THE GREAT BRITAIN IV

Thank you James for the reason behind the 47 as a lot of people have a pop at you and WCRC for some strange reason . Regards Steve

 

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Well done Mr H and his team -- having read so much about him in recent years, good to put a face to the name. The mainline steam movement has a lot to thank him for.

 

I had a very enjoyable day with son no.2 chasing the train today. Shots at Shewsbury, near Church Stretton, Llanvihangel and Patchway at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0-0Estf21I

Thanks to all involved.

 

Had a great week chasing GBIV throughout the land with many ups and downs along the way,managed to cop John O Groats whilst on the trip too!

My photos from Days 1-6 are now on my site with the rest to be added soon............


Thanks to everyone for organising this tour,really seems to have been a great success and the loco performances have more than shown this! My Dad has had a great time on board too,thanks to all at RTC,NR,WCRC etc.

My shots are available:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-walker/

Cheers,
Mark

 

A pal of mine was around Forsinard snapping it and was there for quite some time before the train came. Before train came = no fire, no smoke, nothing. As soon as it passed, the veg started smouldering. The Northern Times has this quote from a warden at Forsinard: "There was a strip of fire parallel to the rail track".

4sq miles of internationally-important nesting ground, and an SSSI, torched during breeding season. Not good.

 

70013 + 45305 arrived safely at Bristol TM this evening ready for tomorrow's tour. <BJ>

 

YIPEEEEEEEEE!

But will we be blessed with the same great news on Sunday on Isambard's carpet? I saw on You Tube some footage of a previous GB railtour going through Keynsham behind 5029 and on the back was, yes you've guessed it, a diesel.

On such a special day as Easter Sunday, let us pray that this does not happen this time!

 

That makes a very great deal of sense James. Especially if, as I imagine it would have been, the cost of doing that is factored into the pricing structure.

PS. And it gives dual traction enthusiasts a chance of getting phots of steam and a box in quite a short space of time!

 

Well you can tell Dobbin he can put away his telescope now - We are on East Coast heading north to retrieve the Jag and go sailing.

Ham and Eggs and coffee organised - sorted!

Is this site very heavy to load up? We tried to post that we had passed 5231 and Cromwell near Swindon last night, but getting Nat Pres on a Nokia seems an eternal pain. I managed to get in and post - but nothing appeared. It seems just as slow on a Blackberry

Yes GBIV has been well delivered by the hands on railwaymen and support crews in the final event; so - well done to all the operators and crews, onboard, as well as locos, who delivered the finished article, and let's just hope that no problems are attached to 5407 and 4871 on Monday as no-one wants compo aggro.

GBV will apparently feature 61994 smokebox first from Kyle - a nice change.

Now for some LNER three cylinder compound action.

 

From Crewe yesterday, a blogpost with photos of 5029 ... and a "Mail Online" moment:

http://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2011/04/ultimate-enthusiast-tour.html

Er, enjoy!

--
Tim
http://zelo-street.blogspot.com/
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I was up there too, about 1/2 a mile from the station. After the train passed I started walking back to the car. After a minute or so I looked back round and there was black smoke rising from behind the other side of the line. There was another smaller fire about 1/4 further south that I saw still burning, but without the vast amounts of smoke.

I actually went up to Wick and Thurso the previous week, looking at spots for photos, and there were already vast patches either burning or that had recently been ablaze. I was surprised to see the 47 still on the back passing Forsinard, I would've thought it would've followed the train down. Surely there must've been a path for it?

 

Video from yesterday - Morton on Lugg and Llanvihangel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp3fIOUfnJQ

nice to see Nunney on form

IanH

 

A shot of 5029 on the ECS from Carnforth to Preston at Oubeck loops - http://philmetcalfe.zenfolio.com/p268550676/h33adac79#h33adac79

 

Just got into redruth about 25 mins early. I missed it at the bridge i had found, only to get back to my home in Redruth which is right next to the station, and my relations who are staying with me for easter saying how good it was to see a steamtrain in the station!

 

38 early into Penzance. Barnst
orming run 1hr 40 start to stop from Plymouth. Shame about the 47 on the return it wont be quite so much fun!

 

some photos from today leg to cornwall at http://keyhamtrain.weebly.com/great-britian-4.html video http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=keyhamtrain#grid/uploads

 

Here' my video from today - Day 8. Taken at Whiteball, Stoneycombe and Forder:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k_MPmDUgMk

 

Early again through Redruth on the return with the 47 up front. Just hopped across the street to get the LE Move:

 

and here is the video my Dad shot from the road:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHhCJA8k3XM