Crewe Gresty Bridge open day and the Forth and Tay Bridges express

[FQ]

Hi all,

Will anyone be at Crewe Gresty Bridge open day on July the 19th as I will be there with my dad and friend (nat67).

Also will anyone be doing the Forth and Tay Bridges express railtour as I will be doing that one as well (from Crewe for the extra mileage). Here is the link.

https://www.compasstoursbyrail.co.u...n=com_virtuemart&Itemid=16&vmcchk=1&Itemid=16

If so, post here.

Thanks,

Fishquinn.

 

[455driver]

I (and my tribe) will be at Crewe.

 

[Johnny_w]

Me and my daughter will be at Crewe and I hope for a quick look round the heritage centre before heading back.

 

[GatwickDepress]

I'll be at the open day as well with my boyfriend.

 

[ac6000cw]

I'll be there too (travelling up from Euston on the 09:07)

 

[FQ]

My timings will be the 08:42 off Coventry for either the 16:01 or 17:01 back to Cov.

 

[alex17595]

I will be at crewe as well, managed to knock 50p off the train ticket price.

Also, there are leaflets with an offer on entry to the heritage centre. You need valid train tickets. It's in the North Staffordshire line leaflets so I'm unsure if its any tickets valid at Crewe or just those on that line.

 

[GatwickDepress]

I'll be on the 0350 (0415 WTT) out of Brighton, then the 0452 from Three Bridges to St Pancakes, then the 0624 to Crewe from Euston, with a friend boarding at Milton Keynes Central. Fun, fun, fun.

 

[Aldaniti]

I'll be on Gresty Lane selling umbrellas.

 

[BlythPower]

I'll be on Gresty Lane selling umbrellas.

I'll be stood next to him selling lightning conductors.

 

[Aldaniti]

I'll be stood next to him selling lightning conductors.

 

[FQ]

Who knows the weather might be beautiful. It is Britain after all.

 

[Monty]

I (and my tribe) will be at Crewe.

I'll be there too because 455driver kindly offered to buy me lunch.

 

[ac6000cw]

From the comments over on Freightmaster forum, it looks like the Eastleigh railtour will be not be 68 hauled after all (57s seem the most likely)....I just hope DRS at least have one 68 running to hear the noise - main reason I'm going....

 

[FQ]

From the comments over on Freightmaster forum, it looks like the Eastleigh railtour will be not be 68 hauled after all (57s seem the most likely)....I just hope DRS at least have one 68 running to hear the noise - main reason I'm going....

57008 and 57009. No 68s out.

 

[theshillito]

I'm fairly new to the forum, but I'll be going (living in Crewe, it's kind of a given).

 

[Johnny_w]

I'm fairly new to the forum, but I'll be going (living in Crewe, it's kind of a given).

Lucky! I'm dragging myself from Suffolk via London.

And I'm going to be lazy and get a taxi - especially if it's raining!

 

[theshillito]

Lucky! I'm dragging myself from Suffolk via London.

And I'm going to be lazy and get a taxi - especially if it's raining!

The station is 5 minutes away on foot down a straight road. I honestly wouldn't bother.

 

[pinkpanther]

I'll be there too - I'm coming up on the tour up from Eastleigh.

- Anna

 

[Aldaniti]

57008 and 57009. No 68s out.

And with a rake of coffins, I think I might swap the umbrellas for bottled water and oxygen tents.

 

[455driver]

I'll be there too because 455driver kindly offered to buy me lunch.

Did I? Are you sure?
I dont remember that!

Okay I will let you have a chip, 2 if you are realyy really nice to me.

 

[FQ]

My confirmed timings are these.

08:42 Coventry-Crewe 10:07
18:01 Crewe-Coventry 19:30

 

[alex17595]

I get a nice run on a dog box from tutbury to Crewe

 

[FQ]

Off to Coventry now with Nat67 and my dad and then on to Crewe.

 

[alex17595]

Off to Coventry now with Nat67 and my dad and then on to Crewe.

I bet its going to be raining.
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What a suprise it was! A great day out - couldn't see much though because of all the people!

 

[Monty]

Had a great day out today despite the appalling weather. Got a couple of nice photos and caught up with a very good friend.

 

[455driver]

Excellent day, it peed it down most of the day but it was so humid it didnt really matter. Had a good
look around 68008, the engine is quite small considering the power output.
As for the layout, there was a lot squeezed into a small site and it was laid out as best as they could.
A bit of variety in the food available would have been nice for those who dont eat meat but what was there was reasonably priced and quite tasty.

Overall I would say it was a 9 out of 10 event, so a big well done to the organisers and people who made it happen, looking forward to the next one.

 

[CC 72100]

Had a great day out today despite the appalling weather. Got a couple of nice photos and caught up with a very good friend.

So you didn't go there with 455driver in the end then?

 

[FQ]

It was amazing. I cabbed 68006 and had a look around the engine room; a really nice piece of equipment.

Alex17595: What class 153 were you on?

 

[alex17595]

Alex17595: What class 153 were you on?

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