Vintage Trains - 2021

That’s almost enough to make me a GW enthusiast!

 

Sorry for the Black 5 clip at the start. But another take from Wilmcote to Liams and saving the best till last at Widney Manor.




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No need to be sorry about a Black 5!

 

Hmm. As a passenger, I was once standing at a droplight (with the train stationary) when a chap (probably in high-vis, though I don't remember for certain) came walking along beside the track and got me to open the secondary door lock so he could climb aboard.

 

Why do Vintage Trains run such short formations? Surely a Castle could easily manage 12 or 13 on the hook.

 

I'm not sure the platforms at each end could accommodate that length of train

 

And how many coaches do they have ready to run?

 

Presumably WCRC and LSL have done the same maths and come up with different answers

 

Both operators are running far more regularly than VT - I am simply saying the business model obviously works.

 

Could be to do with the number of tickets sold.

 

It did run with one coach less this last Sunday from the previous Sunday.

 

The path we have in the WTT now runs us into P2 at Snow Hill - the longer section between signals allows us to stable a longer train. P1 could only accommodate 8 coaches and loco.

 

Just to correct, WCRC are currently running a repeat operation of similar distance to Birmingham-Stratford Upon Avon. 'The Jacobite?

 

How many coaches are on that train?

 

7 on each train, apart on Saturdays when the trains are required to pass at Glenfinnan where loop length dictates that the afternoon train goes out as Load 6.