The Dalesman 2019

I’ve heard it’s the 8F today.

 

Looped at grayrigg

 

Looking like looped for three trains at Grayrigg, away at 1245 to Penrith, looped for the 1327 then away to Carlisle arrive just before 1400.

 

This is not knocking WCRC for the sake of it but its unbelievable arrogance to send a goods loco out three times in a row and it loses time and causes delays not only to their passengers but the networks. Again as I said in my last post we'll never know the reason, but why not use one of the express locos, or even the Leander combination from the weekend. Yes they are important, but to play the game Virtual Monopoly is a dangerous game, particularly when Shap one of the prime properties could be put at risk.

 

Reasons first, I think...WCRC have had a lot of engines and crews on the road recently . I can't actually see any network delays ; it seems NR are doing a good job !!

 

82 late, problems appear to start at Carnforth and then multiply.

 

I couldnt agree more Al,but you might upset the girls from the Like District and Lord Malvern

 

they should have sent it around the coast to Carlisle !!

 

Out of interest, did she take on water at all ??

 

Makes sense

 

I believe BIL was scheduled to haul the train today but a problem was found, hence the 8F.

 

Makes sense for a 1600 arrival at Carlisle with a 1515 departure!

Anyway that's it now for the Chester Dalesman over Shap this year. What's done is done.

 

Like it

 

From a later post it seems that BIL may have been planned, much though it pains many of the “freedom of information from 10A brigade” we will probably never know. I wonder what the big red engine was doing today?

 

So we all complain about the use of diesels and now about using an 8F when the planned loco had an issue? As was said by others I can see no delays caused by the use of the 8F other than to its own train, so the only people to suffer were the tour passengers who got to know some loops quite well. But they did get what was sold to them a steam tour and at a load of 13 that implies 11 coaches which I suspect were full all some would have been removed.
Having said that the 8F seems to have struggled on the way back (like the Horton webcam which has gone down waiting for it)

 

(like the Horton webcam which has gone down waiting for it)

Ha !! Very good. At least there was a steam deputy...and she's doing her best, eh !! Long way to go yet

 

Indeed it does. Right time leaving Carlisle, but 13L at Appleby, 24L at Kirkby Stephen and 42L at Blea Moor. I counted 13 coaches on the Kirkby Stephen webcam.