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Great Britain XV: 15 - 23/4/23

Discussion in 'What's Going On' started by Sam 60103, Aug 16, 2022.

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  1. Sam 60103

    Sam 60103 Member

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    Logistics and costs are the only things that have prevented me doing a GB trip and probably alas will do in the future.
     
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    torgormaig Part of the furniture Friend

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    ....and in the same vein, here is the embodyment of a "Great Briton" - the train's maintenance magician, "Screwdriver" Dave Clarke, who has kept so many GB tours on the road over the years. One of the company's real unsung heros:) IMG_7841 copy.jpg

    Peter
     
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    Would this be the first Great Britain to feature an all LMS loco lineup?
     
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    class8mikado Part of the furniture

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    ...and all 4-6 -0's
    ... and( apart from a brief appearance by a Royal Scot ) all class 6 or under.
     
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  5. J Shuttleworth

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    Probably not so much GBXV, as GB5X.....

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    Gladiator 5076 Resident of Nat Pres

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    Peter is it possible to create a "history" of screwdriver with the headboard?
    This was the 2018 version taken at Swanage.
     

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  7. Oswald T Wistle

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    All LMS locos . . . all 4-6-0s - not according to the local Blackburn newspaper
     

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    As they say young Whistle you should never believe what papers print
     
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    We also got smiles and a few shared laughs as dave walked throught our carriage.
     

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    I know it is late. Wanting to say thank you to 45596 personnel, West Coast and RYTC coming together to keep the middle section of the GB up to Scotland and back together.
     
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    I’ve just caught up with this thread. It was one hell of a commitment from an already exhausted support crew, most of what they do happens before and after the trip, rising at silly o’clock in the morning and going to bed at the same time. It’s worth reading the report in Trackside
     
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