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Hastings Diesels - The South Devon Coaster, today 16th June.
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Are you on it Rob? I’m thinking of popping down and getting a photo at St David’s.
Which coach are you in? I’ll say a quick hello.
I'll be in coach D, the thumper car next to the CEP carriage. I´ll come to the door.
Excellent. See you in a bit.
Will do.
Ash Bridge
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Definitely a railway shade of green.
Honestly he was sitting in a wonderfully comfortable looking coach sipping a pint of real ale and looking extremely relaxed about life.
I’ll send you the clip I took of it in a mo.
Ash Bridge
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Definitely a railway shade of green.
Honestly he was sitting in a wonderfully comfortable looking coach sipping a pint of real ale and looking extremely relaxed about life.
I’ll send you the clip I took of it in a mo.
That seems to fit the description of the yorksrob I've had the fortune to meet in locations such as Huddersfield and York etc.
It was great to meet you over a droplight as well Mr Cowley.
It is indeed a fantastic machine. We´ve just been held at Westbury for several minutes on account of having caught up the InterCity 125 to Paddington. It was a good run !
That seems to fit the description of the yorksrob I've had the fortune to meet in locations such as Huddersfield and York etc.
Or misfortune !
Ash Bridge
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Or misfortune !
Aw, I wouldn't have said that Rob! Enjoy the rest of the journey back, sounds like a wonderful day out and if they ever plan one from Waterloo to Okehampton and Barnstaple at some point in the future I'll be doing my utmost to be onboard!
Ash Bridge
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Yes, that would definitely be on my wishlist (along with a recreation of the famous long thin drag railtour up the S&C). It would be great to join you on one.
Very reasonably priced and always well stocked !.
Sounds like heaven. What sort of speeds can 1001 attain out on the mainline?
Another question - will they always keep the standard width (CEP?) carriage, or there any other surviving narrow bodied coaches still around?
They actually own two complete units at least plus an extra motor coach. The CEP carriage was originally a bit of a stop gap I think, from the days when they used to rent out to TOC´s, but has since proved quite popular on the railtours so is likely to be staying in the formation (It has a certain nostalgic charm for some of us of a certain age
).If an Okehampton run happens I’ll try and come along (even if it does mean travelling past my house four times in one day).
I was just thinking of ‘The Long Thin Drag’ earlier. That tour really captured people’s imagination. I was trying to work out whether the current two motor coaches were the same ones that were added to the other two units that went to Carlisle? It looks like the tour was 14 coaches altogether, the three powered cars on one end must’ve sounded wonderful.
I was thinking about that after I posted. It’s got history in its own right now hasn’t it. Don’t see many hopper windows like that these days...They actually own two complete units at least plus an extra motor coach. The CEP carriage was originally a bit of a stop gap I think, from the days when they used to rent out to TOC´s, but has since proved quite popular on the railtours so is likely to be staying in the formation (It has a certain nostalgic charm for some of us of a certain age
The GPS brigade tell me we’ve doing 80 today.
I bet that felt quite lively?
Ash Bridge
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I look forward very much to that should it ever happen.
The PW is in pretty good nick so the ride was super smoooooth
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Fantastic sight as it went thru Norton Fitzwarren this evening- Status