British Pullman 2025

Nice one, although a bit large on my screen so I have to look at it one bit at a time!

You've done well to make the diesel look (well sort of!) like an extra tender.

A Bulleid pacific taken from the Shortlands foot bridge by the waterworks?

Here's one I took earlier, 34077 on a down express. Must be the first half of 1961 as the world between London Victoria and the Kent coast came to an end on 12 June 1961.


Bryan B

 

Thanks. My aim was to get a head on shot to hide the diesel as best as possible, but also to focus on the main reason for capturing it (the discs and flags).
Your photo from 1961 is very insightful. Shows how much that spot has changed over the years!

 

British Pullman, 35028 Clan Line, 9th May 2025.
Filmed at Canterbury East and Folkestone West.

 

I do like the Canterbury East sequence. A nice bit of railway infrastructure there.

Is that taken from Oxford Road Path footbridge please. And did you have to stand on anything to clear any wire netting etc?

Bryan

 

It was the Oxford Road Path and no I didn’t have to stand on anything.

 

Great. Many thanks for finding me a new photo spot!

Bryan

 

The Belmond Pullman leaves York this afternoon. 67005 Kings Messenger on the tail end, having been freshly painted and named in recent weeks.

 

Stratford seems an unusual starting point for a Belmond outing.

 

I believe the same trip happened last year too. Shame it doesn’t feature some element of steam, but I suppose it’s a bit far north for 35028 it’ll get a nose bleed!

 

Not a nose bleed. But once a Merchant Navy pacific heads north and those up there see what a real steam loco looks and performs like, it becomes almost impossible to get it back.

Bryan

 

"Nah mate, don't go norf of the rivva at weekends, too much 'assle"

I assume Stewarts Lane was inaccessible due an engineering block last night, the stock went empty to Dollands Moor of all places. Nearest secure site to accept a 14 vehicle train I guess.

 

Having worked on Bullieds you’ll never convince me that their designer was ever of sound and sane mind. Personally I find them quite low ranking in terms of locos I’ve had the pleasure of working with.

Now if the Pullman were to come North with a superior GWR loco on the front, I’d have to say we’d keep that!

 

Yes I believe that was the case.

 

https://www.belmond.com/trains/euro...DIBkN0P6QbKnVkcyGw_aem_9qW5cdVVqyokLV8o6uBiIA

Belmond Pullman to the Greatest Gathering, including some steam haulage by Flying Scotsman

 

It bugs me when people refer to Flying Scotsman as "The worlds most famous steam TRAIN"!

 

Sorry I've been a bit slow on this one.

Here's an example I photographed earlier; July 2007 and heading East from Tonbridge.

Bryan

 

Times have changed since then, the Belmond is now worked by DBC .

 

Thought DB (in whatever guise they were calling themselves that week EWS I think) worked the VSOE back then.

 

Tangmere hauled the Pullmans (albeit hired to UK Railtours rather than a Belmond job) as recently as November 2022: https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/20s/221126uk.htm

Photo of it passing through Streatham: