47810 moving today. Eastleigh-crewe.
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Saw it at Atherstone
Regarding 47841, after she’s been picked bare what then?
Scrapping?
If so what was the point of spending thousands on a repaint!
12LDA28C
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Yes, the bodyshell will go for scrap.
I'm not sure 47841 was painted - wasn't it a vinyl wrap?
fgwrich
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Yep, a combination of Vinyl for the main body side and paint for the non Vinyl areas (eg the front).
12LDA28C
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57311 has made its first run in passenger service for LSL today on the Saphos tour.
fgwrich
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43050 has made its way by Road to Crewe this week with the crunched remains of 43054 expected to follow soon. That one, quite likely, will be a spares donor.
It did look shiny & new today. But for me it's the sound of the engine that does nothing for me. Now the engine on the rear is a different matter!!!.
12LDA28C
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You and me both.
Rhysdabeast
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D213 heading to Barrow Hill tomorrow for an exam
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Realtime Trains | 0Z40 1000 Crewe H.S. to Barrow Hill L.I.P. | 03/04/2024
Real-time train running information for 0Z40 1000 departure from Crewe H.S. to Barrow Hill L.I.P. on 03/04/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.
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Mountain Man
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2 day trips for next week have been announced for Fort William to Mallaig. Filling a Jacobite shaped void.....
Rail Quest
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Dunno about everyone else, but I'd actually prefer to do that line behind a 37, rather than a kettle - great line for such a loco to thrash up regularly!
I get the general public and target demographic for the Jacobite would probably disagree of course
Sun Chariot
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Ah - happy memories of Tractors haulage on the Kyle and the West Highland lines in '88.
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A 37 on Mark 1 stock, yes. A 37 on a set of air cons is less appealing.Dunno about everyone else, but I'd actually prefer to do that line behind a 37, rather than a kettle - great line for such a loco to thrash up regularly!
I get the general public and target demographic for the Jacobite would probably disagree of course
Killingworth
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Biggest snags with this are the short notice and long trip to Fort William. If there's a buffet aboard it won't help businesses in Mallaig too much with a 40 minute stop. There's not a lot else to do in Mallaig.
Still room for the 2 West Coast trains.
Rail Advent report here,;
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2024/0...run-on-scotlands-jacobite-line-next-week.html
Still room for the 2 West Coast trains.
Rail Advent report here,;
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2024/0...run-on-scotlands-jacobite-line-next-week.html
Surely ‘train’ is better than ‘no train’?
Killingworth
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Looking at RTT both WC and LSL paths are in.
12LDA28C
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Of course they are, they are all existing paths that will be in the system whether a train uses them or not. I believe even the 'LSL path' is actually the Royal Scotsman path.
Killingworth
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Precisely, so there's room for a potentially interesting situation in the Highlands this year.
And yes, it does use the Belmond Royal Scotsman path, which will presumably be available for other specials all year; https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C10996/2024-04-20/detailed
Good variety of prices to get to Mallaig and back!
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A 37 on any sort of coaching stock is better than nothing at all. We can't be overly picky these days (unless you're a regular poster on WNXX where they think it's still the 1970s
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It's the message that it sends rather than the specifics. Given the local economy is so important to WCRC then a company seeking to help will surely receive their full support.....?
renegademaster
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WCRC aren't as petty as you think they are.
Evidence would say otherwise
fgwrich
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Can we not turn this into another WCRC bashing thread please, there’s a reason why the other one was locked…
fgwrich
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Some sense appears to have happened as 10212? Has appeared outside Eastleigh Works in a fresh coat of Intercity. Nice to see a big RFM join the rake alongside the ex GA Micro Buffets.
Away from the West Highland Line, it strikes me that LSL will soon have a really large pool of steam locos available - as well as their in-house fleet which I think is currently 61306, 46100, 34046, 45231 and 70000, they've also got 60532 coming back, 60007 and soon 71000. Are there any plans for them to set up a second steam-hauled rake to allow them to utilise their fleet more fully? Seems like they may struggle to keep their fleet fully utilised unless they're using coach sets from another operator?
Of these I know that 60007, 70000, 60532 and 71000 are either in the last stages of overhaul or have entered traffic relatively recently.. I'm guessing at least one or two of the rest must be approaching overhaul time fairly soon?
12LDA28C
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They don't really have any spare stock and don't forget that the 37-hauled DBSO set was used for two days only as a trial to determine the level of demand and no decision has yet been made if this will resume or not.
Rail Quest
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A thought crossed my mind on this topic - could LSL not start using their steam fleet actively on Statesman pullman duties? Perhaps similar to how the Northern belle is currently getting haulage behind kettles quite frequently. Surely combining a luxury Pullman set with Britannia or the likes would attract a larger audience?
I feel like LSL specifically market the Statesman as diesel hauled - their Stuart's were advertising it as such when I was last on a Saphos tour last year, but I'm not sure why they'd limit it to diesels.
My best guess as to why kettles aren't used on the Statesman is the increased operational costs not being offset by increase in revenue though I'm not sure