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Tornado to MOSI

Discussion in 'What's Going On' started by neildimmer, Jan 29, 2010.

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  1. saltydog

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    Hope he gave you a decent tip Ralph.:)
     
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    Parkside

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    One can only hope that Mr OBE's replacement, Mr Hill, remembers that his museum is the oldest railway station in the world, and continues the revival of bringing real rail exhibits into the site.

    No doubt the railway orientated employees at MOSI are adept at managing their managers
     
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    For those interested in such minutiae, I can now list the stock of the Royal Train as it travelled to MOSI on 4 February 2010

    A1 Class 4-6-2 No 60163 Tornado
    Locomotive’s support coach No 14007
    Royal Train support coach 2921
    Duke of Edinburgh’s saloon No 2904
    Prince of Wales’s sleeping car No 2922
    Royal Household saloon No 2923
    Prince of Wales’s dining car No 2916
    Royal Household saloon No 2917
    Royal Household saloon No 2915
    Royal Train support coach 2920
    Diesel Class 67 No 67005 Queen's Messenger

    Acknowledgments:
    Report of consist on the day:
    http://andrewstransport.fotopic.net/p63185521.html
    Function of coaches: The Royal Train – The Inside Story by Brian Hoey

    My 12 pictures that day are at http://pjhrailpics.fotopic.net/

    Peter, on a grey damp Manchester morning
    http://pjhrailpics.fotopic.net/
     
    pjhliners, Feb 8, 2010
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    The only thing missing was class 67 The Queen's Messenger on the back
     
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    Quite right DJH, my apologies and I have edited my post to include No 67005

    Peter, on a Manchester morning with no change in the weather
    http://pjhrailpics.fotopic.net/
     
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    No worries. I saw the 67 when I was at MoSI. Lovely pictures from the visit. (maybe one day I'll join the fototopic community)

    Regards

    Duncan
     
    DJH, Feb 10, 2010
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  8. ADB968008

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    Not knocking it, but what was the purpose of this royal train trip ?
    There was no national tv coverage and Tornado's pulling of the train seemed to have little to do with the purpose of Charles visit to Manchester ?

    How much cheaper would the trip had been if Charles had traveled by First Class pendolino, or flight from London and then had a ride behind the MOSI's Planet replica ? for the much the same level of publicity ?
     
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    I guess with the train, they can travel up the evening before, and then have a comparitively short trip in the morning, and then after the visit, back on the train. It's got to be must be more secure than public transport, but this does not answer the questions as to why Tornado was used, unless Charles does like the idea of steam haulage.
     
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    The purpose - inter alia ..............

    was for Big Ears to lecture us on the futility of being sceptical about Global Warming being a man made phenomenum

    For this he came to Manchester by steam train

    You couldn't write it could you????
     
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    Although it didn't make national it was certainly on the regional news. Regarding tornado I about as clueless on the issue. Charles and Camilla only arrived on the royal train. The manchester evening news video on the manchester visit explains this better.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2zilzrbfjI

    It made sense in some respects to arrive by rail as He was visiting MOSI as part of His engagements and Corrie is only next door.

    Regards

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    DJH, Feb 11, 2010
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    I for one will continue to do as I please not as they say......
     
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