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Michael Ashworth posted an update 6 weeks ago
Just been looking at a couple of rail tours doing the Settle to Carlisle, one did appear briefly on here yesterday but then disappeared, and there is on listed for tomorrow but there is not service showing in real time trains, does anyone know what is happening.
If they are putting Tangmere on the service it will be an evens bet that it will…
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Hi Michael. We are just getting confirmation, but i think tomorrow’s Dalesman has been cancelled at short notice. Will update when we get any info.
As for electrical problems, to allow a steam engine to run on the mainline today, there are a lot of electricals that are running for the likes of signalling
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Whilst I don’t know all the electrics of the WC Class, the loco’s lighting could be affected.
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Looks like I will have to go to the ELR to get my steam fix, as in 9 day they are having there steam gala.
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clive BRretired posted an update 6 weeks ago
Silver on the up! But VAT spoils it? Gold goes through the roof this morning at £2,007 an ounce or $2665 US Dollars! So what price coal for Heritage, They only take a very small amount, But with a large steel plant closing coal burning furnaces this very day and high quality arc steel production some way away? Then imported loss must be…
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Clive I love your sense of humour, I know how they make steel from cast iron (they add carbon) so if they stop using coal where is the carbon content coming from, the dirty coal imported from many miles away is going to create far more CO2 than if we mined it in the UK, so the new Arc plant will create more CO2 than the old one!!!???
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clive BRretired posted an update 6 weeks ago
(Nostalgic) But must be said) Dos Castles (I’ve a small place in Spain so i must practice the lingo)! So i get to think of my cleaner to firing days and sat on my eight wheel banker discussing the latest Cuban crisis when in comes King Edward or King Henry the V1 whose driver navigates red cow crossing and i always get a wave .from its…
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Cant Edit out half that stuff i write now! (With this new system)? Think what i tried to say was how do Steam tours turn engines for their return from Plymouth!
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I was 15yr old cleaner with oil n parafin bucket and cotton waste! (65 odd yr ago)), Never get them to todays high standard though! Hats off to them that do!
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 6 weeks ago
#6a91 #civilengineering #train m #freightliner #class66 #diesellocomotive #66510 #rishton #station
https://youtube.com/shorts/0DzlW8RffDQ?feature=share
The 6A91 Civil Engineering train service running from Bradley Wood Junction to Carlisle North Yard was operated by Freightliner Class 66 Diesel Locomotive Number 66510 and was seen speeding…
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 6 weeks ago
Engineering Train Speeding Through Rishton Railway Station 29/09/2024
The 6A91 Civil Engineering train service running from Bradley Wood Junction to Carlisle North Yard was operated by Freightliner Class 66 Diesel Locomotive Number 66510 and was seen speeding through Rishton Railway Station on the East Lancashire…
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baywick posted an update 6 weeks ago
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No. 35028 emerges from Harbour Tunnel (Dover) on its return to London while working the Belmond ‘Golden Age of travel by Steam’ Pullman last Thursday the 26th September.
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Nice feature….😊
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 6 weeks ago
#huncoat #levelcrossing #northern #dmu #class150 #class156 #class195 #station #railway #nightime
https://youtube.com/shorts/_XJMK1iqDWs?feature=share
I spent a while at Huncoat Station near Accrington on the East Lancashire Line on a cold evening on the 27th of September 2024.
The 2N96 passenger service running from Manchester Victoria to…
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 6 weeks ago
#2N59 #rochdale #clitheroe #class150 #class156 #150115 #2J29 #150138 #156411 #dasiyfield #northern
https://youtube.com/shorts/SokUT3354PY?feature=share
The 2N59 passenger service running from Rochdale to Clitheroe was operated by Northern class 150 Diesel Multiple Unit number 150115.
The 2J29 passenger service running from Clitheroe to Rochdale…
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 6 weeks ago
#levelcrossing #freight #6f69 #ribblehead #tuebrook #sidings #liverpool #class60 60002 #blackburn
https://youtube.com/shorts/oOCY-VnD0Z4?feature=share
The level crossing at Dasiyfield Junction was shut twice for freight trains to safely pass over the road on a sunny 27th of September 2024.
The first time was to allow for the 6F69 Freight…
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 6 weeks ago
#levelcrossing #freight #6k05 #carlisle #basfordhall #crewe #drs #class66 #66427 #blackburn #train
https://youtube.com/shorts/xc-vLi2O7YE?feature=share
The level crossing at Dasiyfield Junction was shut twice for freight trains to safely pass over the road on a sunny 27th of September 2024.
The 6K05 Freight Service running from Carlisle North Yard…
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