The Bard of Avon - 23/03/19

Tornado in fine form today seen at Wrenbury, Codsall and Lapworth

 

Quite. Every tour that goes to Stratford-Upon-Avon the loco goes to turn solo.

 

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Tornado at Wellington this evening during a stop for water

 

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That's a cracking bit of trespass in the last shot!

 

This morning at Walcot, between Shrewsbury and Wellington


Going very nicely at Dorridge on the return.

 

Tornado in Mono, near Langley between Bearley and Hatton.

 

A quick record of it dropping off at Salop this evening...

 

Thanks for the comment I work there so have every right to be there

 

My shot at man picc lads corker of a run very wick especially coming back out of stratford on avon via hatton is there a steep grade coming out from S.O.A. cos tornado was well chattering up to hatton jct.

 

Is this a preservation 1st steam excursion thats set out from a bay and returned to a bay platform in man picc since 1968 anyone?

 

60163 arriving with The Bard of Avon in Stratford-upon-Avon and powering the return through Wilmcote

 

There is indeed. Wilmcote bank and if I remember correctly it's around 1 in 75 at its steepest.

 

Dead right!! Wilmcote Bank is a uniform and demanding 1 in 75 climb that extends more or less from the Stratford Parkway Station site to the overbridge 0.4 miles south of Wilmcote Station, visible in the videos of Tornado's northbound approach to Wilmcote on its return from Stratford-upon-Avon.

So about 1.2 miles of climbing overall, and significant inasmuch as the location of the incline offers barely more than one mile of opportunity to gain momentum from a standing start at Stratford-upon-Avon station. The energy demonstrated by Tornado plus Load 10 in surmounting this climb looks like something quite special, as indeed does the passage of Wilmcote staton, with no evidence of easing for the approach to the 50 mph right hand fork to Hatton at Bearley Junction.

Visually, lots of great video and still images from this trip - as good as I can remember from any of Tornado's recent outings. So a big thank-you to all contributors. I just wonder if there was anyone on board who was able to record any details of the performance that Tornado was so evidently delivering?? I suspect that there may well have been some special moments. It would be good to know.

 

Yes because i know the Gloucester warwickshire from cheltenham racecourse to whinchcombe tunnel is a climb and going up to broadway from toddington is a steady gradient also so i guess G.W.R. Firemen must have had to shovel fast 4 their keep up that grade from gloucester.

 

I think it is more to do with the turn at Hatton - Royal Scot did not have a support coach during the same movement in September last year

 

Drew quite a crowd didn't it.
My effort of the departure into the dark !

 

Stratford departure



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