The Devonian 22nd October

See above.

 

with the kings tour cancelled on this day I wonder weather the king will stand in for the hall on this tour.

 

The last I heard the issue with Nunney was just a lubrication pipe so was expected to be ready.

 

WSR have publicly stated that they are doing all they can to get Nunney fit for 22nd October. Photo of her on the Jacks at Wiliton at

http://www.wsr.org.uk/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?h=Latest pictures&t=newspix on 7th October.

There is also an update in latest news on the same site.

 

now 70013 and the King ND

 

seems I was thinking correctly at least one GWR engine is on the tour still the britannia and king is a nice line up.

 

Although not exactly an everyday occurrence in steam days. This will be one hell of a noisy railtour. <BJ>

 

Maybe but i can still think of a well known pic of this combo at Aller Junction heading the down Cornish Riveira.

 

Has there been any rain in the SW recently? It's all pretty dry up here in Sussex.

 

Well in Plymouth it rained a little bit this morning. As for recently, I've just got back from a 2 week holiday and my lawn has grown well and looking very green. The 5 day forecast doesn't show any rain due. But who believes the forecast!

 

OK, showing my ignorance (again).
Can someone please explain how a Castle,
which is bigger that a Hall, be in gauge,
when the smaller Hall is not

 

Although a Castle is a 'bigger' engine in terms of power and overall size its not as wide as a Hall.

 

Look at the head on view of both, the cylinders of GWR 2 cyl locos show a pronounced overhang.
Hope that helps

cheers Dave

 

Because the Hall has two big cylinders, while the Castle has four smaller cylinders which don't stick out as much !

David

 

Sure the fact that the Halls, Manors, and indeed many GWR 2 cylinder locos have cylinders set low, whereas the Castle and King have higher mounted cylinders is also a factor?

Steven

 

Although no significant rainfall, the autumnal temperatures at night produce a morning dew that is damp underfoot until midday. Lack of rain is
certainly not a problem at present compared to the beginning of the month when we were experiencing record breaking temperatures. <BJ>

 

The RTC website is now giving pick up and set down times for Bristol TM although still mentioning the return via the Berks and Hants to Westbury. <BJ>

 

States actual times at the top too, yet still lists 5029 and 70013 for the tour.

 

As a newbie to railtours, the constant changes is a little worrying. The description of the tour gives one set of timings, the timetable another, the description of the tour in their brochure says it goes to Kingswear not Plymouth... And both the description and timetable in the brochure are different as well!

Also, the fact that the departure timings have been moved nearly a whole hour is pretty worrying, and also rather awkward, I had plans in place for getting to Poole on time for a 7am departure, but a 6am departure is pushing it a little.

Does anyone have any idea when this train is actually going to depart Poole? Once I know that I can deal with everything else...

Ross

 

The actual times are on http://www.railwaytouring.net/uk-day-trips/the-dartmouth-express showing 06.09 from Poole, back at 23.46.