Torbay Express Runs from June 5th

mow · Post by **mow** » Sat May 21, 2011 5:10 pm

Timings for the Torbay Express Runs starting from June 5th.

http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t11/torbay.htm

mow · Post by **mow** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:34 am

As seen at Yatton Loop this morning.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16582147@N ... 896753616/

mow · Post by **mow** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:25 pm

Tornado at the artificial River Huntspill.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16582147@N ... hotostream

BristleGWR · Post by **BristleGWR** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:13 am

At Chelvey on the return leg.

mow · Post by **mow** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:55 am

Yatton Loop this morning.

Had to fend off a hungry horse which wanted to nibble my shoe.

mow · Post by **mow** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:46 pm

Tornado leaving this morning.

mow · Post by **mow** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:35 am

Can any one please offer any other details of the Class 47 amongst other things?

stopblock · Post by **stopblock** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:38 pm

I think itsto do with West coast Railways and there steam charters to weymouth .

g4mby · Post by **g4mby** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:26 pm

mow wrote:Can any one please offer any other details of the Class 47 amongst other things?

That's Riviera's 47815 which is used on a Friday to move the tour stock from Temple Meads to Barton Hill and back for servicing. Whether it gets used to move the stock on the days the Torbay Express actually runs I don't know. 47815 was a resident at Barton Hill last summer too and occasionally gets used to work other trains if the need arises.

mow · Post by **mow** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:09 pm

Thanks for the information.

This morning 47815 was being used to help DoG, as it has had problems earlier in the TE season.

mow · Post by **mow** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:37 pm

DoG and Type 4 at Huntspill.

Ade H · Post by **Ade H** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:51 pm

I was on that train. The class 47 was provided/demanded by Network Rail because DoG hadn't conducted any mainline testing subsequent to her recent 'outage'. The diesel was shut down and running as dead weight until the gradients and curves of the Kingswear branch. There the combined weight of carriages and a dead Class 47 got the better of 71000, and the diesel was sparked up to help get the train moving again. On the return run, the 47 was shut down again at Paignton.Ã¡

StrawberryLine · Post by **StrawberryLine** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:09 pm

Thats a very prototypical picture, Type 4 in two tone green, shut down and could we pretend it has failed - with steam coming to the rescue. How often did that happen in the 60's. Perhaps D of G is a bit too clean though, post it in black and white "MOW" for the true effect. Thanks for the memory.

carpetcone · Post by **carpetcone** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:16 am

Ade H wrote:I was on that train. The class 47 was provided/demanded by Network Rail because DoG hadn't conducted any mainline testing subsequent to her recent 'outage'. The diesel was shut down and running as dead weight until the gradients and curves of the Kingswear branch. There the combined weight of carriages and a dead Class 47 got the better of 71000, and the diesel was sparked up to help get the train moving again. On the return run, the 47 was shut down again at Paignton.Ã¡

Is that normal practice? I find it somewhat worrying to hear that a steam loco hadnt undertaken any mainline testing after recent troubles....

mow · Post by **mow** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:53 am

For those of you watching in black and white, the blue is behind the pink.