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Title: Cathedrals Express London to Cardiff 10th Sept Post by: Rob on the hill on September 08, 2015, 11:17:57 http://www.steamdreams.co.uk/Executables/GT436TourCalendar.exe?ActionCode=TP&WebBookno=8655534&SS=SDSVR01&DB=SteamDreams&Division=A&bookingtype=T&date5=42257&Tour=71727&Route=1&Adults=2&Children=0&Infants=0
Must be the first steam-hauled tour along this route for a while? Title: Re: Cathedrals Express London to Cardiff 10th Sept Post by: patch38 on September 08, 2015, 12:46:38 Interestingly, the timetable hasn't shown up on UK Steam Info (as of 13:00 on Tuesday 08 Sep) yet:
http://www.uksteam.info/tours/trs15.htm#twk (http://www.uksteam.info/tours/trs15.htm#twk) Title: Re: Cathedrals Express London to Cardiff 10th Sept Post by: Rob on the hill on September 09, 2015, 10:32:07 Timings being added to Steam Dream website. No pick-up now from Swindon on outward journey:
http://www.steamdreams.com/executables/GT410WebContent.exe?ActionCode=Timings Title: Re: Cathedrals Express London to Cardiff 10th Sept Post by: ChrisB on September 09, 2015, 12:55:43 Rather a rip off from Swindon - no suggestion of only paying the lower Gloucester-Cardiff fee having to travel on service train from Swindon to pick up the train....
And no return timings after Earley either...does it get lost in the Winnersh Triangle? Title: Re: Cathedrals Express London to Cardiff 10th Sept Post by: patch38 on September 09, 2015, 14:43:46 Bad news - now postponed due to 'gauging and locomotive issues'.
Title: Re: Cathedrals Express London to Cardiff 10th Sept Post by: Rob on the hill on September 09, 2015, 16:44:18 From Steam Dreams website:
"Postponed due to gauging issues and locomotive withdrawal Tomorrow^s trip has been postponed following news received earlier today from West Coast Railways that Network Rail have been unable to satisfy the gauging requirements for the Duchess of Sutherland despite the fact that it has been run on all of this route within the last year. In addition Tangmere, our reserve loco, may be withdrawn from service when it gets back from a trip that it is on today due to problems with its boiler that require immediate attention. We are in the process of contacting all passengers booked on this tour to notify them of the situation. We will also be writing to all passengers booked on this trip in the coming days." This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |