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45699 Galatea

Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by TonyMay, Apr 3, 2010.

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  1. 46223

    46223 Resident of Nat Pres Friend

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    To quote Monty Python, "This sketch is getting silly!"
     
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    Blame TonyMay, he suggested it was nearly ready in .... April 2010 :lie: and that was about as accurate as most of the wibble posted since :gossip:
     
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    The exhaust from 47 500 might look like a steam engine at times. But Galatea's test run was in fact a light engine move. So there wouldn't have been much to see if the cloaking was working ok.

    If you look carefully on Google Earth/Maps, you can see some of the initial tests which WCRC organised with other operators. Here's an early trial run for Eurostar, with a train sneaking out of Waterloo:

    stealth_train.jpg

    There are rumours that the system has also been deployed on the Strategic Reserve, making it much harder to find.

    Richard
     
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    D5177_55A New Member

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    Looks suspiciously like you were stood at the top of a pair of step-ladders to me; I’ve a green Jubilee (Precision Paints BR Express Loco Green) 45562 Alberta 1:76 scale!

    SH
     
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    Hopefully hoping that a test run gets posted before the Lancastrian Trips. Just hoping
     
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    Has been stated in SR that it has been steam tested. Says it was in green undercoat coupled with a black tender (44932's?). Also mentions it was hidden out of view behind a row of coaches.
     
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    She has also been noted in steam again this week and moving about the yard...
     
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    A rather ironic comment taking note of subsequent events.
     
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    fomerly Great Western was it not? very sad, maybe it will be rebuildable?
     
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    Am I correct in thinking that 44932 had been running with Galatea's tender recently?
     
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    Or was it the other way round.
     
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    The article in the latest Steam Railway (which arrived yesterday) suggests this is unlikely. However 5699 is mentioned in the pool for Compass Tours' charters in April. I think UKsteam has shown this since those tours were announced. If she's moving up and down Carnforth yard now, that suggests to me a test run in the next 2-6 weeks, depending how much snagging there is left to do, after which I suppose she might appear on any train using a Carnforth-based loco.

    Running-in a new loco must be a bit of a problem for workshops such as Carnforth that don't have a preserved line attached. At Ropley or Bridgenorth, you can send a new loco out for a gentle run more-or-less when you like. The MNLPS (Clan Line) probably have it worst. When they were testing a new injector, they had to wait until midnight before they could get out of Stewarts Lane for a run around the suburbs, which made it difficult to roster a DBS footplate crew and a support crew.
     
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    Whenever the loco is due to do it's test runs and passed for mainline it will be a really treat to see a Jubilee as we've been kind of lost with 5690 being overhauled.
     
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    Rumours elsewhere suggesting a test run...

    Railtour Info 2012

    Nothing confirmed, but a path booked daily until 6/2

    Mark
     
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    Elsewhere I saw that the path is actually booked "Train 5Z50 runs SX from 28.01.13 to 06/12/13". So it would seem that West Coast have that path available whenever they want, SX, until 6th December.
     
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    It does have Friday at the start, whether that's when it was posted or when the poster thinks it will run is anyone guess.
     
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    With reference to my earlier post, I think that this where I had read about Galatea's tender.

    Regards

    Andrew.
     
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  18. ADB968008

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    Re: Galatea

    This could make sense as 45699 has been seen in green paired with a rubbed down, lined black tender recently.
     
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  20. sowerbylad

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    Says loaded test on Preston gen site? What about the engine and coach test?
     
    sowerbylad, Feb 1, 2013
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