Atomic Systems

Posted: **Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:02 pm**

Hi

I was planning on going to York this Saturday (16th Dec 06) to see Duke of Gloucester but have been told that it wont be running because it failed last weekend.

Is this true and if so what was wrong and what will be doing the St Albans - York run this weekend. uksteam.info just says TBA

Dave

Posted: **Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:22 pm**

Apparently Duke of Gloucester, on an Ely-Victoria run, ran out of coal at Cambridge. Passengers were conveyed to London by a hired-in pair of '365s', which, needless to say did not run out of coal...

Posted: **Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:48 pm**

71000 , failed on route due to a leaky something lol , cant rember what it was now but it only ran out of the black stuff becuse it used way more then was intended .

its probuly back at MHR getting looked at

Posted: **Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:05 pm**

I heard that it was leaking tubes that caused the problem.

Regards,

Dan

Posted: **Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:06 pm**

aye , now ya say it i rember now

Posted: **Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:21 pm**

I'm on the tour. I hope it's still a steam loco even if it's not the Duke of Gloucester.

Posted: **Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:38 pm**

just seen on the mid hants website

"Turned out the cause of Saturday's problem with 71000 Duke of Gloucester was boiler tubes.
Several flue-tubes and smoke-tubes needed expanding at the firebox end, and Andy and Gavin had done the flue-tubes and they were working on the smoke-tubes by mid afternoon and reckon the job may be
finished tomorrow morning, so the excursion on Saturday looks OK to run"

Posted: **Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:56 pm**

Hmm, TRUST/BUGLE wrong again...

Posted: **Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:38 pm**

oh no , not gavin ! . his the one who made the standards tender the biggest watering can at ropley yard

, not that i like to anoy him or anything

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:37 am**

According to UKSTEAM 60009 Union of South Africa is out instead of the Duke.