Two charters to Peak Rail: 8/10/17

Times for 70013 to Matlock on Sunday are out but only showing as far as Ambergate? Seems Strange..
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/sea...8/0600-2000?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt&toc=WR

 

A quick heads up on the weekends two incoming charters on the Sunday 8th October

Firstly early in the morning is the "Lickey Incliner 2", for mr Alan Spencer's 70th birthday, supported by the Locomotive and Carriage Institution, Alan has been instrumental in both The Derby ROG,PR and also in his early days as a fireman out of Bromsgrove shed.

Locomotives are shown as a class 37 top and tailed with a 47/8

Starting time from derby is shown as 0830 due to an early running go East Midlands train,so it'l be a quick blast Upto Rowsley, I've included a screenshot of the timings.

Later in the day we also host 70013 on "The Peak Forester "operated by the Railway Touring Company, arriving at Matlock at 1524 booked time,then Rowsley at 1600, with a departure again from Rowsley of 1815, again I've included a screenshot of the times.

 

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70013 at Nottingham this afternoon running around 20 minutes down. Great to hear a britannia bark again!

 

The return at Bingham station running twenty-two minutes down

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Nice shots around Greater Nottingham today out & back, thanks for sharing. I went out for both and surprised how few were on lineside. Nottingham station tonight saw only half a dozen there to see. The front coach tonight (behind support) was virtually empty, but the feeding class was wedged. Reflect on what keeps steam going.

 

Hi Guys,managed to get to Bingham by train to see Oliver Cromwell racing through the village,hope you like the photo,best wishes Tony
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A bit late with a possible answer, but I posed the question elsewhere and the implication was that it was a limitation of the scheduling software and related to the need to send service trains up the branch whilst the tour was at Rowsley. I'm guessing that the system is clever enough to prevent two trains from being on the branch at the same time (isn't it run under the one engine in steam principle, or whatever it's called these days?) but it's not clever enough to know that a train can disappear off the far end of the system at Matlock. So to allow a following service train to proceed to Matlock, they had to con the system into believing there was no train on the branch.

The main clue is the lack of any LE moves for turning and servicing the loco, of course.

 

The first charter with English Electric Type 3 and Brush Type 4 traction

 

Made the trip to the ever popular Milford Tunnel (first time I have been there though) to catch Ollie back on the mainline, glad I did.