Steam Dreams Circular 31/05 & 5/06/18

60103 is on the Pad/Ox/Vic circular today 47 on back, large crowds at trackside, running more or less to time

 

Seen here passing Didcot North Junction - about 5 mins down.

 

Going nicely and lucky to avoid torrential rain nearby.

 

As it was a bit of a show pony trip today, a slightly facetious video....

 

My footage of Flying Scotsman storming up Saunderton Bank through the station and thundering through the rain at Kennington near Oxford. Enjoy.

 

Oh dear ....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44324691

 

I can't stand the dubbed in "music", so that's the last mrKnowwun video I will watch. To make sure of it I will set "Ignore" (after I've posted this).

 

Super, glad to have made your day

I cant stand people who cant stand videos but still find time to post to say they cant stand it. But as you have set ignore you wont know I cant stand it.

 

And it was out again tonight, more or less on my doorstep so on the way to the pub, I took a quick handheld shot.

No Music or intro (Now someone has me on ignore they will never know - the irony of it)

 

60103 seen on yesterday's 2 round trips at Bicester Village, Oxford, passing at Maidenhead, Slough, Victoria and West Byfleet.

 

Nicely put. Personally, I think it adds to the overall production. Great work. Prey continue in this manner!!

 

Thanks to all involved for running the tours yesterday, for the record, diesel seemed to be taking its own weight at Brentford while Scotsman worked hard up front. I attach below my video and some photos from around South London.



Flying Scotsman leads the ECS of the Chiltern circular out of Victoria


WCR meets DBC? A pair of ECS moves at Battersea


Drawing the stock out of Battersea Loop

Accelerating through Brentford

Testing the limits of my camera (and possibly exceeding them slightly!) - crossing the M25 at Merstham

 

But the music only played during the opening titles and for a few seconds at the end, not during the whole film. I don't think that's uncommon.
I'm not sure about the choice of music, but that's another story.

 

I find this hard to believe Scotsman caused the alarm to go off as it was at the country end of the platform.More like the diesel revving up at the buffers.

Mike M.

 

I think you'll find Scotsman set off the fire alarm on its return to Victoria, when it would be right inside the station.

 

The fire alarm went off prior to the evening trip, based on the times on the BBC website.

 

You're right. If the BBC website times are correct there's surely no way for the Scotsman set off the alarms unless it was still under the canopy. But I would have thought at 11 coaches + diesel the loco would be out in the open.

 

No. The alarm went off immediately after Scotsman's departure.

 

So it looks like Scotsman was innocent.