Dorset Coast Express 2017

The first Dorset Coast Express of 2017 is tomorrow, with 60009 up front. Usual timings...

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U54916/2017/07/26/advanced

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U54922/2017/07/26/advanced

Do RTC do any sort of pay on the day from, say, Southampton to Weymouth? As the weather looks rather poor on the outward, I'd be tempted to have a bit of a ride, 13 years since I last had a trip behind her!

James

 

I have heard that people have negotiated a part fare on the day with the train manager.

 

Fantastic, thanks! If I get there in time, I'll see if I can get a part fare.

James

 

Saw 60009 rolling through Battersea Loop as I passed overhead on my way to work around 08:50 this morning so it's on the way.

 

You'll hopefully be able to enjoy a the sound of a hard-working A4 on the climb from Brockenhurst to Sway instead of the usual restraint on this section. No fear of setting the New Forest on fire today!

 

Well it certainly wasn't setting Fleet on fire! As usual it was following a stopper and running on yellows / double yellows although the driver did open up a bit as he went through the station. Pictures, taken in the pouring rain, now on Flickr and can be seen in this album:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/albums/72157648490681413

Hope they're of interest despite the conditions. Looking forward to seeing other people's efforts.

 

Hopefully, you'll be right. I'm sitting in Standard towards the back and the diesel has pushed on all starts.


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Woking

 

I'm with them!!!

 

Two shots of 60009 in a very wet Dorset , first just outside Moreton with class 47 doing a lot of shoving and the second at Moreton station . The first shot very short because a gentleman who needed to announce very loudly that there was a diesel on the back .

 

Someone told me there was no water tanker at Winchfield, looking at RTT looks like it had to make it all the way to Beaulieu Road [BEU] without a fill.

 

Is it not possible to switch 47 off at Victoria and only switch it on at Weymouth? A4 is a 8P afterally! !

 

Looking at your video, all they needed to do was open the filler cap on the tender and the rain would have kept her topped up.

 

I think that 100% steam on the Bournemouth line may require giving up on Weymouth and waiting for the Swanage Railway to install its big turntable. Not quite up to the drama of Upwey Bank, but still something I would find more attractive than the current incarnation of the DCE.

 

60009 passing Romsey this evening. Although there is never much noise through Romsey due to the speed on the approach, UOSA sounded superb and the diesel on the back was just idling even when the acceleration away from the station commenced.

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hey i know that location never expected to see steam from there when i grew up in Woking

 

Hi Shaggy, I was 5 minutes up the line from you! No. 9 coasted through Dunbridge due to TSR and then really opened up just after station. 3 cylinder roar could be heard for several minutes as she blasted off towards Salisbury. Wonderful...!

 

weybridge

 

Favourite steam viewing spot in the 50s and 60s apparently