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« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2011, 04:28:05 » |
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Any precedent for a 55 on the Cotswold Line willc? I can see it bringing out the crowds even if there is though - if I was still living in Oxford I'd be sorely tempted by this tour.
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« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2011, 05:43:47 » |
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Disturbing to look at the live departures from Foregate Street this morning and see a special to Carlisle!
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« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2011, 13:29:39 » |
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Not aware of a previous Deltic visit to the line myself but someone else may have the answer.
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« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2011, 20:55:58 » |
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I do remember going to Shrub Hill one wet Sunday morning many years ago to see a Deltic hauled special, which I think had travelled over the Cotswold Line. The engine may have run round there. I know there were hundreds of spotters who'd descended on Shrub Hill that day.
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« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2011, 21:23:19 » |
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Not aware of a previous Deltic visit to the line myself but someone else may have the answer.
That'll be a question to ask 'Captain Deltic' aka 'Alycidon' aka Roger Ford of Modern Railways. Pretty sure he'd know....   |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Sir Terry Pratchett.
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« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2011, 23:21:53 » |
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Steve, could this have been it? 55018 Ballymoss via the Cotswold Line, then running round at Shrub Hill - January 1978 and running westbound rather than up Chipping Campden bank, which the September trip will be doing. http://www.napier-chronicles.co.uk/18_29-1-78.htm |
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« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2011, 00:02:14 » |
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Great find there, willc!!!
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2011, 22:12:21 » |
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Will, this evening I trawled through early editions of CLPG» newsletters and then some notebooks of my own, and under 'Railway Diary 1978' I'd written 29 January - Deltic at Worcester. So Yes, the same one!
Curiously on April 8th, I wrote '40 042 Paddington - Hereford @ Malvern' - another special?
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« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2011, 22:15:33 » |
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Looking at the timings on Pathfinder's website, it seems that outbound, the train will run from Worcester to Cheltenham and Gloucester etc, but will return via Oxford and then Cotswold Line to Worcester.
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« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2011, 01:03:46 » |
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Yes, operating reasons apparently led to the change. It's now due into Shrub Hill at 19.55, so looks like an Oxford departure time following shortly after the 18.21 HST▸ to Foregate Street. Weather forecast looks okay, so should still be a chance for photography.
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« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2011, 12:09:46 » |
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Yes, operating reasons apparently led to the change. It's now due into Shrub Hill at 19.55, so looks like an Oxford departure time following shortly after the 18.21 HST▸ to Foregate Street. Weather forecast looks okay, so should still be a chance for photography.
Here's the full revised timings: Bsngstk 17:51 17:53 Bmly 18:01 ScoteJn 18:09 RdngOrJ 18:11 RedgWJn 18:14 18:17 DidctEJ 18:34 DidcotP 18:36 18:39 DidctNJ 18:41 KnngtnJ 18:48 Oxfd 18:51 WvctJn 18:53 AsctUWd 19:06 MInMars 19:18 Evesham 19:37 NrtnJn 19:48 WorcTJn 19:59 20:12 DrtwchS 20:24 StkWksJ 20:34 Brmsgrv 20:37 With Moreton show and this charter squeezed in, it'll be a busy day on the Cotswold Line! |
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2011, 22:58:10 » |
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The charter managed Wolvercote Junction to Worcester Shrub Hill in 56 minutes with twelve fully laiden carriages. Not bad at all. An example of what kind of journey time could now be offered between Oxford and Worcester with a limited stop train not needing to mess around with tokens.
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2011, 18:37:26 » |
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Picture of 55022 kicking up the dust at Charlbury at http://www.hondawanderer.com/The charter managed Wolvercote Junction to Worcester Shrub Hill in 56 minutes with twelve fully laiden carriages. Not bad at all. An example of what kind of journey time could now be offered between Oxford and Worcester with a limited stop train not needing to mess around with tokens. Or perhaps just an illustration of the potential to improve journey times across the board, in line with the CLPG» 's goal of getting a standard two-hour London-Worcester journey time - including all the usual stops - though that will never be enough for some people. |
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