Class 70 tour coming up

[theblackwatch]

At long last, another Class 70 is being advertised to haul a tour - the last one was over two years ago in April 2010. The new trip, on September 15th, is a Pathfinder Eastleigh-Carlisle tour, with the 70 working it north from Crewe over the S&C. I assume the first leg will be a 66 or 67.

 

[Chester025]

http://www.pathfindertours.co.uk/index.php/tour-calendar-reader/events/the-scenic-settler.93.html

Should give the 70 a workout over the fells! I see they've also used the trick of using on a 'main part' of a tour meaning people have to pay the full ching to do it, good business sense thinking.

 

[table38]

Seems to be fully booked already

 

[Chester025]

Seems to be fully booked already

I doubt it, they probably haven't set up the online booking yet.

 

[The Colonel]

Seems to be fully booked already

Fully booked or fully cooked . .

 

[Mvann]

Are they gonna name it the crazy world of Arthur c brown?

 

[scoope]

Hope its a wet week before the tour, otherwise it might set fire to the fells

 

[GearJammer]

I really like the look of this tour and it starts right on my doorstep..... but 5am (would have to be up at 3am) start and 11:10pm finish (mid-night by the time i get back indoors), thats a long long day, and 15th Sep means a lot of it will be in darkness to , really can't decide on this one, ive already decided to give the Mazey day train a miss due to the start and finish times

 

[Chester025]

I really like the look of this tour and it starts right on my doorstep..... but 5am (would have to be up at 3am) start and 11:10pm finish (mid-night by the time i get back indoors), thats a long long day, and 15th Sep means a lot of it will be in darkness to , really can't decide on this one, ive already decided to give the Mazey day train a miss due to the start and finish times

In my experience of doing tours those times actually aren't that bad and its no real hardship if it's on your doorstep!

 

[theblackwatch]

In my experience of doing tours those times actually aren't that bad and its no real hardship if it's on your doorstep!

That's what I was thinking - the difficult tours are those which, like the one I did last week, set down at Crewe at 23.25 and then I had a 100 mile drive to get home!

 

[Chester025]

That's what I was thinking - the difficult tours are those which, like the one I did last week, set down at Crewe at 23.25 and then I had a 100 mile drive to get home!

Indeed, anyway from my perspective this tour has very sociable timings, 1000 - 1820!

 

[table38]

Website fixed, managed to book this morning

 

[SussexSpotter]

At long last, another Class 70 is being advertised to haul a tour - the last one was over two years ago in April 2010. The new trip, on September 15th, is a Pathfinder Eastleigh-Carlisle tour, with the 70 working it north from Crewe over the S&C. I assume the first leg will be a 66 or 67.

A class 70 as traction on a railtour, couldn't think of anything worse really. Last railtour I went on was 'The Lost Sheep' in 2003, which went around London and the South. It had top 'n' tailed Mainline liveried Class 73 and 37.....amazing tour that was

 

[BestWestern]

A class 70 as traction on a railtour, couldn't think of anything worse really.

Yup, have to agree there. Never mind, when it goes up in a blaze of glory the back-up loco might be something vaguely interesting

(More likely to be a dullard Class 66 though I guess )

 

[Schnellzug]

They may be horrendously over-styled, and reliability so far may be on a par with the NBL Warships, but they have the great virtue of sounding pretty kool. However, it's a long way to Crewe, and even further from Carlisle, with what will almost certainly be a Shed, unless they borrow a 47 or 57.