-
Our booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk (powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!
Tornados first Southern Working
- Thread starter 5872
- Start date
- Status
Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in
R
RailUK Forums
Its good to know that she will come via me before going to Kent. Does anyone have any updates to make on the situation on what is happen on that day?
A little detail on the tour would be nice...
She goes to Guildford on a mostly expensive run first, then Kent.
D306
Established Member
CraigS
Established Member
Its good to know that she will come via me before going to Kent
I would be very suprised if Tornado did visit Kent. Can't see it happening though.
Tornado's lunch tour route will be Staines, Newbury, Trowbridge, Swindon and Staines. Just thought I'd post that seeing as the Steam Dreams site doesn't say much about the lunch tour except that it's travelling through "scenic English countryside".
Route details (and times in the next few weeks) @ http://uksteam.info/tours/trs09.htm#feb
34067James
Member
I wouldn't argue with all over the SOUTH, but that wouldn't happen as the dead end Lines such as Windsor, Shepperton, Teddington, Epsom Downs, Bromley South and the like don't get many tours anyway.
Would that be the tour that originates at Paddington, and goes South West before heading up north?
Phoenix
Established Member
She will be passing me in Water Orton fairly soon on a tour.
D306
Established Member
I might go up there just to see her then, if she's going through Water Orton
Since when has the south been confined to those lines above? Also, since when has: Bromley South and Epsom Downs been a dead end terminus?
Saying that, most steam tours out of Victoria go via Bromley South!
Last edited:
richa2002
Established Member
- Joined
- 8 Jun 2005
- Messages
- 2,275
Take back Shepperton Loader. Take it back!
Take back Shepperton Loader. Take it back!
Phew, thanks Rich! I was thinking of St Margrets!
34067James
Member
Yeah I think thats a train for those who got involed with building Tornado and put money towards it its not a pubic train or it could be the Royal train which Prince charles is ment to be driving tornado
buts thats in Febuary.Thats Bromley North that has the dead end
James
Well I knew it was one of the Bromleys
Poxy? Would you rather it be the Euroscout?
P156KWJ
Established Member
could do that too, despite it being cheap, it's a pain in the ar$e to get to, having to go via Birmingham to come back :roll:
D306
Established Member
not for me. Train to marston green then get a bus to WTO
Bus veg
.@Tom - The serco is poxy becuase it runs 7 minutes before I finish school, oh I wish it was an hour late sometimes...
thefab444
Established Member
The_Rail_WAy
Member
- Joined
- 20 Jul 2008
- Messages
- 458
I always thought the primary aim was that Tornado would pretty much cover the whole of the country, rather than restricting her to one specific part of the country. I do know that her first heritage operation will be on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for their Spring gala in May.
An interesting thing I note about Tornado is that she is too adorn a variety of liveries over the next ten years, these being BR blue and BR Brunswick green (pre and post 1957) as well as her current apple green livery.
An interesting thing I note about Tornado is that she is too adorn a variety of liveries over the next ten years, these being BR blue and BR Brunswick green (pre and post 1957) as well as her current apple green livery.
34067James
Member
Well I knew it was one of the Bromleys
The Serco is not poxy its one of the best trains we get on UK rails hauled by 37's or 31's :razz:
James
D306
Established Member
Phoenix
Established Member
Yeah but it's slightly poxy because basically you get just DRS locos down there whilst the rest of us get abit more variety.
By the way here are a few things I would like to clear up.
Test trains are great no matter what.
DRS loco's are great.
Down south is okay.
But DRS Test train shots from down south really get boring after the 100th one.
87015
Established Member
Why just from down south?
3000hp+ for three or four coaches on non-revenue earning traffic is a bit EH anywhere, don't see what difference the location makes!
Phoenix
Established Member
Honestly I just feel like out 100 Serco workings over 50 will be to the southern region. And basically because Im still abit of a novice photter I just get bored of seeing a DRS 37's at either hither Green or Kenny O although I will acknowledge the great shots.
I know they go other places but it seems every week there's one down there.
(Believe me you will never understand my strange little ways Andrewmay doesn't and I phot with him nearly all the time)
That's because the South has a lot of lines!
Phoenix
Established Member
I figured that one a while back.
- Status