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Overhaul of 45596 Bahamas

Discussie in 'Steam Traction' gestart door Moylesy98, 25 jan 2016.

  1. Davo

    Davo Well-Known Member

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    Is it K.V.W.R. who are tour organisers selling the tickets, cos i believe they did scotsmans trip in 2017 and various other trips originating fro oxenhope many years ago. They do main line tours still do kvwr but rarley nowdays up s and c. I think years ago wi 45407 or 44871 black 5,s
     
  2. S.A.C. Martin

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    LNER man - but I have a soft spot for the three cylinder Jubilees. Beautiful engines, and Bahamas looks absolutely stunning.

    How can we not celebrate the successes of our partners in arms in this industry? Amazed that there's not been more said about the quality of this restoration to working order. Just sublime.
     
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  3. Johnb

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    Pleased you like it. I think the traffic levels on the roads around the S&C will be unusually high on February 9th
     
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    I suspect you are right John! :)
     
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    I suspect he is if Tornado's North Briton run on the same day goes ahead. As ever the weather gods will have the last laugh :Cold:
     
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  6. Moylesy98

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    Iv got my ticket booked on the inaugural mainline tour, was no way I was missing out on this.
     
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  7. Steve

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    As long as it doesn't get like the 11th August 1968. I was (nearly) there!:)
     
  8. Johnb

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    I wanted to be there but it was my then girlfriends 21st birthday. If I had known she was going to dump me three months later I would have gone. Bahamas will be a big draw but I don't think that big
     
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    I was almost there too!

    Ais Gill. 11-8-68 _1.jpg
     
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    That was bad luck. A vintage vehicle rally on the same day !! ;) <BJ>
     
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    I don't think that the driver of that Mini is going anywhere!
     
  12. Steve

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    It was probably just abandoned, like most of the cars there!
     
  13. 46223

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    np.jpg
    It was a police Mini van!!
     
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    The guy with the Humber wasn't going to get out that easily either. We got there with 2 hours to spare... so parked a bit further up the road in an Austin 1100.
    Just think, no internet, no mobile phones, no social media, yet we all knew what was going on.
     
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    We had Modern Railways and Railway Magazine in which we had blind faith not to mention the enthusiast grape vine.
     
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    ...and friendly local station staff/signalmen who let you read the 'Special Traffic Notices (STN)when it came out on Thursdays (for the coming weekend)! Happy days.
     
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    The question was largely rhetorical aimed at the 'youngsters' amongst us who believe life must have been nigh on impossible before tinternet.
     
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    There is a picture with the police van in the middle, which was published a few years ago with 'PCs Ventress and Bellamy having a bad day on traffic control' or something similar!

    Steven
     
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    Indeed. And as John (60017) says, "Happy days"!
     
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    There were similar scenes by the Hopton Incline on the last day of the Cromford and High Peak only it was the local bus that got trapped in the middle of it all
     

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