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

The diesel has to be there to power the aircon and CDL. I'm sure it didn't give any assistance.

 

Not a very bright morning yesterday but here are my pics from day one of the GB. Locations are Milford X2, Buriton, crossing the Hamble at Busledon (I knew it would be coasting there but would have made a nice picture with a bit of brightness) and finally approaching Dunbridge, not the shot I wanted but Southampton traffic put me less than half a minute ahead of the train here! The last one is a phone pic at Salisbury

 

A very nice selection John.

Bryan

 

Thanks Bryan, it was a dull day apart from a little brightness at Buriton. As Sod’s Law always does we were in sunshine the whole afternoon at Salisbury.

 

Plenty of nominees for the Darwin Awards were present at Burry Port Station. That was not a freindly Stanier hooter on display !

 

John you must have been near me at Bursledon. Did you get there very long before the train did? I was speaking to a couple of people while waiting. One said he was an ex-railwayman and that this was the first time a Merchant Navy had been on that line, in preservation at least.


The afternoon leg in the Wylye Valley at Little Langford.

 

what a bunch of idiots

 

45212 St Ishmael by Harry Bradley, on Flickr

45212 skirts the South Wales Coast this evening. Been a nice day chasing the 5 around Wales, with it doing the majority of the work.

 

I wasn’t the railwayman, I got there about five minutes before in arrived, I was wearing a green Clan Line Polo shirt.

 

I believe 45212 has failed, hot axle box on the tender. So diesel today.

 

Thanks for the update. Very sad but these things happen. [BJ]

 

Wasn’t it this loco that failed at Rugby with a hot box on a positioning move a couple of weeks back too?
Edit - was on 9th March.

 

Absolute lunacy. The crowd behaviour, not your video.

Bryan

 

Oh dear. Always a risk of a loco failure I guess for such a long event, but damned sad for everyone when it happens.

Are you on the train all week Al?

Bryan

 

After Tangmere's recent issues can anyone please confirm if she will be on Tuesday's leg? Any advance info will be much appreciated.

 

Seems to have run in to an issue at Winsford Signal Box. Been sat 20 minutes and now has 5Z93 behind.

UPDATE - On the move

 

Im certain Tangmere will be at the head tomorrow, although I believe Amber fire risk again so what work it will do remains to be seen