Bath Spa Expresses

mow · Post by **mow** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:39 pm

Torbay Express people are running trips to Bath from Poole.

http://www.torbayexpress.co.uk/index.ph ... thSpa.html

3, 17 & 31 August
14 & 28 September
5 October

Locos listed for this run are BR Pacific 70000 Britannia and LNER Pacific 4492 Dominion of New Zealand (Bittern 60019)

chippy · Post by **chippy** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:55 pm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/byjr/6052742989/

horace · Post by **horace** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:40 pm

Britannia broken down at Westbury on return, coaches just gone through Wylye at 19:35 pulled by a EWS class 66.

mow · Post by **mow** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:10 pm

On the way to Bristol.

Must have been only a couple of feet away from Chippy, and didn't know it.

On the way back.

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:50 am

Britannia ran out of steam at Warminster, according to Network Rail control. Problems with injectors and a visit from the fire brigade to provide much-needed water to prevent an explosion, allegedly.

free2grice · Post by **free2grice** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:22 pm

Mitch wrote:.....problems with injectors

You can see the problem evolving by studying the photograph at Claverton. By Warminster the water had all but disappeared. <BJ>

chippy · Post by **chippy** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:53 pm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/byjr/6100579672/

stopblock · Post by **stopblock** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:25 pm

There is another question going around the Traincrew that worked it. Who turned on the ashpan sprinkler and failed to turn it off. Although the fireman who worked it to Bath siad that it shouldnt have used all the water up.

mow · Post by **mow** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:33 am

The train appears to arrive earlier on Wednesday.

http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t11/t0914a.htm

Bradford Jc 10:55
Bathampton Jc 11:09
Bath Spa a 11:14 d 11:17
Bristol T M a 11:37

Return run.

Bristol T M d 15:35
Bath Spa a 15:52 d 15:54
Bathampton Jc 16:00
Bradford Jc 16:12

free2grice · Post by **free2grice** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:19 pm

mow wrote:The train appears to arrive earlier on Wednesday.

I believe that the timings are identical to the last Bath Spa Express on 31st August. <BJ>

chippy · Post by **chippy** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:40 pm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/byjr/6147110771/

BristleGWR · Post by **BristleGWR** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:58 pm

Robin Summerhill · Post by **Robin Summerhill** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:16 pm

What happened?? The A4 doesn't look particularly "lively"!!

Edited to add - I've just looked at Chippy's caption on his photograph .... ran out of coal. That's not the first time thats happened to an A4 in this neck of the woods

mow · Post by **mow** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:30 pm

mow · Post by **mow** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:36 pm

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