60163 Westbury to Canterbury, 26/06/2012

60163 Tornado departed from Westbury on time at 07:25. <BJ>

 

....and on time departing Swindon. <BJ>

 

Many thanks, are you on the train by any chance?

 

Not today unfortunately. <BJ>

 

1135 crawled silently through Denmark Hill on a single yellow (though the route had been clear for several minutes prior).

3x separate class 66 light engines going the other way, 66850 for colas as one, 66117 another.

 

On time at Tonbridge 12.24.

 

Climbing easily through Chelsfield

 

hallelujah rejoice for some nice weather finally.

we await the fire risk ban, but for today..

here's mine from Denmark Hill



and a few in Black and White..

 

Arrived Canterbury 5 early.

 

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60163 passes Shortlands approx. 5 mins early.

Very tatty, tired and dirty set of rolling stock in a very mixed bag of liveries. Hope it was better on the inside than the outside. Also noted that on several of the roofs the paint had peeled off almost totally.

 

Seen at Iver this morning, about 10 down.

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same set was used on 4464 to Minehead and 71000 to Gloucester in the last few weeks.

 

And not been through the wash since.

 

The Green Train was in far better external condition than this & they decided it was not good enough anymore.
The blue & cream mk2 at the end looks totally out of place, not sort of any authentic livery.

 

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Cheers, all ok now.

 

Reported at Headcorn 18:26. <BJ>

 

6Mins early at Kent House, treading on the heals of a local (which could have been held in the loop to allow Tornado to pass without making it more than 1 Min down).

 

On time Kenny O