Flying Scotsman: CE Circulars 03/06/17

60103 is operating two CE circular trips on 3rd June with a lunch train on the Surrey Hills circuit and an evening run from Victoria to Overton. Please note that the return leg of the evening trip goes back to Paddington via Southampton, Basingstoke and Reading. Timings are available on a certain website

 

Remove the blanket, just tell us the website. RTT maybe. You won't get locked up for revealing it for goodness sake. What has the world come to.

 

Yes RTT is the website.

 

I remember seeing that too and thinking what sort of message does that send to the young children that were around. I have seen a couple of clips on You Tube that show grown ups trespassing on the track, notably at Trevingey level crossing and Redruth. So it's
not just Scotsman that attracts the Darwin element .

Dave B

 

Saturday? I saw that idiot as well and fair play to the lady at Newton Abbot supervising those who wanted a shot of 60163.

 

Restrictions, too many (3 pages) to analyse, many stations 30mph thru platforms plus a couple of bridges:
Putney/ Barnes bridge at 6m5c
Syon Lane/ Isleworth ML bridge at 12m4c

 

Does Shawford have a TSR at all? Thanks

 

Three pages! It used to operate around the areas covered today without any problems with gauging on it's previous ticket. It must be the thicker paint used this time or the bigger ego that fame brings causing the problem

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Well if SD (but apparently no-one else) is trying to keep these runs secret it is not working. Around 150/200 plus 2 BTP at the Shalford water stop an hour ago. As far as I could see everyone behaving very sensibly. 60103 was making a superb noise on the ascent through Chilworth, the 37 on the back just idling.

 

Does anyone have the RTT link for this and this evening's trains?? PM to me if necessary.

 

go to rtt. enter woking or any other place on the route and select only stp services. all will be revealed as there are only a couple of stp services today.

18:22 through woking

 

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Here is my brief video of Crawling, er, sorry Flying Scotsman passing through Worplesdon at lunch time. The problem must be at the Woking end of the platform as 60103 accelerated through the station.
Not a big crowd at Worplesdon but SWT still had a station staff member keeping an eye on things:


Also here is a picture of the luncheon trip:

 

Filmed at Lawrence Lane, Betchworth:

 

It appears to have been another good performance today by Scotsman, with some beautiful noise from the front end as she left Southampton at St Denys. Credit, as ever, to all who look after her.

Sadly, however, it appears that no matter how many times the BTP tell people to stay off the tracks, there will be one person who thinks they're above this. Fortunately, the non-enthusiast dad and his 10ish-year old son, who at the start of my conversation with them asked if they'd be in the middle of my shot if they walked down the track 50 yards or so, listened to me when I told them not to leave the straight and narrow of Walworth foot crossing, near Andover. They didn't at first, however, and believed I was making it up about Scotsman's trespass problems. They only listened when I told them to look on the BBC website, which was no more than 2 minutes before the train turned up. The dad had no idea that what he was going to do was illegal, so obviously the message isn't getting across.

The question is, how can the BTP actually communicate with these people, the people who think the rules don't apply to them, and tell them that what they are doing is illegal?

And FWIW, yes. They would have been in my shot.

James

 

We went to Potbridge for the evening run hoping to catch 60103 accelerating away from Winchfield but it was just coasting along at heritage line speed. There was a big gathering on the bridge including several Nat Pres forum members (it was great to catch up with friends ).
A guy that was filming said he thought he saw someone on the lineside and he also said that the crew of Scotsman were not happy with something ahead of them. He also said that the driver of an electric unit was sounding the horn more than usual.
I will post a couple of pictures tomorrow.

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The secret was well kept in my neck of the woods - there was no one on the bridge that I went to except us!

The light wasn't too good, but I got a couple shots and they are both on Flickr. This is the first one in the Photostream if anyone would like to have a look :

RD15199. 60103 passing Soutwood. by Ron Fisher, on Flickr

Hope they're of interest.

 

Was the entire trip like this?