I believe that steam locos are not allowed to take their support coaches on turning moves if there's no loco at the other end or, I may be wrong with this point, outside station shunting limits. Back in July 2007 when Tangmere did a CathEx to Canterbury and Faversham, it was sent to Swale, then ran tender first from there to Rainham (Kent), then back to Faversham. And it did that on it's own, no support coaches, etc.
ps
the naming ceremony is expected soon, gonna be very big event, and lotsa other events hopefully in the pipeline too...
please please she needs more sponsors,
if you fancy joining up for only £5 a month (which is not much) you can enjoy yourwself and know you are contributing to british history
thanks
I believe that steam locos are not allowed to take their support coaches on turning moves if there's no loco at the other end or, I may be wrong with this point, outside station shunting limits. Back in July 2007 when Tangmere did a CathEx to Canterbury and Faversham, it was sent to Swale, then ran tender first from there to Rainham (Kent), then back to Faversham. And it did that on it's own, no support coaches, etc.
The naming ceremony is 19th feb i think then supposedly a Royal Train to Leeds,work the rest out yourselves
Cheers,
Mark
Will that be at the NRM?
Sam
Just done a search on google news to find all the news pieces that have been posted, most of them quite good and factually correct until we come to our friends at the BBC, I'm not having a gripe as such, at least they sort of covered the event but see if you can find the glaring error(s)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7862401.stm
The naming ceremony is 19th feb i think then supposedly a Royal Train to Leeds,
Cheers,
Mark
Yep, presume it just went for a round the bridges to get it facing the right way again.
90mph will go down well when she comes down south - hoping that SWT/NR/Steam Dreams stick her on the fast from Woking to Worting Junction. HELLFIRE
held at peteboroough due OHL probs,
we arrived a bit late into kx due the overhead line problems (not us lol)
Heard that as well.I got word that enthusiasts/ordinary people were trespassing at Peterborough to get a photo
Heard that as well.
Which won't happen, yet. Tornado has to prove itself at a maximum speed of 75mph before we will be seeing her travelling at 90mph.
It made the C4 news this evening. BBC didn't mention it.
Heard that as well.
It was estimated that 2500 people turned out to see her at Kings Cross. There was no room to move, and it took several people 30 minutes to get from one end of platform one, to the other!
For those of you who know what a train is, this video will make you proud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTLKrKpFT5U
Well done lads, you've done a good job.
Who needs a diesel, no way would any diesel get a turn out like that. And 2500, was just for Kings Cross... not to mention the rest of the journey.
That's great to see - I watched it coming through near Brookmans Park on its way in, and the number of people who turned out with cameras and video cameras to watch it go past was amazing - there must have been a hundred people on the one short stretch of footpath!
Who needs a diesel, no way would any diesel get a turn out like that. And 2500, was just for Kings Cross... not to mention the rest of the journey.
I'm not sure how many were there on this occasion:
http://www.napierchronicles.co.uk/55022 kings cross 2.1.82 crop dw.jpg
Saw Tornado at Colton and was going well, pic up later all being well.
It was estimated that 2500 people turned out to see her at Kings Cross. There was no room to move, and it took several people 30 minutes to get from one end of platform one, to the other!
For those of you who know what a train is, this video will make you proud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTLKrKpFT5U
Well done lads, you've done a good job.
Who needs a diesel, no way would any diesel get a turn out like that. And 2500, was just for Kings Cross... not to mention the rest of the journey.
I was at Hadley Wood on the way in. Amazing. No diesel tour would ever attract this much attention.