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What Diesel Tour would you like to see in 2011

Dieses Thema im Forum 'What's Going On' wurde von Ben Vintage-Trains gestartet, 22 Dezember 2010.

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  1. Ben Vintage-Trains

    Ben Vintage-Trains Member

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    If we were going to put on a mainline Diesel hauled tour, what equipment would you like to see?

    From where to where?

    And let's try and be realistic! Lol
     
    Ben Vintage-Trains, 22 Dezember 2010
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  2. RalphW

    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    Royal Scots Grey doing a Tin Bath Extra.


    I'll now go any lie down in a darkened room for even thinking about a diesel tour.....
     
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  3. bantam61668

    bantam61668 New Member

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    A pair of class 20's to Ludo, recreating the summer trains of the early 90s. Something like Sheffield-Derby-Crewe-Chester-Llandudno (break for normals), then an out and back to Blaenau Ffestiniog for the enthusiasts, should be manageable without the need for massively early starts or too long a day.
     
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  4. Ben Vintage-Trains

    Ben Vintage-Trains Member

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    Repent Repent Repent!
     
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    osprey Resident of Nat Pres

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    Just a Tin Bath Extra would do, as we seem to be short changed of trips through the Calder Valley of late
     
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    Swiss Toni Well-Known Member

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    Equipment, "Royal Scots Grey" no question. :thumb:

    From anywhere to anywhere via the S&C.
     
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  7. Ben Vintage-Trains

    Ben Vintage-Trains Member

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    I'm not sure if there are a couple of mainline 20s available. I will dig around.

    Thanks for the suggestion.
     
    Ben Vintage-Trains, 22 Dezember 2010
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  8. david1984

    david1984 Resident of Nat Pres

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    I know you said Diesel Ben but what about giving 86259 another leg stretch ?, Norwich via the WCML, North London Line & Great Eastern seems like a decent run and destination in my mind.

    New St - Edinburgh behind a Deltic would get me interested also, or Swanage behind Western Champion.

    Edit: Expanding on Edinburgh, is this feasible ?:

    New St - York - 55022
    York - Edinburgh - 60019
    Edinburgh - New St - 55022
     
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    A pair of 20s Tysley to Skegness
     
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    hatherton hall Well-Known Member

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    A one-way trip to Woodhams in Barry!! lol
     
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    Western Champion Snow Hill to Plymouth. 55022 Birmingham to Kings X if it's possible to access the ECML around Newark or Grantham.
    Any space in your darkened room Ralph? :)
     
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    A Deltic over the Devon Banks
     
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  13. Ben Vintage-Trains

    Ben Vintage-Trains Member

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    Now now! Be nice! Lol
     
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    malc Part of the furniture

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    A tour from my local station to a heritage railway somewhere using anything except a Class 47 and running on a Saturday or Sunday when there are no interesting steam tours or galas happening.
     
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  15. stan the man

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    Class 47 "James Nightall GC" on a Liverpool Street to Norwich job.

    Stan
     
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  16. RalphW

    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    The reason I have a place for a Deltic was from the impression created when I heard and saw my first, the blue prototype looming out of the fog running into Crewe at about 10.20pm one January Friday night in 1958. The train was the Royal Highlander 7.20pm from Euston with 16 on including kitchen and dining cars, so quite a load, the sight and sound of this humming apparition coming out of the fog was something that I remember well. Very often previously it would be hauled by a Jub and a 5, both of which came off at Crewe where a Duchess took over for the rest of the journey to Inverness. 3 hours from Euston with I think 4/5 stops was not bad going in those days, and certainly with steam on the crews earned their pay.
     
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  17. sowerbylad

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    Or a class 56 if there is still one mainline registered?
     
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  18. Enterprise

    Enterprise Part of the furniture

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    A Deltic without doubt, but on an 8 coach train running on a pre HST non-stop schedule from KX to somewhere up North and back.
     
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    Hunslets Finest Well-Known Member

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    At the moment GBRF are operating four 20s on LT unit drags in the Midlands and DRS have the odd one or two still on flask traffic.

    Although not a big fan of 20s I can see the appeal of a traditional trip from the Midlands to North Wales. Just a shame one of the RTC 47/9s isn't available to help out as in the 90s...

    For me a day out to Anglia with Essex would appeal. How about Brum to Lowestoft via Peterborough and Wensum Curve and return via the East Suffolk and the GE and Midland mainlines. This would allow pick ups and drop offs from Brum to Melton Mowbray (Coleshill Pway, Nuneaton, Leicester among others). Obviously would need to find some attractions for the non-enthusiast in Lowestoft but there is the beach, the Broads, East Anglian Transport Museum or perhaps the annual airshow? Just a thought...
     
    Hunslets Finest, 22 Dezember 2010
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  20. JMR

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    A Central Wales line circular tour as was done with Royal Scots Grey in 2008 ,with pick ups in South Wales and Severnside/West Mids etc. 2*class 37.
     
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