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LE Movements, ECS and Test Runs 2014.

Discussion in 'What's Going On' started by osprey, Jan 2, 2014.

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  1. mrKnowwun

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    Clearly its a bear holder.
     
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    Last time I looked at the Bristol on RTT, it hadn't moved...
     
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  3. ADB968008

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    Not sure I ever said it was steam, indeed I think I was asking if anyone knew what it was...
    But now we know....


    :) .. Off to discover Yo Sushi above the LUL entrance If anyone here is around and feels like a social on a Friday afternoon?
     
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    It's for a new Google steam maps app...
     
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  5. ADB968008

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    Meanwhile on the walls of Paddington station, if someone wants to see a real steam train, this poster says there is one at kings cross...
     

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  6. Big Al

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    So all a bit silly really and just illustrates that at times RTT is only indicative. It seems the only thing that left P4 around 1215 was heading for Reading.
     
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  7. ADB968008

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    Depends on your point of view, a 37 at the stops in Paddington isn't all that common, and to see something relating to cross rail electrification was interesting enough to me.(as I said I wasn't alone about a dozen or so people turned out to see it, don't think anyone was expecting steam.
    The hobby is not just related to coal.
    I might not be around much longer so I'd like to get my fill incase I go.
     
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    Looks like they stopped at Southall for lunch.
     
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    Google TrackView you mean? now thats an interesting and useful concept.
     
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  10. mrKnowwun

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    You like stuff that moves around on tracks don't you, even your food it seems.
     
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    If only the plates had numbers... :)
    Being a bit on the portly side, getting mileage in might be a bit disruptive.
     
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  12. ADB968008

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    Return is cancelled... I guess the camera gadgets weren't working... (perhaps they were supposed to be on the front not the back ? ) :)

    It could of course just have been a ruse to get some entertainment value at Paddington for a group of train enthusiasts to show up on a friday afternoon :), it did me anyway.. next stop Coulsdon to watch Clan Line.
     
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    It got me out of the house too but all I saw were a few HST's and stoppers. I was originally off to see Clan Line, still, saved the M25 hassle.
     
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    Good idea, look forward to lots of leaves on the line.
     
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    Shortly followed by Google TrackSideView, which allows photographers to get a real sense of the stupidly high ugly fence and overgrown bushes blocking their photo - all from the comfort of their armchair.
     
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  16. ADB968008

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    Lost my motivation to watch clan line.. I'm sat on the couch now.. I saw it in Victoria earlier, it had a silver 67 on the back.
     
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    Is this a new numbering system for SR, was the silver 67 on the back of the loco or the back of the tender.......................oooohhh I see what you mean.
     
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  19. ADB968008

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    Just in case there's anyone else as mad as me out there tonight, the rail motor is trundling along behind a 47 on the down fast in light steam ...
    Video to upload tomorrow
     
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  20. ADB968008

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    Here's a grainy picture taken at 2313 from Langley as the Steam Railmotor passes Plat 1 (down fast) on the GWML piloted by a wcrc 47

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    Steam Railmotor goes home

     
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