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RTC: Tynesider - 4/7/26

Rasprava u 'What's Going On' pokrenuta od Big Al, 27. Lipanj 2026. u 08:41.

  1. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    Times are now up for this interesting trip.

    https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U86864/2026-07-04/detailed
    https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U86871/2026-07-04/detailed

    It looks like a nice day out from York but a marathon from Kings Cross even with Les Ross out of London. Half an hour earlier than provisional times leaving KGX and 45 minutes later arriving back. Screws up the day for anyone down south not living in the metropolis but, hey, that's what our crowded network does to charters.

    So the return timings from Morpeth seem to suggest there is no water stop for the three-hour run. Don't tell me that this is not steam or that the diesel hauls us back.

    No doubt all will be revealed when the tickets are issued.
     
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    In simple terms a steam loco is prohibited from using a cross-over between platforms at a station. Therefore you cannot gain direct access to the Blythe and Tyne from the down main at Morpeth. So after unloading passengers onto Platform 2 the train draws forward to Morpeth North Junction, then reverses to the Hepscott Junction area for servicing. It then reverses back to Morpeth North Junction where it again reverses , this time on the up line, to Platform 1 at Morpeth station. From here it can depart direct onto the B&T to head home.

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    To satisfy my curiosity, what is the reason for that?
     
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    All to do with the 'throw' of a loco when traversing a crossover and how close it may or may not get to the platform.
     
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    The concern that the overthrow of the front end of a loco going through the cross-over may cause the cylinders to catch the platform edge.

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    thanks Peter. Presumably it parks for a couple of hours on the N to E chord out of the way. I think my reading is that if the loco is facing north on arrival at Morpeth, it is still facing north on departure.
     
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