Vintage Trains: Plans for 2018

Is the last two runs on Tuesday night with an ECS ?

 

Times for Wednesday have vanished off RTT, perhaps VT only need Tuesday for tests, or they're waiting for a successful Tuesday before reinstating them?

 

Tuesday evening run now down as running 24hrs later, running Wednesday instead

 

I know we’re not to take RTT as gospel, but any evidence on this? Seems quiet on all fronts and would like to go out and see this

 

All, to avoid any disappointment, I can confirm that we are not running steam on the mainline this week. Ben

 

Thanks Ben.
You’ve saved me a lengthy round trip.

 

Thanks for update Ben

 

Thanks very much for this post.
Appreciate being kept in the picture.

 

Just thought I'd point out that a new set of movements out of Tyseley on 27th November has appeared on Realtime Trains:

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/sea...18/11/27/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt

The first pair of movements appear to be a light engine run from Tyseley to Small Heath Lafarge & return, then a single round trip to Stratford-Upon-Avon & return via Henley-In-Arden in the afternoon.

Hope this helps,
Adam T

 

West Coast, so Bahamas?

 

I would have thought so, given that Bahamas is the only loco currently at Tyseley that is operated by West Coast Railways..

 

And an arrival from Kidderminster SVR running via Stratford.

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/sea...000-2359?stp=WVS&show=non-passenger&order=wtt

All class 0’s so today’s runs a driver training run? Tomorrow’s a returning class 50?

 

Fridays move is 50007.

 

Anybody know if Bahamas is out and about today?

 

''This service was cancelled throughout due to a request by the customer (FL)''.

 

Thanks. Just spotted it myself on RTT where it says "This service was cancelled throughout due to a delay not investigated (OU)."

 

Very good piece on VT on Radio 4's You and Yours this lunchtime.

Worth tracking down on the BBC Sounds app!

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0001cbp

From 27:30. Features Cath Bellamy, plus a bit of Christian Woolmar and Sir Peter Hendy. Sounds like it was recorded earlier this year. Makes out that this is all a completely new thing, when of course we know there's mainline steam nearly every weekend of the year, Tyseley has been going many years etc. etc.

 

Is it possible when tyseley crew steamed 45596 up a fault was discovered or could tyseley get a train crew to drive her on 27 nov can anybody on nat pres clarrify owt about this, or is there a test run imminent in december later. Cos it looks bad 4 the excursion going ouut of kvwr on 9th feb 2019! Davo 56f.

 

Has the T.P.W.S. A.W.S. system been aquired and paid for also cos i believe in push pull kvwr magazine this needed money raising for i think it was in autumn or winter 2017 edition about this and have the bahamas society gota support coach. Anybody clarrify