61306 The Cathedrals Express to Kingswear - 1st April 2015

'should have been load 9' then? 1020shireman, thanks for the report.

why are locos and railtours being subjected to being pushed to the limits by additional coaches/weight - who makes and approves these decisions?
i've seen the videos of the loco that day - there wasn't much puff left in her on those climbs but thankfully she made it - sorry but operations on the mainline should not be operated on 'well she should be able to do it'.....

when i was an operations controller for Boeing 747 jets i simply could not put on an extra 20 tonnes of fuel or overload the aircraft in any way - it was illegal - we had SOP's to use, runway lengths, temperatures, and aircraft weights to calculate for allowable/permissible performances - surely the railways are not so different?

 

If you had read the report throughout you would have realised that the loco had suffered a problem en route.
Quote ''.....the lever on the rocking grate had come adrift and fallen into the fire.''
These things happen. We are dealing with old steam engines. Give the guys a break. <BJ>