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Torbay Express 2012 season
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:11 pm
by free2grice
70000 Britannia is now rostered for the first of the Torbay Express charters on Sunday, 1st July. Loco to run from Southall to Bristol on Saturday (prov).
Thanks to uksteam for the info. <BJ>
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:13 am
by free2grice
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:00 pm
by Rich_Eason
Brill...now who wants to take bets on what the weather is going to be doing?
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:38 am
by free2grice
Rich_Eason wrote:Brill...now who wants to take bets on what the weather is going to be doing?
Nearly every photograph I've ever seen of the Torbay Express is always taken in beautiful sunshine. I know it's unlikely, but let's hope that the weather will be different this coming Sunday and there will be some clouds in the sky .....or even rain!!
Only joking. <BJ>
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:51 am
by mow
Snow, hail, and howling gales forecast for Sunday...in my dreams.
Looks as if it will be fine at the moment.
Met Office site now has probability of precipitation c. 5% chance of rain.
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:57 pm
by Rich_Eason
mow wrote:
Met Office site now has probability of precipitation c. 5% chance of rain.
I'll hold you to that Mike
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:21 pm
by mow
I've changed my surname by deed poll, to Fish.
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:55 am
by Geoffers
Also on Sunday the Weymouth Seaside Express is scheduled, leaving from the other end of BTM just a few minutes earlier!
http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t12/t0701b.htm
light engine move
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:52 pm
by chippy
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:18 pm
by Rich_Eason
In failing light and an approaching shower...
70000 'Britannia', Yatton, Bristol by
Richard Eason, on Flickr
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:41 pm
by mow
Showers, what showers, there is no rain in Somerset.
Another Tanks, what tanks...there are no American tanks in Baghdad evening.
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:08 pm
by Rich_Eason
Yeap just as left it rained all the way between Yatton and the M5!
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:40 am
by free2grice
mow wrote:Met Office site now has probability of precipitation c. 5% chance of rain.
I'm sure that the 5% of precipitation fell on me at Flax Bourton. I was soaked.
Well worth it though to see the Brit ....and adorned with the old GWR reporting numbers. <BJ>
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:15 am
by Geoffers
mow wrote:Showers, what showers, there is no rain in Somerset.
Another Tanks, what tanks...there are no American tanks in Baghdad evening.
I watched both day trips leaving BTM, armed with my camera, and it started to rain on both occasions!
Here's some footage, not the greatest, but somebody had to do it ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMpOYGsh4_A
Re: Torbay Express 2012 season
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:07 am
by free2grice
70000 Britannia is now rostered for the second of the Torbay Express charters on Sunday, 8th July.