60163 'Tornado'. Ipswich to Bristol. 1st Dec. 2012

[free2grice]

60163 'Tornado' passed Corston at 14:01 after a reported 13 min stop at Bath.

Not certain but appeared to be load 14. <BJ>

[free2grice]

Posted at 14:58 pm by Matt Ryder. ''The empty stock from the kettle tour has brake problems and is stuck outside Bristol East Depot blocking the line''.

''Just been shunted into the sidings, delays of around 30 minutes to passanger services stuck behind on the down main''.

[free2grice]

60163 'Tornado' reported running at approx 75 mph through Swindon overtaking the 1Z73 hauled by 6201 'Princess Elizabeth' on a Worcester-Padd charter. <BJ>

[Robin Summerhill]

60163 'Tornado' reported running at approx 75 mph through Swindon overtaking the 1Z73 hauled by 6201 'Princess Elizabeth' on a Worcester-Padd charter. <BJ>

Totally off topic, but whilst "delivering Christmas" to the grandchildren at various points bewteen Wiltshire and Coventy today, I was held at the crossing gates at Ashcott-under-Wychwood station as 6201 went through on its way to Worcester.

As I very rarely bother to check what's going up the North Cotswold line it came as something of a shock!

[horace]

60163 'Tornado' reported running at approx 75 mph through Swindon overtaking the 1Z73 hauled by 6201 'Princess Elizabeth' on a Worcester-Padd charter. <BJ>

I hope somebody photographed it.

[free2grice]

I hope somebody photographed it.

Even better, video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weH1je6sDfk

Filmed by James at SVN. <BJ>

[horace]

fantastic, must be 50 years since that last happened.

[free2grice]

Not from our neck of the woods but I thought that you would enjoy it all the same. <BJ>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niR9TwUglXI