume the Duchess would be barred from the Cumbrian Coast!

The ORR could probably find a reason to ban just about every TOC. Whilst they may have better management systems than WCRC, those systems are not 100% effective in preventing mistakes by train crews. Network Rail clearly regards steam on the main line as a burden and anachronism which it has to accommodate, so the only way for it to survive is by meticulously conforming to every single requirement.