GWRPannier1501
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I don’t suppose it’s doing anything in the South West until next season?
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HertiageFan
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If it is, then it has been kept very secret
Its under overhaul at Crewe, LSL Facebook post confirmed in in Post #53 of this thread.
This would be a massive surprise but I really hope you are right, would be nice to get rid of the 'Active... ish' tag and allow me to see some of the vacuum braked locos.
Isle of Mull
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It was in steam with an RTC headboard on it so I can only imagine
HertiageFan
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Do you have any images please
Isle of Mull
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HertiageFan
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Thank you
This is not my image I just pasted it
I’m assuming dated today and not an old image?
This is not my image I just pasted it
Isle of Mull
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According to the OG poster, yes
Can you provide a source, please? Posting images without a source isn't a good look.
Isle of Mull
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It a a bit irrelevant now, 46115 is now confirmed with CDL mk1s and 47802 on the rear
Isle of Mull
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Hopefully the mk1s give tangemere a long rest
martin butler
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Unlikely, the Northern belle still needs an air braked engine, plus it's just one rake, so far, so I don't think we will see the end of the MK2's any time soon.
Isle of Mull
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Could it be substituted for another loco then for the Chirstmas jobs then?
andyjhatton
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I wonder why 70000 can't be made to run reliably.
There's not much "special" or unusual about it, and comes from a class built in some numbers
There's not much "special" or unusual about it, and comes from a class built in some numbers
Isle of Mull
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Agreed, 71000 is doing much better and it’s one of a kind
Perhaps they should loan it to a heritage line like the East Lancs so it can have a good run in at slow speed before being sent out on the mainline again.
It appears to have been replaced on the Steam Dreams website by 71000 for most, if not all of the Xmas outings.
Wyrleybart
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A while ago I heard from a professional steam driver that 70000 had problems with its axleboxes / hornguides in that the loco could not "sit down" and run reliably. Whether that was successfully resolved I have no idea.
Isle of Mull
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Oh ok, thanks
Standard 4MT 80080 was passed for mainline running around the time you mention. I remember seeing it heading to Matlock one day, while I was out walking in Derbyshire.
My guess would be no (as much as I would like to see it). I would imagine operational complexity as longer runs would require a lot of water stops and shorter routes have fast accelerating EMU/DMUs nowadays making pathing difficult. Also economics wise, I don’t know if long enough trains could be pulled to make it viable for the major tour company’s.
However if some of the complexity’s could be overcome it would good to see, maybe there is an untapped market for shorter/cheaper railtours but several on one day? I don’t know, pure speculation.
Wyrleybart
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And 80079 from the SVR too, IIRC both 79 and 80 worked on the Cambrian festivities.
Here is a nice Martin Loader piccie of the pair at Cockwood Harbour
http://www.hondawanderer.com/80079_80080_Cockwood_Harbour_1994.htm
Also don't forget that 80064 at Paignton received air brake equipment for handling the air braked pullmans back in the 1980s, although not sure if it was restricted to just the preserved side of the railway there.