Nym
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If I’m recalling correctly that has every type of coupling mod done to it as one of the “CAF Mod”
Units when subleased from DRS to ROG in a previous life.
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Units when subleased from DRS to ROG in a previous life.
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Iskra
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Nice footage
DarloRich
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I don't like the LSL owners political position but his boys know how to turn out a locomotive! BP looks fantastic in all the pictures and videos I have seen.
I will have to overlook my principles at this rate and book a trip!
I will have to overlook my principles at this rate and book a trip!
Iskra
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Politics aside, they are the most professional organisation, with the best quality stock and offer some good value tours with the Intercity brand. They also have plenty of stock that you’re not going to find anywhere else, so if you stick to principles you’re going to have to miss out on a lot. They’re also bringing a lot of enthusiasts dreams to life, with their full size train set that they’re accumulating.
If you invoke politics, there wouldn’t be many railtours you could actually go on…
Get yourself booked on to something!
Phil Atack
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Totally agree! Thanks for posting - I was also at Acton Bridge last night - magnificent sight and sound. Does anyone out there happen to know what fuel they are using? It doesn't smell like normal coal from the cloud which engulfed us last night.Nice footage
Wyrleybart
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It is entirely your choice when it comes to your personal principles, but the underlying message that strikes me is the vast majority of what goes on is in trust. I assume there is a sort of governance structure for it all. so irrespective of your opinions of the "head honcho" it is surely the overall trainset which needs to be admired, and most importantly the people who make it all work.
I wasn't on this Blue Peter tour, but I was on a Mayflower one a couple of months ago. On that tour, I asked the fireman where LSL got their coal from and he said it came from Kazakhstan. So it is more smoky than the traditional Welsh coal (which is no longer available).
Iskra
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Blue Peter today is losing a lot of time, last seen at Chinley +41, is everything okay with it?
Sun Chariot
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Weather related? Slower running due to risk of obstructions / fallen trees? The Storm Bert thread seems to have posts for similar areas.
Iskra
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Quite possibly. The Calder Valley is currently blocked, which it is due to run through on its return journey, so that’s something to keep an eye on.
kje7812
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It's Mayflower today.
Killingworth
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And weather totally unlike May with few flowers in evidence. The eventual arrival of atmospheric smoke and steam was appreciated by enthusiasts of all ages at Dore - cold, wet but cheerful
It's gone via Huddersfield and now stuck in the loop at Marsden @ 19.20 so already two hours down
Iskra
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It's re-appeared on RealTime Trains +130 at Manchester Victoria just now.
Killingworth
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The drinks bill may sometimes be overlooked when LSL trains get that late!
Hermit60109
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Much appreciated thank you.Nice photo that!
Cheers pleased you liked it.
Killingworth
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Mayfair was leaving more smelly smoke than previous steam trains I've recently noted. I might have put it down to the weather keeping it from drifting away but it wasn't the regular smell I recall from old freight engines in my youth.
The Chimaera
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It was held at Marsden because of a broken rail near Stalybridge.
Sun Chariot
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Nice shot.
It's been similarly smelly (coal supply, perhaps?), smoky and noisy, on its jaunts in the south - such as here, on the West Coastway in April.
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D6130
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Sun Chariot
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There's a whole generation that won't have a clue what your post means.Does that make it a 'top shelf' loco?
D6130
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Probably best to leave it that way!There's a whole generation that won't have a clue what your post means.
Wyrleybart
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Think I read somewhere that the coal is from Kazakstan or another "Stan"Nice shot.
It's been similarly smelly (coal supply, perhaps?), smoky and noisy, on its jaunts in the south - such as here, on the West Coastway in April.
Iskra
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Thanks.
The last report was at Preston. Presumably it terminated there with buses home?
The Chimaera
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I believe so, the Cumbrian coast line was blocked by flooding near Ulverston so it wasn’t possible to get back to Barrow.
The_Train
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That's a stunner of a pic
My political mind will never agree with where Mr Hosking aligns himself with but I think along your way of thinking. Do I want to cut my nose off to spite my face when all that happens is I miss out on some amazing tours with great traction and Mr Hosking continues to align himself the way he does politically anyway. Whether I travel on his trains or not is not going to change how he thinks and what he does.
I also don't buy into the "you're just funding hate" rhetoric either. LSL is a business and will be recycling money through it and I doubt very much that the Intercity branded tours (bearing in mind they are often well below the going rate for enthusiast targeted rail tours) are making him the sort of money that he can then pull out of the business to spend on his political party of choice!
Everyone has a right to decide if they want to travel with LSL and everyone will have reasons for making that decision. But you're so right in that they offer something really great and it would be sad for people to miss out. Politics is depressing at the best of times, don't let it impact the things you enjoy in life as well
Iskra
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Can anyone explain why Braunton appeared on todays Steam Dreams tour instead of Brittannia please? I associate Braunton with WCRC, so was surprised to see it on an LSL tour.
Braunton is an LSL (or associated company/trust) loco.
Iskra
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Sun Chariot
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Cracking, evocative shot