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Christmas special 2023 on Real Time Trains

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I notice that instead of "not calling at" Naughty Child this year, there is a delivery of coal.
 
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A certain Albert Einstein would say that schedule is impossible. Taking Minus 4 minutes from one station to the next would require the Class 221 sledge to exceed the speed of light..............
 
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Bevan Price said:
A certain Albert Einstein would say that schedule is impossible. Taking Minus 4 minutes from one station to the next would require the Class 221 sledge to exceed the speed of light..............
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...and it's timed for only 225mph max....
 
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There used to be various spoof , seasonal control logs issued within the industry over 20 years ago , which made excellent reading - items on reindeers going on the rampage at Crewe and consuming the contents of the buffet, pressure on Xmas tree specials out of Scotland and so on.

Someone also did a spoof on Mr Parkhouse , the lead character in the BTF film "Trains Time" , which runs round the country as seen in 195x and how BR dealt with traffic issues - e.g broccoli from Cornwall needing extra engines sent light to the Bristol area (at the expense of South Wales tinplate) and so on. Coal crisis from Toton. Another world , especially when there was a "guiding mind" to set priorities even on a daily strategic basis. Forward planning also shown with the example of a new fitted freight (at traders request) - down the Midland main line which does not touch a single passenger train and even manages a detachment at St Albans ! .......

The original Santa night shift special traffic notice was written by a Southern Region team , and some grinch took a bit of a dim view if it at Waterloo.
 
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Feel sorry for anyone due a visit after its run up the GWML from Reading, bound to be delayed or cancelled!
 
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surely santa arrives via dolland moor inevitably delayed from diversions in germany?
 
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Western 52 said:
...and it's timed for only 225mph max....
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Well, last time I looked there wasn't any traction allocated (Rudolph etc), so perhaps the planners will update the schedule with a different speed when they're sure Rudolph and the crew are in fine fettle....

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Feel sorry for anyone due a visit after its run up the GWML from Reading, bound to be delayed or cancelled!
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Yes, I was thinking that to...
 
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Steve Harris said:
Well, last time I looked there wasn't any traction allocated (Rudolph etc), so perhaps the planners will update the schedule with a different speed when they're sure Rudolph and the crew are in fine fettle....
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The timing load doesn’t change according to the traction allocated.
 
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Western 52 said:
But the load will be reducing as Santa delivers....
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“Timing load“ still won’t change. The timing load for a normal service doesn’t change if there’s 5 passengers or 500 passengers on board!
 
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FGW_DID said:
“Timing load“ still won’t change. The timing load for a normal service doesn’t change if there’s 5 passengers or 500 passengers on board!
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It's a bit of fun mate with a lot of stuff said in this thread very much with a tongue firmly in cheek!
 
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There may be a lot of passengers at various stations needing this train to get home if the weather forecasts are correct. Is ticket acceptance in place?
 
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newtownmgr said:
Feel sorry for anyone due a visit after its run up the GWML from Reading, bound to be delayed or cancelled!
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Fortunately that's virtually last!

I wonder whereabouts between Paignton and Newton St Cyres Naughty Kid is situated? I'm wondering whether it's any of the people I know down there o_O

I also wonder why Father Christmas has to stop for four minutes at Rannoch? There can't be many children around there...
 
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I've known this train to show up very briefly on other publicly accessible train info sites, in spite of it being a RTT created thing.
 
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I wonder how long that journey would take by mere humans?
 
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