As a finale perhaps to this - after the test runs the entire 'Britannic' tour appears to be have been cancelled! Perhaps a problem was...
Indeed, it just annoys me that so much modern stock is moved by road when it would seem to be perfectly able to go by rail, given, as you say,...
Wow - I had certainly missed this previously.
Yes - just as startling is the inclusion of a Bulleid coach on the main line! Amazing that it wasn't made to go by road, as so much stuff does...
It's in the WCR thread because I thought I had seen that WCR are running them. If not, my apologies. There are six runs all told, covering the...
There is a series of what are described on RH as a "test run" for the 'Britannic Explorer', with a class 66 and ECS, from Wales to Victoria and...
"Reminiscent" if they had hauled Scotrail/Intercity-liveried Mk3s in their glory days!
Thanks, both. I'm surprised (but pleased) that both sets of lamps meet the standards (rather than having exemptions), as so much stock today has...
Another thing about the tour raises a question for me - the two front lights carried by 70000 were far from 'high-intensity' (by modern standards...
I like the new word "smuttering" - a mix of 'smattering' and 'smuts' - very appropriate!
Wonder if it survived the blasting!
I wondered that, too. Some form of condition monitor measuring interior deformities perhaps?
My video from today. [MEDIA]
Went to see the ECS at Nutfield today - perhaps I should have anticipated that the steam would be 'idling', at least until passengers boarded at...
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