RTC 2014

Nothing against Black 5s but if the rearranged date means two Bulleids on the ACE, that will be a much better option.

 

I note the locomotive rostering has been reversed, now Braunton out to Exeter and Tangmere on the return to London. I also note the reference to banking from St Davids to Central has disappeared.

 

I would presume there'd be diesel assistance regardless, as it would help with shunting at either end. 34046 would probably head direct to Bristol as part of the RTC West Country pool (pun intended!). I'm sure I can arrange my second visit to the National Archives for that week, anyway.

 

I'm not an Adult though.... I'm in my early Teens. So I go for child's price.

 

The Blues Bros ?

 

Steady now, steady, : )

 

I've done a few tours that require shunting and the steam loco has done it itself. The Waverley, Lindum Fayre and SSE are three that spring to mind.

 

Pay attention at the back there. 6023, 60007 and 60163.

 

The Cheshireman on May 26th looks interesting, particularly the outline timings - I think even a diesel would struggle to manage 3 hrs 25 minutes from Chester to Ealing Broadway via the MML. Is it actually steam both ways? Quite where the Northampton loop fits in, I'm not sure...

 

The post wasn't suggesting you personally should pay the adult fare. Whilst you are lucky enough to pay £55, many others will have to pay £90, so the post was merely adding the adult price in the interests of balance. Anyway, its good you are supporting steam on the mainline, and I hope others will follow your example for the future of the movement.

I've also been on tours where steam has done all the shunting (including the January WCME when Nos 61264 and 45407 did a GWR sandwich-style of shunt between support coaches and train), but it definitely isn't a given. Its probably just idle speculation on the part of those who have told me, but I have been led to understand that in the case of 34067, it sometimes has an issue with range in terms of coal consumption (very much dependant upon quality), which is probably why it frequently gets accompanied and pushed around by a diesel on trips such as the ACE (fire-risk notwithstanding).

 

Ah I see sorry for that.... Mainline steam is my bread and butter, the main activity of my youth.

 

Not very happy to find on Rtc website the alantic coast expprees has changed to June yet I've had no email from Rtc to tell me as I am booked on the tour

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Here's the description of the first part of the route, as just copied from the website:
'“Oliver Cromwell” will steam out of Ealing Broadway with “The Cheshireman” at around 09:30 and immediately begin working hard on the climb up Camden Bank. We stop to pick up more passengers at St Albans City and then continue through Watford Tunnel into rural Hertfordshire.'

Should we laugh or cry?

 

That is a classic! Talk about cut-and-paste gone crazy.

However,joking aside, it does seem a bit bizarre that an outfit the size of RTC apparently has no-one who can be bothered to check whats being put up on their website. It does not exactly engender confidence in the professionalism of other aspects of the organisation. I have a lot of time for RTC and count myself as a good customer of theirs but this sort of stuff is letting them down.

Would Ray Mason,who has often posted useful info re. RTC, care to comment?

 

An error was made by a new member of staff to which we apologise

I imagine all on this forum understand what is really happening with this train we were moving because work around Euston meant we could not run up the West Coast Main Line
The new route is Ealing Broadway and the Midland Main Line Hopefully direct via Market Harborough and Wigston

I am amazed that this error has caused so much bad feeling towards Rtc
the update being posted before we could check it which was unfortunate

Reading all the comments on here I can fully understand we are not at all popular on this Forum
We have tried to introduce some Trips for Enthusiasts but it just increases our critics voice

 

I agree sort out your customer service or lose another customer and I been let down to many times please tell me why you have changed the date of the Atlantic coast express from 6th April to 22nd June

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