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RTC: Edinburgh Flyer - 04/04/26

Discussion in 'What's Going On' started by Enterprise, Mar 23, 2026.

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  1. Big Al

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    Lucky they had another power plant available to keep them heading north. The video at Darlington made it pretty obvious what was doing most of the work then.
     
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    Hopefully this can be fixed quickly. The latest Trackside article had an interview with Ian Riley commenting how his fleet are practically on standby until the Jacobite suddenly kicks off at a moment notice, so they can't really agree to any other jobs I assume this refers to RTC work? That he can't sign them up for railtours as they might end up getting pulled to go up to Fort William.

    May have misinterpreted the article perhaps but if that's the case Eddystone (with a little help from Clan Line) are the only locos RTC have until Tangmere comes back.
     
    Alex Productions, Apr 4, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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    Agree, that is the definition of the old heave ho, if ever it was!!!
    Disappointing for those on board obviously.

    Edit did well to reduce arrival time delay to 13 minutes.
     
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  4. Alex Productions

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    Looks like Tangmere is getting taken back to York as I type this. I wonder if it's gonna get fixed there or just stabled there for the night before getting moved next week to Carnforth.
     
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    67023 and 67027 doing the honours it seems - ECML thunderbirds scrambled from Newark. The various videos of 34067 heading north show a lot of steam escaping round the front, seemingly from the right hand cylinder. Hard to tell with the amount of steam and the wind blowing.
     
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    Concerning for anyone booked on up coming steam hauled (?) Northern Belle or the GB. May be a quick fix, followed by rigorous proving of the repair?
     
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    Indeed bit of a nightmare for WCR and RTC at a point where they were probably gearing to annouce the locomotives for the Great Britain days.
     
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    I think that's been done hasn't it?
     
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    They annouced awhile which locos were expected to be on it. When I last was on RTC the locos hadn't been assigned to days yet.
     
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    Departure from Newcastle looked odd. Engine was blowing off, not a good idea if you’ve injector failure, unless it had just happened and thus couldn’t quieten the boiler down?
    But lots of steam from the taps and little/no exhaust beats suggesting front end issues?

    How far away is Heaton?

     
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    Piston rings was mentioned elsewhere soon after the failure. There are videos of it leaving Newcastle with only 4 beats rather than 6. Another at York shows it slipping on every wheel revolution while heading back to the NRM with the 67s in tow.

    Edit - Facebook video of 34067 at York.

    https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1MmkY3aMeZ/
     
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    Injector failure quoted on the logs for NR, but seemingly info from inside WCR suggests piston rings maybe the issue. Perhaps both?!
     
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    Heaton is two miles from Newcastle station.
     
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