Great Britain XVII - 26/04 to 4/05/25

Thanks. Not as bad as I thought then, though we’d go prem class table for two etc.

 

Towards the bottom of the tour page.

 

Any update on when 34028 might be avaliable? Might be another contender for the Southern legs.

 

As far as I’m aware Day 1 is 35028 (Heard that from a fairly reliable MNLPS source), and then the rest are the 5’s/Tangmere if nothing changes Vac Stock wise.

 

Last update on the website was November.
No idea if anything has happened to the support coach yet or not.

https://www.southern-locomotives.co.uk/News/news.html

 

Thank you!

As we’re going to the Dresden Steam Fest immediately prior I think it would pushing my luck a step too far. One for next year when hopefully the motive power might be more varied too.

 

Errrr, not if the changes I made to one of the new USA presidents Executive Orders get implemented. Where I crossed out any reference to Mexico re wall building. And wrote in that the wall should start just north of London Waterloo station, then follow a route just north of the mainline from Waterloo to Salisbury, Exeter and then down to Weymouth. Using the word 'mainline' rather loosely when covering what the wr left between Salisbury and Exeter after they nucked that route on 7 September 1964.

Bryan

 

Is now listed on the MNLPS list of diary dates: https://www.clan-line.org.uk/diary/

 

Whatever that means...

 

The lineup as it stands:

35028: London Victoria-Bristol Temple Meads (26th April)

45212: Bristol TM to Cardiff Central via Pembroke Dock, Fishguard Harbour and Milford Haven (27th April)

45212: Cardiff Central to Grange-over-Sands (28th April)

34067: Grange-over-Sands to Edinburgh Waverley (29th April)

60163: Edinburgh-Inverness (30th April)

Inverness-Wick - diesel hauled.
45407: Wick and Thurso-Inverness (1st May)

60163: Inverness-Edinburgh
34067: Edinburgh-Newcastle (2nd May)

60163: Newcastle-Peterborough
45212: Peterborough-Norwich (3rd May)

Norwich-Lowestoft - diesel hauled
45212: Lowestoft-London Kings Cross (4th May)

A great line up with what’s available to them and I’m very much looking forward to it.

 

Aye that’s not bad that all things considered. Well done WCR

 

Yep - as is 'all' on our table (looking forward to it)

 

44871 stands at Thurso on 01/05/16

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

So letting 45407 have a visit this year

 

Mk1’s or Mk2’s?

 

45407 has been to Wick before, leading 44871 south on 18/4/11. I have this down as Torbreck, just out of Rogart on the climb to Lairg ( no decent notes so willing to be corrected).

 

Correct - I've got the almost exact same shot about half a loco length further forward.

 

My comment and pic was with regards to Thurso

I was on the Great Britain in 2011 which did Wick along with this one in 2016 which did Thurso as part of 6 GB tours I did

Won't be on this year's as don't do air cons on steam tours