Top Gear at the GCR

[102 fan]

Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but I saw a Top Gear episode today which had the original trio using a Jaguar to haul a trailer with passengers, and an Audi hauling caravans on PW trollies with passengers in the caravans on the Great Central Railway. I'm wondering how they were continously braked? Or is that only a requirement for paying passengers?

Thanks.

 

[Trestrol]

Don't think they were. I know Murray Brown and he says he was petrified most of the time. Clarkson drove at a fairly fast.

 

[Dr Hoo]

I think that a regular poster on these forums was closely involved with the caravan stunt.

 

[ChiefPlanner]

The caravan trains were not braked at all - bar the towing car , (explains how James May overshot one of the stations !)

Shall we say , some of the "operations" were not in accordance with the Rule Book and what used to be called the General Appendix.

Propelling was a bit risky ........(but no harm was done)

 

[fgwrich]

The caravan trains were not braked at all - bar the towing car , (explains how James May overshot one of the stations !)

Shall we say , some of the "operations" were not in accordance with the Rule Book and what used to be called the General Appendix.

Propelling was a bit risky ........(but no harm was done)

Indeed, from memory they were pretty much mounted onto what is effectively your standard P-Way trolley. Obviously not Clarkson's Sports train though!

 

[Mikw]

One of my favourite episodes. I live quite close to the GCR and was amused how many times the "signature" view (the reservoir) featured in the final film. A good, fun piece, and it showed why proper carriages are so expensive compared to home made ones.

 

[Statto]

The whole episode is up on the BBC iPlayer for those interested, it's series 17 episode 4

 

[ChiefPlanner]

The filming was good fun - but obviously highly edited.

Yes - PW trolleys with a simple bar coupling - OK when being hauled , but a tad uncomfortable when being propelled for positioning moves.

The parallel filming was done from a rail mounted Landrover , very smart vehicle which I would have loved to have had a ride on (but no time for such fripperies) .....