Hammersmith 150 & Chesham 125 (Aug)

A lame excuse if ever there was one!

 

Here is my effort from the compartment



John

 

Very nice John. Do you think we could get 34081 down there?

 

You might get it down, the question is whether you'd get it back out again!

(Didn't the LSWR once drop a tank engine down the lift shaft to the Waterloo and City, or did I imagine that?)

Tom

 

Bl&!dy hell, are our carriages ever coming back?

Tom

 

Wasn't it an M7?

 

Photographic opportunities are pretty limited down there

 

Suspect then that on Saturday Morning, Met No. 1 will lead a stock move from Ruislip to Wembley Park?

 

That's the one - No. 672 apparently. It was later than I thought (early 1948) and cut up on the spot - so sadly no "M7 restoration project" buried 100 feet under Waterloo ...

tom

 

Fantastic, I hope someone does the same for the Chesham runs with some reasonable gradients for Met No1 and L150 to get stuck into IIRC - anyone know if Sarah will be going along for the ride too?

Chris

 

Does anbody have a gradient profile/knowledge for the forthcoming runs this weekend ( and possible stock moves to/from Ruislip)? Making the journey down from Scotland, sadly only weekend I can so missing the tunnels, but would like to make the most of the spectacle!

 

Watching john34077's video, it struck me how tidy TFL keep their lines and other infrastructure compared to Network Rail.

 

Do you care????

Just think of all those spondulicks they're earning for the Bluebell................

 

I'm pretty sure the branch climbs from the junction at Little Chalfont, and looking at the OS map it looks as though it's then downhill from the second overbridge, by Round Wood, to the river crossing. It might then be slightly uphill from the river to Chesham station. Of course, that doesn't tell you what the gradients are nor where they change.

 

From Rickmansworth its 1 in 110/100/105 up to Chalfont but I don't know about the branch. Pity No 1 is on the back for the climbs.

Don

 

IIRC the branch falls away from Chalfont & Latimer towards Chesham, with the first couple of miles descending at around 1 in 66, so there should be some decent climbing in each direction for these trains.

Chris

 

And the "Billy Bonus" in all of this (which I think may have already been mentioned) is, it looks like the specials, going by LT's journey planner, have the branch to themselves for the duration of the runs!

 

I would sincerely hope so, as it is single track and operated as 'one engine in steam'!

EDIT - Jonathan, yes Met 1 facing London and L150 facing Chesham. I think Sarah Siddons might be tucked inside L150 as per the positioning move tomorrow.

Regards,

Dan