4464 Bittern to do 90mph on ECML - 29 June & 27 July 2013

Uh oh, .....................................something tells me that its going to get expensive, when you finally do!........................................................

 

So two A4's on the ECML on the same day. 60009 KGX to Lincoln and 60019 on the York to Kings Cross.

 

Fully expecting Bittern to a sport a "Spamcan81 memorial train" headboard then

 

If it's anything like the frothing at the mouth rant I was on the receiving end of after suggesting me going on this, I think that's fairly accurate!!

 

Email just received from Pathfinder about the Tyne Tees Streak:

Thank you for your patience while arrangements have been on-going for re-dating this eagerly awaited excursion.

This has proved a rather more long winded task than we first imagined, due to:

1. the commitment for all six A4 locos to be on show at the National Railway Museum in late October and early November.​

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2. a large number of weekend engineering blockades on the East Coast Main Line this Autumn.​

3. the limited availability of suitable drivers at DB Schenker, whilst the demands of the Autumn Railhead Treatment Trains get priority.​

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The good news is that a new date has now been confirmed for the running of 'The Tyne-Tees Streak'. This is THURSDAY 5TH DECEMBER, 2013 and will be broadly to the same schedule and itinerary as per the original plan.​

Congratulations and thanks to Pathfinder and all the other players for hanging in there to deliver what was promised.

STILL can't wait!

Peter, on a cold bright Autumn day in Manchester
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how long does it usually take to service loco's/trains once they arrive at a destination?

 

So if RTC and Network Rail are following this thread Big Al's plan will all depend on there being slots in and out of Newcastle station

 

AND a path back down the ECML, which is pretty busy in the afternoon, would need to be found. One solution to the pathing in/out of Newcastle would be to terminate the northbound run at Tyne Yard & restart from there, but even the most die-hard gricer, 90mph running and a 'means to an end' notwithstanding, might baulk at that one, never mind the 'normals' who would also be on the train from Bristol.

A very tricky one for the planners and promoters.

 

You still haven't got this business of "how to handle wimmin" have you Billy? I despair. When they kick off like that, it's simple............coat on, and they will rant "and where do you think you're going"......................................."the pub my love, for a pint and a bit of peace and quiet".........................Job done, believe me, eventually they get fed up of ranting when they see it isn't working.
If you want to go, get yerself booked on it.

And note this:- this is FREE advice..........from a Yorkshireman............we ooze generosity.

 

Better put me in your A4 book as after everything you have said about Mrs V over the years I don't believe this advice would work in your house. I'm sure she would just follow you and join you in a pint or two. Maybe she wouldn't carry on in the pub, but afterwards back at home.......................

 

I thought a "Yorkshireman was what you were left with when you sqeezed the generosity out of a Scotsman"?

 

Couldnt agree more

C

 

Everyone hoping for an earlier scheduled return on the Newcastle trip should note that the "Tyne Tees Streak" and "The York Excursion" from Pathfinder seem to have been combined into a single tour. The York Excursion page advertises a feature of the tour as "a relaxing eight hours or so" in York, so seems Pathfinder have set a departure from York at 1830 in the evening for the passengers visiting York.

Whether Bittern could run earlier and everyone gets a couple of hours leg stretch at York on the return while waiting for the 1830 departure time I wouldn't guess.

 

It always was one tour-a way for Pathfinder to extract £74 more from some of those in the SW to fill a seat ,then reused by someone else from York for Bittern at the same price as if they had joined at Bristol....
Then some bright spark suggests terminating at Tyne Yard as easier for pathing .....Great VFM from York as it already isn't....