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Sherborne Carols 15th December

Discussion in 'What's Going On' started by gricerdon, Dec 11, 2015.

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  1. gricerdon

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    We have got our tickets for this so just hope that Tangmere is ready in time. Once again all times are on OTT but nothing on RTT. Last year Tangmere did well Basingstoke to Salisbury with 12 for 470 tons and no DL. Lets hope for the same this year.
     
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    Yes Tangmere is moving from Bristol to Southall on Sunday.
     
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    Question is can Tangmere be trusted ?
     
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    Tangmere was in steam this morning at the St. Philips Marsh HST depot. <BJ>
     
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    Excellent
     
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    Doesn't, by any means, indicate it will pass its FTR on the day. TPWS/OTMR issues seem to spring from nowhere.
     
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    And even if it does, will they take the risk and trust it on its own? Answers on a postcard ....
     
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    To be fair you could say that about any locomotive on the national network ..... Mayflower for instance? <BJ>
     
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  10. gricerdon

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    It did very well by itself on the same train last year with 12 on.
     
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    It would seem not,there are no LE moves shown in RTT which would indicate otherwise. Lets face it,a WCRC steam train south of the Thames without "assistance" seems to be almost unheard of now. Very sad.

    The main trip timings are here:

    http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U63973/2015/12/15/advanced

    and

    http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U63974/2015/12/15/advanced
     
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    Agreed.
     
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  13. gricerdon

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    I have heard that Tangmere is now out of gauge for the route ( the bridge beyond Templecombe) and the train is to be DL hauled. If true better if it were to be cancelled really. RTC have time to do that.
     
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  14. Big Al

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    It's hard to see NR helping out with this but given that they they are responsible for the problem, perhaps they might? A nice day out would be down to Salisbury for a lay over and then a return to Victoria via Westbury and Reading. Tangmere doesn't then need turning.
     
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    My guess is that it will run as planned, but DL-only. RTC will have to pay Sherborne Abbey for the carol concert regardless of whether their passengers turn up, and a significant proportion of the passengers will view it as a good day out anyway. I'd hope that RTC would offer passengers the option of switching to a different tour or a small refund.
     
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  16. gricerdon

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    Tangmere to Salisbury and DL from there? That would be a sensible option as there will be a DL on the back anyway and Tangmere can be serviced and turned at Salisbury
     
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    Yes, the issue with the Abbey booking and the possibility of taking Tangmere off at Salisbury came to me after I thought about it.

    RTT already shows a layover at Salisbury in each direction of half an hour. That is plenty of time to take a steam locomotive off and bring a diesel from the back to the front, reversing the process on the return. But this is Network Rail in 2015 and that may be too complicated to do in the time available. I joke not!
     
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    I know I have said this before but you could really not make any of this up
    If someone had a written a script for this year's Main Line Steam operations as a TV series in the same style as Ricky Gervais' Office series the TV executives would have told the writers to f off as no one would believe it.
    It's a good job 35018 wasn't available as that definitely wouldn't fit along that route. I thought the gauging problems were already known about as 35028 was declared too big for the route when rostered for another trip? Or am I imagining it?
     
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  19. gricerdon

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    Lets hope that Tornado is in gauge for its trip in April or will NR rule it out with two days to go having had 4 months notice
     
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    You forget that the collective wisdom of UKRT and DBS have already sorted that one out. Tornado goes down the LSWR route and back up the GWR via Savernake.
     
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