It was the official opening of our mainline connection yesterday by Sir Peter Hendy chairman of Network Rail there had been around a 100 guests to see him flag the 66 and 73s across the boundaries. Its a shame the charter couldn't have passed earlier, 2 black fives passing at speed would have been a brilliant background.
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Yes the black fives performed very well on our railtour, it was lucky it ran at all, as the train was delayed for a considerable period, owing to the fact that it was damaged in the early morning after hitting some debris on the line in the west of London, that damaged a steam pipe so we were told. A big thanks to the crew who were able to repair the problem and allow the train to run as planned with the two steam locos.
Although we left London about an hour late, we were only about 20 mins late arriving in Eastbourne and arrived back into London in the evening about 3 minutes early I think
It will be really good when it is possible to run through trains from Robertsbride to Tenterden again. Fingers crossed for a speedy connection.
How long is your line from Robertsbridge and is there a regular passenger service planned soon on that section? I think a 2nd cousin of mine used to work on the KESR, not sure if he still does, his name is Paul.