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North Briton 28/9/19

Discussion in 'What's Going On' started by D5177_55A, Sep 28, 2019.

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    Thank you. Light was probably the best I’ve seen it there for a while.
     
  2. Sheff

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    Tour now been stuck behind a failed ballast train for over an hour north of Donny - just on the move again :(
     
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    According to RTT arrived back at King's Cross at 01:34 today - 191L. Seen here at last light over the Dilston Crossing near Corbridge in Northumberland.

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    For those of us travelling with Tornado next weekend lets hope the Gods smile on us a bit better.
     
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    Yes. Murphy's and Sod's Laws both seemed to apply in abundance yesterday. Bet the footplate and support crews/stewards slept soundly last night. Hats off to them all. Would love to see an account on here of the day itself from a passenger perspective.
     
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    That'll be us then. Wife already making thinly veiled threats as to what might happen to various parts of my anatomy if there's a repeat :(
     
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    With those timings could almost of been a normal Steam Dreams day out!
     
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    I will go so far as to write that Doncaster to Carlisle was very good!
     
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    As Judge Rinder would say "Understood"!
     
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    I have a spare sleeping bag that you could take with you so that she can get her head down around midnight.
     
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    Does anyone know why this week's tour is WCR operated and not DBC operated?
     
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    We can speculate - have DBC got crews available, are the costs the same, etc - but does it really matter> WCR operated the Aberdeen trips competently and there is no reason to think their crews are second rate.
     
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    My point was why would it be DBC one week and WCR the next rather than both DBC or both WCR, especially if the riveria rake is used again this Saturday.
     
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    Why not use both TOCs if both satisfy your needs, either might not have had crew availability to do both tours.
     
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    Could be that. Could be the non-Tornado legs. Last Saturday ECML to Doncaster with a class 90 (Les Ross busy on the Cumbrian Coast Express). That looks like a DB job. This Saturday diesel Leicester to Doncaster, there's far more flexibility there, either DB or WCR could do that.
     
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