GWR HST Farewell Railtour Timings

[reddragon]

Yep - I have quite a few.
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At MIM?

 

[Peter C]

At MIM?

I guess I'll have to admit... yes!

-Peter

 

[reddragon]

I guess I'll have to admit... yes!

-Peter

Haha - i have actually walked to the station in my profile from home

 

[Dhassell]

I heard one of the power cars failed on the final leg of the tour how was it able to run to Plymouth I'm sure both power cars have to be fully operational to tackle those banks.

They managed to get the rear powercar (43002) going before reaching the banks, but on reduced power output. Two back to back powercars were sent halfway to Taunton in case they had to assist but it wasn't required.

 

[F Great Eastern]

The only reason they used 43002 was because of it's history, name and livery.

It also had issues on the last scheduled day of service as well.

 

[Peter C]

As I have said earlier, 43002 seems to be very temperamental. The only 43 to fail on the 18th of May was 002 and it failed again on the railtour. In a perfect world, GWR would have done what the old GWR did - renaming an existing engine to look like another engine which is in service but wasn't available. The Great Western renamed an Castle class "Windsor Castle" for the then King's funeral train but a young enthusiast spotted that the new "Windsor Castle" wasn't actually the engine it's nameplates claimed to be! Seen as GWR had planned the railtour weeks in advance (or even months), surely they could have taken a few vinyl stickers out and repainted another 43 to look like 002? Probably not - silly ideas and all that.

-Peter

 

[SN1 19-5]

 

[SN1 19-5]

One of the last Kronics to be bought on a GWR HST. About half 8 on the Bananer!

Very nice it was too!

Slightly more expensive than the 66p ones I am supping tonight. Heyho!

If GWR decide to run another charidee speshul, please let me know!

 

[SN1 19-5]

 

[SN1 19-5]

One of them was misbehaving, probably due to being slowed down after Oxford. Blasting from Gloucester to Padd and then onwards West seemed to clear the pipes a bit.

I had just enough time to have a smoke at Carmarthen. I wasn't going to bother with the last bit of the tour. I am glad that I did

The last pics are supposed to be a vid of the set leaving Plymouth. My camera battery run out. No matter. That day was fun!

 

[Peter C]

Some nice pictures and memories from the day! I couldn't ride on the railtour but saw it at Moreton-In-Marsh. And had a heart attack when it did the horn.

-Peter

 

[SN1 19-5]

Cheers Peter! It did cost a bit. £148 for a day out is quite a lot.

I did get to places that I haven't been. Hereford, Carmarthen and Plymouth.

Roughing it in Plymouth was interesting!

The iet's home on the Sunday didn't amount to much. EVEN if the ride was FOC!

 

[Peter C]

Cheers Peter! It did cost a bit. £148 for a day out is quite a lot.

I did get to places that I haven't been. Hereford, Carmarthen and Plymouth.

Roughing it in Plymouth was interesting!

The iet's home on the Sunday didn't amount to much. EVEN if the ride was FOC!

You're welcome!
On one of the last days of Cotswold Line HSTs (4th May 2019) I decided to take a ride up to Hereford and return on what was the last HST to Hereford in passenger service (e.g. not the railtour). I was also on the last HST up the Cotswold Line on the 18th of June, and that was probably the best planning accident I've made!

-Peter

 

[SN1 19-5]

I don't want to pick nits Peter.

Has anyone got a vid of the Bananer going through Reading heading to Plymouth?

I have one on the train. I would like to see a vid station side!

Blow reading to bits!

Failing that. How can I upload vid stuff? My vids are too large to upload....

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Failing that. How can I upload vid stuff? My vids are too large to upload....

You could put them on YouTube and then post the link here.

 

[Peter C]

I don't want to pick nits Peter.

What?

-Peter

 

[reddragon]

You're welcome!
On one of the last days of Cotswold Line HSTs (4th May 2019) I decided to take a ride up to Hereford and return on what was the last HST to Hereford in passenger service (e.g. not the railtour). I was also on the last HST up the Cotswold Line on the 18th of June, and that was probably the best planning accident I've made!

-Peter

Big accident there! June?

 

[Peter C]

Big accident there! June?

Oh no - my time travelling secrets are out!

But seriously, yes I meant May. Whoops.

-Peter

 

[SN1 19-5]

No worries! I thought that I had missed a trip!

 

[Peter C]

No worries! I thought that I had missed a trip!

Oh no - just me being silly. And my amazing time machine.

-Peter