Rocket - GWR 175 - Deltic: May 28 - 31 2010 (2 p., 4 v.)

[ronik24]

Hi,

Last weekend I went on another fatiguing but fruitful trip to England. I returned with a sun burn as well as bronchitis, the weather was although mostly sunny (except one day) also quite windy. OK, still better than the whole rainy month of May at home in Vienna!



Video 1: Golden Oldies Gala on the Great Central Railway, May 28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGjC9JxDkFI

Including "Rocket" and "Planet" replicas as well as Furness Railway #20, the oldest operable standard gauge steam engine in England built 1863, and several more 19th and early 20th century steamers:

L&M 0-2-2 "Rocket" (1979 Replica - orig. 1829)
L&M 2-2-0 "Planet" (1992 Replica - orig. 1830)
Furness Railway 0-4-0 20 (Sharp Stewart #1448 / 1863)
LSWR Class 0298 2-4-0WT BR30585 (Beyer Peacock & Co Ltd #1414 / 1874)
GNR Class N2 0-6-2T 1744 (1921)
Class L 0-6-0ST "Sir Berkeley" (Manning Wardle #1210 / 1891) - station pilot
GCR Class O4 2-8-0 BR63601 (Gorton Works / 1911) - just at the shed






Video 2: Furness & Cumbrian Coast Line, May 28-29
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or-KvQ7FEP8

Great sunset at the Kent estuary near Arnside on the Furness line, next morning walk along the most spectacular part of the Cumbrian Coast line between Parton and Whitehaven (puuuuuhhh...) with a freight to Sellafield. Around noon a steam special arrived at Ravenglass hauled by 8F 48151, and I caught it again at Foxfield in the afternoon. Also including a few short scenes from the Ravenglass & Eskdale 15" railway, but I will have to visit it separately one day.

Locos under steam that day:

LMS Class 8F 2-8-0 BR48151 (Crewe / 1942)

Ravenglass, 15" gauge:
0-8-2 "River Irt" (Heywood / 1894)
2-8-2 "River Esk" (Davey Paxman #21104 / 1923)
2-8-2 "River Mite" (Clarkson #4669 / 1966)






Video 3: 175 years Great Western Railway Gala on the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway, May 30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjTz0FB8l10

An afternoon at the big GWR anniversary event with 8 steamers connected to the GWR in steam, 5 of them in mainline service Toddington - Winchcombe - Gotherington (line to Cheltenham Spa race course closed due to landslide). Between Winchcombe and Gotherington a second loco was added to the trains. Locos include:

GWR 3700 "City" Class 4-4-0 3717 "City of Truro" (Swindon #2000 / 1903)
GWR 2885 Class 2-8-0 3803 (Swindon / 1939)
GWR/Railway Operating Division of the British Army 4300 Class 2-6-0 5322 (Swindon / 1917)
GWR 7800 "Manor" Class 4-6-0 7802 "Bradley Manor" (Swindon / 1938)
WD/LMS 8F Class 2-8-0 8274 (ex TCDD 45160) (North British Locomotive Co Ltd. #24648 / 1940) as Swindon-built 8476
GWR 4800/1400 Class 0-4-2T Auto Tank 1450 "Ashburton" (Swindon / 1935) - auto train
GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT 4612 (Swindon / 1942) - station pilot
BR 9F class 2-10-0 92203 "Black Prince" (Swindon / 1959) - at the shed






Video 4: Deltic and Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, May 31
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCJ6NfjuMzk

Deltic 55022 "Royal Scots Grey" with a railtour to Edinburgh at Ribblehead viaduct on a fantastic morning, rest of the day spent on the Keighley & Worth Valley museum railway with 3F "Jinty" 47279 and 8F 90733 operating steam trains.

Nostalgic vehicles in service:

BR Class 55 Deltic Co-Co D9000/55022 "Royal Scots Grey" (English Electric Co Ltd #E2905/D557 / 1961)

LMS Class 3F 0-6-0T BR47279 (Vulcan Foundry Ltd #3736 / 1925)
WD Class 8F 2-8-0 BR90733 (Vulcan Foundry Ltd #5200 / 1945)

[johny]

Last Wednesday, I was driving north up the A34 when I saw the Beattie well tank on a low-loader heading south. Your video, Roni, told me where it was coming from, I guess it must have been heading for the MHR, could even have been the Swanage, anybody know?

John

[ronik24]

Hi,

@ johny:
30585 is based at the Bodmin&Wenford Railway.

And here is my itinerary for the trip:

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Thu, May 27 2010


Wien Schwechat dep 21:10 EasyJet A319 5360 -> London Gatwick

London Gatwick arr 22:30 ~22:50


overnight Gatwick Travelodge
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Fri, May 28


Gatwick Airport dep 6:24 FCC 319 -> Bedford

London St. Parrcras arr 7:15
London St. Parrcras dep 7:30 EMT 222 -> Nottingham

Loughborough arr 9:03


Loughborough Great Central dep 14:00 GNR N2 1744 -> Leicester North

Quorn & Woodhouse arr 14:07


Quorn & Woodhouse dep 15:20 "Rocket" -> Loughborough

Loughborough Great Central arr 15:30


Loughborough dep 16:45 EMT 222 -> Sheffield

Sheffield arr 17:52
Sheffield dep 18:10 TP 185 -> Marrchester Airport

Marrchester Piccadilly arr 19:02
Marrchester Piccadilly dep 19:16 TP 185 -> Barrow-in-Furness

Arnside arr 20:32


Arnside dep 21:33 ~21:38 TP 185 -> Barrow

Barrow-in-Furness arr 22:18 ~22:23


overnight Barrow Travelodge
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Sat, May 29


Barrow-in-Furness dep 6:00 NR 153 -> Carlisle

Parton arr 7:23 ~7:31 (Diesel fumes)


Whitehaven dep 9:45 ~10:02 NR 153 -> Barrow

Ravenglass arr 10:13 ~10:39


Ravenglass dep 15:59 ~16:25 NR 156 -> Barrow

Foxfield arr 16:26 ~16:55


Foxfield dep 17:30 NR 156 -> Preston

Preston arr 19:30
Preston dep 19:17 ~19:49 VT 221 -> Birmingham New Street (Points failure Glasgow)

Birmingham New Street arr 20:55 ~21:25


overnight ETAP Birmingham
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Sun, May 30


Birmingham Moor Street dep 8:43 Chiltern 168 -> London Marylebone

Leamington Spa arr 9:16

Leamington Spa Hamilton Terrace dep 9:40 ~9:35 NX Bus 337 -> Brixham

Cheltenham Spa Centre arr 11:10
Cheltenham Spa Centre dep 11:24 Stagecoach Bus D -> Gotherington

Gotherington arr 11:47


Gotherington GWR dep 13:33 ~13:50 LMS 8F 8476 + GWR/ROD 5322 -> Toddington

Toddington arr 13:56 ~14:20


Toddington dep 15:55 ~16:11 ROD 5322 -> Gotherington

Winchcombe arr 16:05 ~16:20


Winchcombe dep 16:50 ~17:10 GWR 7802 "Bradley Marror" + 3803 -> Gotherington

Gotherington GWR arr 17:00 ~17:20

Gotherington dep 17:47 Stagecoach Bus D -> Hatherley

Cheltenham Spa Railway Station arr 18:26
Cheltenham Spa dep 18:42 XC 221 -> Marrchester Piccadilly

Birmingham New Street arr 19:26
Birmingham New Street dep 20:20 VT 390 -> Crewe

Crewe arr 21:17


overnight Crewe Travelodge 
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Mon, May 31


Crewe dep 5:57 VT 221 -> Glasgow Central

Larrcaster arr 6:54
Larrcaster dep 7:10 NR 144 -> Leeds

Long Preston arr 8:02
Long Preston dep 8:08 Taxi -> Ribblehead

Ribblehead arr 8:35


Ribblehead dep 10:17 ~10:23 NR 158 -> Leeds

Keighley arr 11:08
Keighley dep 11:45 8F 90733 -> Oxenhope

Haworth arr 12:05 ~12:12


Oakworth dep 15:39 8F 90733 -> Keighley

Keighley arr 15:55


Keighley dep 17:32 NR 333 -> Leeds

Leeds arr 18:00
Leeds dep 18:40 EC 91 -> London Kings Cross

London Kings Cross arr 21:03 ~21:11

Kings Cross St. Parrcras dep ~21:20 Victoria Line 1967 Stock -> Brixton

Victoria Underground Station arr ~21:33

London Victoria dep 21:45 Gatwick Express 460 -> Gatwick Airport

Gatwick Airport arr 22:15

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Tue, June 1


London Gatwick dep 7:25 EasyJet 319 5357 -> Wien Schwechat

Wien Schwechat arr 10:40 ~10:50

[Neptune50006]

I love the Rocket and Deltic photo's. Superb as usual