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CathEx Southend East - Bluebell Railway, 23/03/19

Discussion in 'What's Going On' started by Bulleid Pacific, Mar 17, 2019.

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  1. Jamessquared

    Jamessquared Nat Pres stalwart

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    I had wondered, but then @Big Al seemed to take it seriously, so I started wondering if I had missed something!

    Apologies to @Bulleid Pacific

    Tom
     
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  2. jackshepherd

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    Heres my video of the tour, seen this morning at Pitsea.

     
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  3. Bulleid Pacific

    Bulleid Pacific Part of the furniture

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    Pretty good run on the return, although some assistance from Oxted to Oxted Tunnel and stopped again on the curve at Streatham Junction. However, a bonus stretch of track (didn't notice it on RTT previously) is the platform road at Wandsworth Road, which a few of us haven't done before.
     
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  4. MellishR

    MellishR Resident of Nat Pres Friend

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    What? Sad that there was minimal assistance rather than much assistance? Or were you replying to BP's previous post
    which has been well explained in subsequent posts?
     
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  5. JDTTRAINS

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    Hampstead Heath and Byfleet & New Haw. Have missed this little beast!
     
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    The train makes good progress up to Betchworth summit, with no discernible assistance from the 'Slim Jim'.

    Edit - the site still refuses to upload my photos after several attempts.
     
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  7. Big Al

    Big Al Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator

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    It's just a pity that there wasn't a way of getting the DL to South Croydon to pull the train down to Kingscote other than on the back of the charter. The Bluebell will always present that kind of problem for incoming steam, I guess. I consider myself lucky that I did it when the train had TnT steam.
     
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    Maybe we just need to raise the money to get Stowe mainline certified as part of her overhaul to do the tricky "extra bit" from South Croydon whenever there's a tour...
     
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  9. 73082

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    My video and a few photos of yesterday's excursion. Nice to see Mayflower on the Bluebell Railway, having first hoped to do so in 2015! Photos are from Horsted Keynes on the Down run, and Kingscote and Holden Summit on the return.



    61306 847 Horsted Keynes 23.3.2019.jpg
    61306 Kingscote South Box 23.3.2019.jpg
    61306 Holden Summit 23.3.2019.jpg
     
    73082, Mar 24, 2019
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    Very good video 73082 especially Mayflower working back up from Kingscote
    Davo 56F.
     
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  11. 73082

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    Thanks very much! That slog over Holden Summit was certainly the highlight of the day, probably the hardest I've ever seen 61306 working.
     
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