Flying Scotsman trips
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:05 pm
do u think RIDE THE LEGEND will actually have the legend tacking the head of the train 
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:00 pm
nah! it'd probably end up in a field with a bunch of traction engines like last time when it supposedly had the vsoe contract.
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:17 pm
ur probably right about that but what if green arrow fails aswell
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:43 pm
Green Arrow is broken with a capital F.
The middle cylinder head kind of came out the end of the cylinder and bent all the waggly bits inside.
Nice Peak haulage last week though.
The middle cylinder head kind of came out the end of the cylinder and bent all the waggly bits inside.
Nice Peak haulage last week though.
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:03 pm
Here, can we have a bit less technical jargon please?The middle cylinder head kind of came out the end of the cylinder and bent all the waggly bits inside.
Alan
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:48 am
to right
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:04 am
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/tw/index.htm
Believe it or not, that's actually a pretty good explanation of what went wrong with Green Arrow. Or at least the bit that went wrong.
Believe it or not, that's actually a pretty good explanation of what went wrong with Green Arrow. Or at least the bit that went wrong.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:17 am
I hope so. I remember going up to York last year to find the train hauled by 45407. It's not fair!do u think RIDE THE LEGEND will actually have the legend tacking the head of the train
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:57 am
they should give u a refund if it dont have flying scotsman working
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:07 am
Only if they are stupid and don't put "subject to availability" on the tickets.DeanGoods wrote:they should give u a refund if it dont have flying scotsman working
This is an 80(ish) year old machine. You simply can't expect it to run and run and run without something going wrong, certainly not when it's got to run at 75mph with a heavy train.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:18 am
And when it had had far too little money spent on it for three years! Fortunatley the NRM now seen to have rectified most of the damage done by FSR. The NRM did offer to give us tickets for another train but as we'd spent £60 getting up there anyway that was no good to us, so we just settled for 45407, but it was still really disappointing.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:31 am
yeah but ive heard flying scotsman is goin in for a 7 year overhaul
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:34 am
Yes she is, this Autumn I think, but last Winter she had a light overhaul as well so she was ready for the Scarborough trips last year.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:12 pm
now u tell me 
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:41 pm
Meh, 45407 is better than that gresley tripe any day 
David
David