THE CORONATION 15-17 MAY.

No chopper following it out of Edinburgh. I have no inside info, but my guess is that the diesel will come off at York because 45407 was allowed to run without one yesterday, so I'm presuming the restriction is with 60019 and not all steam. However, there may be other operational reasons for keeping it on that I'm not aware of.

 

Were currently sat still waiting entry to peterborough West yard. Been waiting to get in best part of 30 mins. We've been told by the Train Mgr that there is a freight in the road we need for water. Why it's there we don't know. 6233 was doing really well until she got brought to a stand here.

 

We went through Huntingdon around 42' late. Just been put on the slow lines too. Should have said earlier the 47 was detatched at York.

 

Come on peeps, wheres the video's and pictures.......

 

Big green pointy thing near Northallerton,
http://www.stuartbrown.me.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pos=-1495

Big black stranger on the ECML,
http://www.stuartbrown.me.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?pos=-1496

 

Two lovely shots Stuart, the Duchess looked to be producing some rather nice clag for you...

 

Thanks Simon, were you at Colton with the assembled masses?

 

Thanks for those photos Stuart, 2 cracking shots there. That black Duchess is certainly looking photogenic... :bounce:

 

Nahh, turned into Uni for a change

 

My offerings at Offord Crossing are now on my Fotopic site. Here's the link for anyone interested to have a look :

http://ronfisher.fotopic.net/c1099919.html

As is my usual custom, this is the 'Stop Press' collection for new pictures; in due course I shall move them on to the Main Line Steam collection and you will them find them here :

http://ronfisher2.fotopic.net/c1354436.html

Hope that they are of interest.

 

This trip made it onto BBC Radio 5 Live Drive this afternoon.

Starts at about 1hr 39min 44secs:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00sfsmd

 

I think this was probably my favourite pic I managed to get of the tour, even though it's from a somewhat unconventional angle:

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45407 heading across Newbridge viaduct on the Sunday evening.

 

That picture is beautiful.

 

Thanks to those who have shared their pics of 6233. Some of us further south got shafted by the one big cloud we'd seen all evening. If she had been on time the light was fantastic but the 40 minutes delay in getting water at Peterborough did for us. In my case the sun came out again an minute after she'd passed. Typical.

 

According to todays Daily Mail, 50 people took up the dining option at almost £300 per head, including a 4-course lunch. I know that the train wasn't full this year, but room for another 50 in dining?

 

i was on dining and would say there was a lot more than 50 dining on the coronation there may have only been 50 on the AYR- trip the food was very good but very rich.in content.we had a craking weekend,and arrived home 11.45 pm .

 

Sorry, if I didn't make it clear, this is the daily mail item,

Stranded air passengers revert to steam

Stranded air travellers reverted to steam power yesterday as the volcanic ash cloud wreaked havoc across northern Britain. Fifty passengers stuck in Edinburgh after the airport was closed snapped up the spare seats on the special service to London’s King’s Cross organised by railway enthusiasts. The journey on the train, hauled by an 80-year-old locomotive, took 11 hours - compared with just over an hour by plane. Tickets cost almost £300 including a four course lunch.

 

6233 storming up Gamston bank yesterday afternoon, and what a fine site too.
Wardy.

 

ok panniertank got you now hope they enjoyed the trip, i know i would have gone by steam train rather than plane any time.

 

According to Marcus Robinson of Steam Dreams, who was speaking live from the train on Radio Five Live yesterday, there were about 50 seats available and 13 of these were taken up by 'stranded' passengers.

Worth listening too..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00sfsmd

Starts at about 1hr 39min 44secs and runs for about four and half minutes.