Duke & Duchess of Cambridge 3 day rail tour

[malc-c]

Yeah.... thinking about it publishing the itinerary would be a bit of a security risk ! - Doh !!

 

[Prudhoe]

Don't even know where its going after Maanchester Victoria. All top secret. My guess is still in the NorthWest tomorrow morning

According to the news tonight, the three days of the tour included Sunday which only started around 10:30pm, so the last day is tomorrow, when they are supposed to be doing Cardiff and dropping them off in the Slough area for Windsor Castle. Shame the train can't do the Slough-Windsor branch. That would be good for haulage.

 

[Class 170101]

According to the news tonight, the three days of the tour included Sunday which only started around 10:30pm, so the last day is tomorrow, when they are supposed to be doing Cardiff and dropping them off in the Slough area for Windsor Castle. Shame the train can't do the Slough-Windsor branch. That would be good for haulage.

De-brief for her Majesty including who supported and who hissed and booed and therefore who should be sent to the Tower.

 

[Pete 1981]

Anyone know when the Royal Train will be running through Hertfordshire on the ECML ?

It headed to Scotland last night up the WCML and it's finishing at Slough. Doubt it'll touch the Southern end of the ECML

 

[55002]

Yeah.... thinking about it publishing the itinerary would be a bit of a security risk ! - Doh !!

Would think it would head towards Cardiff then possibly Bristol and back along GWML

 

[43096]

What is the point of using the train for something like this? Wouldn't it have made more sense to just drive them around in a car?

Kate requires 67005 and 67006 for haulage...

But no, driving them round in a car would be a pretty dumb way of doing it. Using the train for this is actually a very good idea.

 

[Gricer99]

Its left Manchester and heading through Eccles now towards Warrington. Good stabling facilities South of Bank Quay?

 

[Trackman]

Its left Manchester and heading through Eccles now towards Warrington. Good stabling facilities South of Bank Quay?

Heading towards Parkside junction now, let's see what happens.

 

[Gricer99]

Lost it. Where is Parkside Junction?

 

[Trackman]

Lost it

At Newton-le-Willows
edit: Heading towards Warrington BQ now.

 

[rower40]

Kate requires 67005 and 67006 for haulage...

With a loco at the back, is that "propellage" or "pushage"?

 

[chessie]

This is far more exciting than tracking Santa on Christmas Eve.

Brilliant, its definitely the case here

 

[Ianno87]

Hats off to the Milton Keynes planner who sorted all these paths out.

(Reminds me of the thread about how difficult it would be to automate train planning. This is a textbook example of 'how do you automate this?")

 

[Prudhoe]

stopped at WBQ

 

[captainsparkle]

stopped at WBQ

moving now.

 

[Prudhoe]

moving now.

Heading for Crewe.

 

[Trackman]

Heading for Crewe.

I have Crewe cam 5 fired up ready!

 

[peter166]

approaching Hartford

 

[Gricer99]

Heading South on the West Coast Main Line. No doubt off to Cardiff and Bristol before tea and debrief at Granny’s pad in Windsor tomorrow evening.

 

[Prudhoe]

Heading South on the West Coast Main Line. No doubt off to Cardiff and Bristol before tea and debrief at Granny’s pad in Windsor tomorrow evening.

Platform 5 Crewe, signalled for Shrewsbury line.
Just left.

 

[Trackman]

Stopped at Crewe, on the cam now

 

[captainsparkle]

Heading South on the West Coast Main Line. No doubt off to Cardiff and Bristol before tea and debrief at Granny’s pad in Windsor tomorrow evening.

to Nantwich now?

 

[Class 170101]

Route set towards Shrewsbury

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Apparently visited

Platform 5 Crewe

Route set for Nantwich, so looks like the North & West route down the Marches.
Once it leaves the Cardiff ROC signalling area approaching Shrewsbury, it might be hard to follow until Cardiff ROC picks it up again (Cwmbran).

 

[Prudhoe]

Platform 5 Crewe, signalled for Shrewsbury line.
Just left.

Should have a good run to Shrewsbury as nothing in front of it.
Luckily 1V66 is following.

 

[dave87016]

Thanks to the mods for approving my request to post the stock see below

67005
67006

2921
2904
2903
2923
2916
2917
2915
2920
10546

Hope that helps you all

 

[Prudhoe]

Should have a good run to Shrewsbury as nothing in front of it.
Luckily 1V66 is following.

arriving Shrewsbury

 

[ChiefPlanner]

arriving Shrewsbury

They needed to get some old school semaphore signalling in as part of the trip ! - (I would have put money on the North and West !)

 

[Sir Felix Pole]

Cambridges at Batley

 

[MadCommuter]

Cambridges at Batley

"You said your gran's train never gets delayed. How do we claim delay repay?"