87002 to Edinburgh - Fri 10th September 2010

[captainbigun]

Mmm, maybe I did have the timings although I don't think it was anything more than fag packet timings though. I don't recall, and can't find, an actual NR train plan.

 

[theblackwatch]

Mmm, maybe I did have the timings although I don't think it was anything more than fag packet timings though. I don't recall, and can't find, an actual NR train plan.

I'm pretty sure that 37113 is right and the tour was fully timed. I've not managed to find the full timings, but looking back in the archives of one gen list, I've found booked (rather than provisional) timings for all the pick up/set down points.

 

[captainbigun]

You're probably right. I now recall having a meeting with DBS about their crewing of it.

 

[alex57601]

That one wasn't a Northern Charters trip!

Aye, it was Flamboyant Trains. Northern Charters were supposedly proposing taking 4x20s to Skegness.

It was never going to come off because the route it would have taken (Bootle-Aintree) is disused and the excursion platforms at Aintree are overgrown, cut off from the rest of the station and generally in poor condition. And unless it ran on a Sunday, it would never have had sufficient time in Aintree before heading back in order to get out of the way of Merseyrail (15 minute frequency on that route).

 

[Andy]

Not a scam as such, but let's say they were overambitious with their plans (such as 4x20s to Skegness) and other rumblings that went on which isn't for me to say.

Just like many are... Its a shame, but must of the time, its the truth, they plan something that they would like, i.e route and loco, but don't think of the technicalities. I think TheBlackWatch know what i mean, with the conversation last Tuesday over a Kettle .