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SHAKESPEARE EXPRESS 2011

Discussie in 'What's Going On' gestart door campainr, 5 jun 2011.

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  1. mattspencer

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    [youtube]zo-ZLJay17Q[/youtube]

    Lizzie at Shrewley and Lapworth today
     
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    As much as I am a fan of Tyseley's copper capped machinery, what a great locomotive (6201) to start the season with. Brought back memories of my only other run with her a few years ago, both ways over the Welsh marches route. A fine locomotive, looking and sounding good and a nice start to the Shakespeare Express season.
     
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  3. lickeybanker

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    Going well at Widney Manor on the final train of the day.
    DSC04305a.jpg
     
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  5. alrohomer

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    Good photos folks.
    However on the down side, I was out photographing the first run at Widney Manor station car park. On arrival there was a hole in a piece of fence, which seemed to have been recently cut, and a camera positioned at it.
    I thought that it was a bit over the top, damaging NR property just to get a different shot.
     
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    What was really nice yesterday was the volume of families travelling . £17.50 for a 75mph run behind a Princess was excellent . My children thoroughly enjoyed it , especially racing the cars along the M40
     
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    This was no more than a TPWS trip.
     
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    buseng Part of the furniture

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    This seems to be happening quite regular now, wasn't that the cause of 34067's stop on Filton?
     
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    Yes it was a little bit crowded at the end of the car park so I got myself stood on my usual piece of Armco by a concrete post which does as an improvised monopod !!
     
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  11. alrohomer

    alrohomer Member Friend

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    Just spotted on UKSteam that 4936 is off the Shakespeare Express on Sunday due to a gauging issue at Bordesley.
    I still don't get it as to why gauging issues tend to arise so close to the running.
    Alan.
     
    alrohomer, 8 jul 2011
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  12. alrohomer

    alrohomer Member Friend

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    Does anyone know the difference between 4936 and 4965 (both Halls) which has run through Bordesley I presume?
     
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  13. david1984

    david1984 Resident of Nat Pres

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    Anyone who's seen the state of Bordesley station would welcome 4936's right hand cylinder demolishing it frankly...

    Presumably it affects 4965 and all Halls, 4965 hasn't been that way for a while either.
     
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  14. RalphW

    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    To do gauging months in advance would mean that they would only have to be done nearer the time in case any work had been carried out in the intervening period.
     
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  15. alrohomer

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    I wasn't thinking months in advance but may be a couple of weeks before when hopefully they would know of any work planned before the run. Also if some emergency work came up close to the run then you'd hope they'd have the line "flagged" as having a steam run due and then, OK, gauging would need to be re-assessed.
     
    alrohomer, 8 jul 2011
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    Apparently the gauging problem has been known about for a couple of weeks! All is nearly well with Bordesley platform again thanks to network rail promptly sorting the situation out and a hall should return to the SE on the 17th..........
    How long have uk steam been rostering the locos for the SE?? Did VT ever advertise 4936 for the SE?
     
    603, 8 jul 2011
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  17. campainr

    campainr Well-Known Member

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    Uksteam put locos on trains in all faithfulness and it has long been rumoured that 4936 would be on the SE on this day, although it was never on the VT website. David does his best on the info he's got and what he thinks will happen.
     
    campainr, 9 jul 2011
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  18. 603

    603 New Member

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    Exactly!! Not always necessarily facts........ As you say a lot of it is based on rumours and speculation. Which just like some of the comments above illustrate, cause's adverse commentry about the tour operator, network rail and the toc.......
     
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  19. RalphW

    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    603, most of us on here appreciate the fact that David runs UKSteam as a hobby, and what he posts on it is correct to the best of his knowledge. The vast majority of the time he is correct, but when he gets something wrong there are those who seem to eager point out his mistake to everybody instead of just sending him a PM asking him to check his info. Give him a chance, or he may well just say sod it if that's the thanks I get, and close down...
     
    RalphW, 9 jul 2011
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  20. alrohomer

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    I for one am really grateful for the UKsteam info and I know that what is shown only reflects the information to hand at the time. In the case of 4936 it did do test runs on Thursday to and from Stratford which was possibly an indication that it was lined up for this weekend's SE. That it isn't happening is unfortunate but if UKsteam didn't find out about it until late then that's the way it is.
    If the gauging issue was rumoured a couple of weeks, as someone suggested in an earlier post, then there's a quandry about whether to reflect that or to wait for definite information. Can't win either way.
    I thought that the decision not to run 4936 was made only late this week and it looks like I could have been wrong (sorry if I was). Perhaps it was made earlier but the information hadn't filtered through.
    Anyway we're lucky to have UKsteam, we'd be loads worse off without it.
    Alan.
     
    alrohomer, 9 jul 2011
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