The best rail day of the year - so far - 14/02 London!

[Julian G]

http://julian1288gaje.fotopic.net/p26206950.html
You should see GNER HST clagging and switching the engine on!!

 

[richa2002]

Just to let you know, yesterday I couldn't see that shot of the ex-VT 43. Now I can, all I can say is HELLFIRE! The rear one appears to be doing just as well! I'd like to know how long they'd been idling!

It was forming the 14:00 London St. Pancras and I suspect it was the 'hot set'. As soon as my dad and I got to the end of the platform, I said to him to look out because I had really had a feeling that it would clag seeing as it was a clapped out ex-VT example and I was duly awarded with a fantastic video (including a horn sound from the friendly woman driver!). My dad also got a proper photo on his camera which was taken a tiny bit late but still shows the clag. In regard to how long it had been idling, according to a photo I got it was idling for about 60 mins.

 

[Julian G]

Any idea what's coming out of that 66?

Photo taken by joea1

 

[Techniquest]

Nice one Richard A. If I ever get another ex-VT example, I'll be looking out for the serious clag! I wonder how FGW will get their bought ex-VT ones up to stratch.

 

[richa2002]

Any idea what's coming out of that 66?

Photo taken by joea1

That's just normal diesel exhaust. Not clag.
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Nice one Richard A. If I ever get another ex-VT example, I'll be looking out for the serious clag! I wonder how FGW will get their bought ex-VT ones up to stratch.

Thanks. Hopefully FGW won't maintain them too much

 

[Dennis]

As for objecting to 'clagging' locos, is that a Greenpeace supporter over into Trowbridge?

Seriously, I agree to some extent on that, but even so, rail contributes less than 1% of the fumes going up into the air IIRC.

ign5: No way am I a Greenpeace supporter. I love the smell of clag. What I wonder is what the general public think when exposed to it.

(31190 was started up yesterday morning at Westbury and platform 3 had full exposure to the clag for two hours thanks to the unusual wind direction - I expect the poor girl in the snack shed was coughing a bit and that all the fresh sandwiches had an unusual taste!!)

 

[Techniquest]

ROFL!!! Glad to know you're not a Greenpeace supporter! Hopefully not Friends of the Earth either...

Wish I'd seen 31190 start up, sounds like a sight and a half!

Richard A, I'm hoping so too. Expect some beasty pictures of 43194 later this year clagging like nobody's business off Newport!

 

[richa2002]

lol, hellfire

 

[Techniquest]

MY LORDZ! is more my thinking!

 

[Julian G]

I swear NMT Flying Banana still has their Valenta engines
also I think that 43099 still has the Valenta engine (is that the MML HST still in the old MML livery?)