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Post by pauluni on Mar 22, 2019 14:52:04 GMT
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Post by Colin on Mar 22, 2019 15:49:43 GMT
£150 standard class and £180 first class......ouch!
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Post by silenthunter on Mar 22, 2019 20:02:35 GMT
Indeed. I'll save my money for the 5BEL...
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Post by sawb on Mar 23, 2019 10:10:39 GMT
£150 standard class and £180 first class......ouch! Ouch indeed. I can have a much longer main line steam charter trip for that money, possibly two depending on the itinerary and price of the trip or trips concerned.
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Post by rincew1nd on Mar 23, 2019 22:53:24 GMT
£150 standard class and £180 first class......ouch! Ouch indeed. I can have a much longer main line steam charter trip for that money, possibly two depending on the itinerary and price of the trip or trips concerned. But none of the alternate trips would be on the UndergrounD. I suspect that even at these prices the trips will be sold out.
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Post by ducatisti on Mar 25, 2019 9:21:26 GMT
It was a £150 for the met 150 specials. So in real terms it's gone down a bit...
You aren't paying £150 for steam haulage, you are paying £150 for travelling behind an unreliable collection of fire water and rivets over one of the busiest railway lines in the world filled with bits of kit that dislike fire water (and possibly rivets). It's the unlikeliness of that being repeated and the risk of it sitting down that you are paying for.
I did the met 150. I'd do it once, but I'd not worry about doing it again. If you've not done it before, do it. Possibly as good just to be on platform. Ideally an underground refurbished on for max incongruity
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Post by goldenarrow on Mar 25, 2019 10:05:11 GMT
The kettle running through Hammersmith should fit that criteria nicely!
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Post by spsmiler on Mar 26, 2019 21:59:58 GMT
I did the met 150. I'd do it once, but I'd not worry about doing it again. If you've not done it before, do it. Possibly as good just to be on platform. Ideally an underground refurbished on for max incongruityHow about Kings Cross St Pancras? Here the subsurface platforms are fully subterranean and look like they are for real tube trains (ie: not subsurface trains).
I experienced this with some tourists who obviously had just arrived on a Eurostar train; they heard a short whistle as the Underground train entered the platform, picked their suitcases up from the floor and stepped towards the platform edge in eager anticipation ... only to see that the arriving train comprised a fire-breathing kettle on wheels hauling antique passenger carriages that had real passengers in them - and for good measure it was slowing down as if intending to stop!!!
In a way it was a shame that I was filming the train, as the look on their faces of utter astonishment and sheer disbelief was a joy to behold.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2019 16:07:31 GMT
I did the met 150. I'd do it once, but I'd not worry about doing it again. If you've not done it before, do it. Possibly as good just to be on platform. Ideally an underground refurbished on for max incongruityHow about Kings Cross St Pancras? Here the subsurface platforms are fully subterranean and look like they are for real tube trains (ie: not subsurface trains).
I experienced this with some tourists who obviously had just arrived on a Eurostar train; they heard a short whistle as the Underground train entered the platform, picked their suitcases up from the floor and stepped towards the platform edge in eager anticipation ... only to see that the arriving train comprised a fire-breathing kettle on wheels hauling antique passenger carriages that had real passengers in them - and for good measure it was slowing down as if intending to stop!!!
In a way it was a shame that I was filming the train, as the look on their faces of utter astonishment and sheer disbelief was a joy to behold.
This is always the best bit. xD
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Post by ducatisti on Mar 28, 2019 14:32:33 GMT
How about Kings Cross St Pancras? Here the subsurface platforms are fully subterranean and look like they are for real tube trains (ie: not subsurface trains). I experienced this with some tourists who obviously had just arrived on a Eurostar train; they heard a short whistle as the Underground train entered the platform, picked their suitcases up from the floor and stepped towards the platform edge in eager anticipation ... only to see that the arriving train comprised a fire-breathing kettle on wheels hauling antique passenger carriages that had real passengers in them - and for good measure it was slowing down as if intending to stop!!!
In a way it was a shame that I was filming the train, as the look on their faces of utter astonishment and sheer disbelief was a joy to behold.
This is always the best bit. xD That was where I watched one of the runs on the met 150 (also did Farringdon, I meant to do one at Baker Street, but didn't as I ran out of time)
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Post by pauluni on Jun 18, 2019 12:00:04 GMT
I understand that the Chesham set from Bluebell Railway arrived at West Ruislip yesterday, for this weekends steam trips.
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Post by castlebar on Jun 18, 2019 12:11:25 GMT
Yes, the Chesham set was photo'd yesterday en route to West Ruislip both at Crowborough and at West Ealing junction for this. There were probably more photos taken but not seen any others yet.
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Post by Chris M on Jun 18, 2019 12:43:23 GMT
Yes, the Chesham set was photo'd yesterday en route to West Ruislip both at Crowborough and at West Ealing junction for this. There were probably more photos taken but not seen any others yet. Indeed, there is one on Facebook taken at Streatham Common ( link for those with an account).
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Post by norbitonflyer on Jun 18, 2019 14:57:41 GMT
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Post by 35b on Jun 18, 2019 21:10:05 GMT
Yes, the Chesham set was photo'd yesterday en route to West Ruislip both at Crowborough and at West Ealing junction for this. There were probably more photos taken but not seen any others yet. Are you sure it was Crowborough - surely the move didn’t need to go via the Uckfield branch?
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Post by castlebar on Jun 18, 2019 21:25:37 GMT
A photo is stated to be at "Crowborough Junction" on the net this morning
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Post by 35b on Jun 19, 2019 21:23:51 GMT
Fair enough
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Post by philthetube on Jun 20, 2019 6:52:46 GMT
The Chesham Set, along with Sarah Sidddona and a liveried class 20 were at Watford Met Yesterday (19/06) around 3.pm
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Post by goldenarrow on Jun 20, 2019 15:31:51 GMT
South London Railway Photography's video of two veteran growlers, one diesel and one electric out yesterday on the Southbound Fast passing Northwick Park, the Northbound Main before Harrow North Junction, the Croxley side of the Watford triangle and the Southbound departure from Watford.
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Post by MoreToJack on Jun 20, 2019 16:58:19 GMT
Not sure who’s video it is, but Sarah Siddons is nothing to do with the LTM, and including it is inappropriate. The locomotive remains part of the London Underground Limited owned Heritage Fleet as part of capital stock, and is crewed and operated by LUL. The only involvement of the LTM is as a promoter/booking agent.
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Post by roverlei on Jun 22, 2019 10:15:51 GMT
Hi
At Acton right now. Rumour as at 1115h that engine is at Ruislip still with a fault. Any intel? I know it's not strictly District, but close enough!
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Post by MoreToJack on Jun 22, 2019 10:20:43 GMT
The steam consist remains at Ruislip siding. Rule 7.1 applies here; we don't allow timings or discussion of unusual train movements precisely because things like this can happen!
7.1 (Unusual Train Movements) This forum does not actively encourage the posting of the timings for unusual train movements for the following reasons: - (7.1a) The information is usually available only within documents marked 'for internal use only'
- (7.1b) The timings can never be guaranteed - in fact these sort of movements often don't happen at the times published, if at all
- (7.1c) Making the details of such movements public could cause issues with unplanned overcrowding at stations or other locations
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Post by toby on Jun 23, 2019 8:21:37 GMT
Can we talk about the timings of the past? It was different to plan so I have to make do with twitter.
great thread
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Post by spsmiler on Jun 23, 2019 8:38:14 GMT
The Saturday may have started late but in the end the train almost recovered much of the delay.
Soemthing that struck me when out yesterday is just how little I know about the District Railway coach - from what I recall when it first appeared on the scene (quite a few years ago!) there were questions on its authenticity.
Its a shame that Central Line engineering works prevents me (and many other people) from travelling direct to Ealing Broadway.
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Post by MoreToJack on Jun 23, 2019 19:24:13 GMT
Can we talk about the timings of the past? Now the event is out of the way I don't see any reason why we can't talk about the timings - the train ran between 60 and 90 minutes late all day due to an issue on departure from Ruislip Depot. However, please no discussion of the incident itself which led to the late departure. Let's focus on the success of the event, which could so easily have been cancelled.
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Post by tjw on Jun 23, 2019 20:19:57 GMT
Something that struck me when out yesterday is just how little I know about the District Railway coach - from what I recall when it first appeared on the scene (quite a few years ago!) there were questions on its authenticity. This may help, preservation.kesr.org.uk/coaching-stock/no-100
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Post by superteacher on Jun 23, 2019 20:40:49 GMT
Was watching the tennis at Queens Club on TV earlier, and heard a steam train. Presumably the one which is the subject of this thread!
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Post by gantshill on Jun 23, 2019 21:13:35 GMT
I was at Earl's Court with the other half at 2pm and we stood on the high level walkway with about half a dozen others. There was no attempt to move us on (thank you) and it was a good vantage point where we didn't get in the way of real passengers. The train had to wait in the platform for a couple of minutes so I managed to go to the front of the platform and get a photo and then I took some final photographs at the top of the stairs watching the train depart for West Kensington.
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Post by spsmiler on Jun 23, 2019 21:22:33 GMT
Was watching the tennis at Queens Club on TV earlier, and heard a steam train. Presumably the one which is the subject of this thread! Isn't the tennis in Eastbourne?
btw, I attended Steam On The District - it was a fantastic event, long awaited and very much enjoyed - by me, and by the many hundreds who attended or just happened to be at the right place at the right time.
As an ordinary person who is not involved in train operations, the LTM museum or any of the other bodies which were involved, I will never truly get to know of the volume of planning work that went into making this event a reality. But, I can and do express my appreciation for all the toil involved.
It was a shame for the people who intended to ride the train but were also on very tight schedules on Saturday morning, and hence missed out on their rides. It must also have been frustrating for people who were waiting at linesides and station platforms for the trains which eventually came but much later than expected. Hopefully no-one using Oyster PAYG had 'journey time limit issues' which caused them to be charged for incomplete journeys.
But for everyone else, it was just a lovely event, albeit tinged with sadness because it might never be possible to repeat it.
I've returned home with a mountain of footage, admittedly not just of the steam train, and its going to take all evening to sort out. Some footage may not be seen for a few years, as I also took with me my 3D film camera (35mm film - 4x half frame images per 3D photograph) which I have had since the 1980's and on which I have filmed many types of Underground train.
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Post by spsmiler on Jun 23, 2019 21:28:14 GMT
I was at Earl's Court with the other half at 2pm and we stood on the high level walkway with about half a dozen others. There was no attempt to move us on (thank you) and it was a good vantage point where we didn't get in the way of real passengers. The train had to wait in the platform for a couple of minutes so I managed to go to the front of the platform and get a photo and then I took some final photographs at the top of the stairs watching the train depart for West Kensington. I was on the platform and saw quite a few people up there - at least one person had a large camera with an even larger tripod, even though it was not a platform I assume this was 'with permission'.
I jumped on the following Ealing Broadway train and then switched to a Piccadilly line train - which almost caught up the steam train - had we been given a clear run in to Acton Town we would have even reached it. Instead I just managed to see the back of Sarah Siddons when looking forwards on a curved section of track.
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