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RTC 2025

Discuție în 'What's Going On' creată de 2857Harry, 7 Sep 2024.

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  1. Deepgreen

    Deepgreen Well-Known Member Friend

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    Indeed - and I see that yet again the water stop at Winchfield was a problem, delaying the following SWR Basingstoke train by over 20 minutes. From a 20 late arrival there, the booked 20 minute water stop actually took 26.
     
    Deepgreen, 23 Iul 2025 la 12:27
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  2. MellishR

    MellishR Resident of Nat Pres Friend

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    B5?
     
    MellishR, 23 Iul 2025 la 13:42
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  3. Deepgreen

    Deepgreen Well-Known Member Friend

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    'Black Five' 45212 (I assume).
     
    Deepgreen, 23 Iul 2025 la 13:46
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  4. AaronT

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    it is an improvement, I believe in the past the water stop was scheduled for 10 minutes! A ridiculous suggestion which it always left late from. Surprised with the extra time it has the same problem.
     
    AaronT, 23 Iul 2025 la 13:50
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  5. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    I realise that the route today is unavoidable but I am surprised that the DCE in its current form is popular. Add to that the fact that SOU to WEY is a hell of a distance to drag a steam locomotive in reverse and you might worry about how it works for the loco and loco crew.
     
    Big Al, 23 Iul 2025 la 14:00
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    Correct.
     
    RHDRfanatic, 23 Iul 2025 la 14:04
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  7. Gladiator 5076

    Gladiator 5076 Resident of Nat Pres

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    63.5 miles been done for years now in the other direction. Although not as far as the 89.75 from Exeter St David's to Laverstock by 34067 on the back.
    I would suggest as there used to be about 6 DCE's a year in its heyday, and this year 2 popularity has wained.
     
    Gladiator 5076, 23 Iul 2025 la 15:06
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  8. The Green Howards

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    The Green Howards, 23 Iul 2025 la 16:28
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    Oswald T Wistle, 5944 și MellishR apreciază asta.
  9. AaronT

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    For me the peak of interest was when they were trying to get 31806 on the tour. Which of course never succeeded and is no longer possible.
    The tour I booked on got as close as having the LE paths put in, but alas, they were cancelled.
     
    AaronT, 23 Iul 2025 la 16:32
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    banana patch apreciază asta.
  10. Gladiator 5076

    Gladiator 5076 Resident of Nat Pres

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    Anyone know why return DCE now only going to CJ and via Staines. Does the diesel have an issue?
     
    Gladiator 5076, 23 Iul 2025 la 16:46
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    In case Waterloo's signalling falls over yet again?! More seriously, as the return trip now has no water stop(s), I guess the steam has failed.
     
    Deepgreen, 23 Iul 2025 la 16:50
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    TH Railway Videos, 23 Iul 2025 la 16:51
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    My guess is that it seemingly doesn't work well, as the return looks to be diesel-hauled (terminating at CJ with no water stops en route).
     
    Deepgreen, 23 Iul 2025 la 16:56
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    Confirmed 45212 failure at Weymouth, diesel back to Clapham
     
    RHDRfanatic, 23 Iul 2025 la 17:02
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    My video from this morning - I had intended to add the return at the (rare for steam) Weybridge stop, but...!
     
    Deepgreen, 23 Iul 2025 la 17:49
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    Hot box one of the stewards tells me.
     
    Gladiator 5076, 23 Iul 2025 la 17:55
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    So, that's 45212 and 70000 failed on the same day...
     
    The Green Howards, 23 Iul 2025 la 18:13
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    Would suggest that ecs move to Southall is easier from Clapham than Waterloo hence routing via Staines to ease such a move AND also reduces risk of further problems if train is subject to further problems between Clapham and Waterloo.
     
    Fred Kerr, 23 Iul 2025 la 19:24
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    Romsey Part of the furniture

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    It is the default route if a loco fails on a railtour in Wessex or Sussex. It's a head on run via Kensington and the Poplar Incline, therefore no need to find another loco to haul the ECS out out of Victoria or Waterloo.

    Cheers, Neil
     
    Last edited: 23 Iul 2025 la 19:45
    Romsey, 23 Iul 2025 la 19:29
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  20. AaronT

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    The reason is simply because there is only one loco on the train, which makes a reversal at Waterloo impossible.
     
    AaronT, 23 Iul 2025 la 19:42
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