Cath-Ex The Bluebell Railway to Bath Spa 5/10/19

You started young as you are only 37 now

 

You may well find that that is contrary to the railway's written SMS. We have been through all this on the Moors in the recent past. Not only do you have to be assessed by the railway on your ability the drive a loco competently but you also have to know the rule book pertinent to that railway (they are not all the same) and the local operating practices. It's no different to operating on the national network really.

Peter

 

I wonder whose crews drove 6233 at the SVR gala last year? A class 40 was withdrawn from an earlier SVR gala after the owners had a fit of pique because it had to be crewed by the SVR so I would have thought the same applied to the Duchess at the SVR last year. If it was SVR crewed why can't it be Bluebell crewed?

 

I thought the support crew being on holiday was the reason it is not doing the SD tour. When it was at the Swanage Gala last year it appeared to be being looked after by its own support crew. I guess the same would apply at the Bluebell.

 

Actually, his profile says he's from "Des Moins" - no idea where that is. It also says he does not currently volunteer, but he may have spent x years previously doing so.

 

They're on their way!

 

Hadn't missed that. Pretty careless, to say the least, to have a typo in a profile!

 

Forum member posting dodgy info in their profile! Well I never.

 

https://flic.kr/p/2hqogUm

Seen running 7 late at Oxted. Time was lost in a short distance south of here and the train crawled over the bridge. Is there a NB TSR/steam restriction? Edit - photo won't upload at the moment after many attempts. I'm using a MacBookPro - is there a known issue here? The same problem has occurred many times before and eventually it accepts the upload.

Had to link to Flickr to do it, rather than be able to upload the photo alone.

 

I have found uploading images very hit and miss recently. Had about a month where it would only take one and week where it would not take any at all.

 

Thanks for the reassurance - I thought it was just me! Is it an issue to be raised with the 'management', do you think?

 

Yes, there is a 10mph over Oxted Viaduct Bridge 520 for any loco hauled train.

Cheers, Neil

 

Yes I was going to, but could not work out how or where to post the issue.

 

Footage of the trip today, seen today on the Bluebell near East Grinstead and Woldingham:

 

Passed through Chippenham at teatime 2 mins down; after a 1 L start at Bath.

Looked and sounded splendid at Chippenham on load 9 - well done all concerned. I see it was right time again at Wootton Bassett Jn; then dropped a few minutes following 1700 BTM Padd ex Swindon which was 4L (which was/did over took steam trip at Sdn as part of plan). Screen shot of my video attached.

Regards

 

Thanks for that.

 

Kintbury & Hungerford.