THE ROYAL OAK 10TH JULY;

Hi how many of you chap's are on this trip with the king its a members day train but is open to all
the king is 80 years old this year; i am working on her but still enjoy the run when i not making tea coffee ect;

all the best
jane

 

Hello Jane. I will be out to watch you storm through Beaconsfield.

I hope you have a great trip, I would have been on it with you but we have visitors from overseas who thought it was too much money for a day out hwell:

Plus, they don't arrive at Heathrow till 9pm Friday so I admit it would have been a bit of a stretch to be on that train 11 hours later....

 

I will on just seen the weather forcast for the weekend middle to high 20's

 

Amazingly for such a 100% SR man as myself I did check out the timings on UK steam.info Jane.

It would be a long day and for that I'd need to be very sure indeed that the current dry weather didn't see the late addition of a box to the train. But enjoy the day, even though you'll be working, and thanks for putting the details up here.

 

You are all welcome
to all that are on this great run i do hope you have a great day out.

all the best
jane

 

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We will both be on board,see you there Jane,Ron and Geoff!

 

I will hopefully be out to see the return leg somewhere between Didcot and Reading. Would have loved to be on it but circumstances dictated otherwise. Hope you don't get one of those "assistance" boxes on the back............

 

So do i because it wont even be a decent loco

 

i still don't know times yet but sure david will post as soon as he can off to london on thursday again with Bob & Hubby to clean the green mean matchine again ready for saturday;

all the best
jane

 

I'm at TYS on Saturday getting the Hall ready for the next days Shakespeare, so I'll get to the top of the yard to see you go by.

 

My Dad and I will be travelling on this one; we have treated ourselves to first class too! Should be a great trip on an interesting route behind an excellent engine! Popped over to see The King storming past Dawlish at the weekend and she looked to be in fine fettle! Will be great to ride behind her again on some different Great Western territory! Very much looking forward to this one, really hope there isn’t a need to have a box attached!

 

Timings for this tour now on uksteam.info (thanks David).We've just had an hours rain and it looks like we might get a little more this evening.
Colin

 

67 from Reading :/

King going to Bristol i take it?

 

No,Yeovil Junction.
Colin

 

Lucky you Colin no rain here for 6 weeks one small shower one night about two weeks ago;i really need the rain for our tomatoes plants i am growing for our tea's on the torbay's;
hope every one has a great day.
all the best
jane.

 

Ah yes,their gala.

Now pouring it down in Wakefield. Seems the south is the only place it isn't?

 

UK steam now lists 6024 as going to Stew Lane not Yeovil. Anyone any idea why? Can't cee any trips that the King might undertake.

 

Have we mentioned if it can take over the VSOE while Clan Line is out of service yet? ie. braking eqpt. and route clearance?

 

6024 has hauled the VSOE twice before.I notice the return on 14/7 is into Paddington.
Colin