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The Worcester Pullman - 26/09/26

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  1. Shoddy127

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    There’s a slight weight difference though between the Mk1’s you mention there to the Pullmans being hauled today.
     
    Shoddy127, Sep 26, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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    Sapperton and Honeybourne
     
    Michelliss, Sep 26, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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    Basking in early evening sun at Moreton in Marsh.

    _26Z4240 35028 Moreton in Marsh 260926.jpg
     
    jsm8b, Sep 26, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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    So impressive leaving Shrub Hill, rolled away without a hint of a slip
     

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    14 coaches was certainly a surprise, but a welcomed one. Clan Line taking her heavy train through Cholsey, Shrivenham, Sapperton, Honeybourne & Culham:
     
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    What does a Pullman weigh?
    The NR guidance doc I have from 2019 so may well have been revised says 11 Mk1's om leaf all season based on 33 tons for a Mk1 and a total train weight max of 468 ton.
    Guess as it is guidance can be ignored?
    Very impressive anyway.
     
    Gladiator 5076, Sep 26, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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    On average 40 tonnes each car, so 440t for Pullmans and about 110 t for support vehicles and generator car.
    In that case well over load for Sapperton in the up direction.

    Cheers, Neil
     
    Romsey, Sep 26, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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    Clan Line - what a loco!
     
    3ABescot, Sep 27, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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    My footage of 35028 blasting through Honeybourne on the return leg last night.

     
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    It is indeed, I have been informed that from a standing start at Kemble it was doing 35mph at Sapperton Tunnel on the down journey. If you want to see another one like it 35025 needs donations. £1.5m would probably do it looking a the cost of restoring other Barry wrecks .
     
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    Leaf fall is from 1st October, so has slipped in before.
    Guidance on load can be ignored so long as you can back it up - it can be a costly one to get wrong mind!
     
    Will RL, Sep 27, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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    Can Simon or one of our Southern experts tell us what the headcode would have meant in the old days?
     
    MellishR, Sep 27, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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    Express passenger train off the Southern region which it is . The Southern equivalent on the Eastern Section was Victoria to Dover via Orpington and Ashford, the route of the Golden Arrow that it normally displays on the Dover circuit.
     
    Johnb, Sep 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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    Sidmouth, Sep 27, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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    Thanks the document from 2019 I have says September 15 to December 31 for leaf fall, so obviously an update at some point.
     
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    Most of the Pullman's are nearly 50 tons, particularly those with oak underframes. The regular 67 hauled Pullman trips show around 540 to 550 tons trailing load on our drivers slips. This journey also had Clan Line's support coach and the generator vehicle. Therefore trailing load well over 600 tons. The drivers slip showed 670, although I think it should have been around 630/640.
     
    Wayne, Sep 27, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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