Would forget Windermere with steam for now. It's not as straightforward as people think... Unless Northern suspend their services as per summer...
The "largely" former DRS management organised all Northern Belle operations for several years plus a few year's worth of Scotland to Southampton...
For driver hires the issue is not simply refreshers but available numbers who have past experience of the loco type. With EWS withdrawing all of...
A limited number of DB drivers are still allowed to drive 47s for LSL and VT (if ever hired out) although there is an increasingly smaller pre...
Air con or Pressure Vent may vary the weight indeed and indeed possibly bogie type for mk1s so that is a tangent that can be gone off on and...
I wasn't referring to the issues yesterday with the "on balance" part of that comment. I have little knowledge of that area of Kent or said...
Just to clear up on an earlier comment. RE: mk1s/mk2s and their weight, this varies depending on type of vehicle but as a rule mk2s tend to be 1...
Having been quoted a recent price a third party paid to hire Scotsman for a few hundred miles of running in the day I'd suggest you could save...
Had it both directions in the same day, I think, about 7 n' a bit years ago with an 8F up front both ways on load 11 plus diesel.
Remember the situation all too well from regular journeys down there in the past. One of the best lines in the country aside from the very best in...
Some of the answer "might" be obvious on one front at least. The 75mph locomotives 45231 = 60mph) are favoured for timings purposes, can pull a...
Sponsored by DB/Transport for Wales as a re-run of the diesel subbed Arriva Wales one in 2018. Bookings and staffing via Pathfinder.
And with only an hour of the journey gone that would probably just about do as you'd probably need it topped for the climbing thereafter. No units...
RE the diesel legs on this. UKR had a Euston to Chester serving Crewe open day in June and it had slightly less pickups but was about 30-40 mins...
Some of the costs of running a light engine around are absorbed by reduction in coal and water consumption plus there is better point to point...
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