Guest 743- Registered: 28 Feb 2012
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Guest 743- Registered: 28 Feb 2012
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Guest 743- Registered: 28 Feb 2012
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Guest 743- Registered: 28 Feb 2012
- Posts: 260
Guest 743- Registered: 28 Feb 2012
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Guest 743- Registered: 28 Feb 2012
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Guest 743- Registered: 28 Feb 2012
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Back through again on Saturday not sure on times as yet
Guest 743- Registered: 28 Feb 2012
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http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t13/t0622b.htm
Canterbury Bell Coming through again tomorrow
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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But will it be an hour late again?
I came past Folkestone East this afternoon and was a goods loco with a number of Pullman carriages attached in the sidings (I didn't see what was attached to the other end).
A quick bit of googling found a Victoria to Deal trip.
http://www.orient-express.com/web/uktr/journeys/4_154711.jsp?date=21%20June%202013
On the 27th there's a Canterbury trip which includes "Coach transfer to Folkestone for return journey".
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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Terrific sound of a steam train trailing smoke as it just went up through the town. Shame it was dark.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Was told today that the Golden arrow will be coming through/stopping at Dover on the 2nd May.
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,302
West Coast Railway which operates this and most other rail excursions are currently banned following a near accident, see:-
http://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/2015/04/10/network-rail-wcr-ban-reveals-ongoing-safety-concerns
Several of the forthcoming excursion have been cancelled but not apparently this one. It appears to have been hived off to another company.
I hope its sorted as we're due to go on one in September.
Terry
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Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,302
Before anyone gets too excited the train that Howard mentioned in #51 is cancelled due to the problem I highlighted above.
Terry
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Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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Seems steam trains are back on track.
Next one through Dover 23rd May.
Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
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I was just driving down a very very steep hill on the north Yorkshire moors and came across a closed level crossing. Slowly but surely The Sir Nigel Greeley drove past which I believe has some claim to fame, any one tell me why?
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Really Kenneth! Where have you been? Sir Nigel Gresley designed the most famous A4. Have you not heard about the furore over the duck?
http://www.gresleyduck.org/ Tut tut sir.
Terry (a ferroequineologist)
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Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
- Posts: 513
Terry, why would they name a train after a guy who regulated paper sizes
Ken a prendre de pissoir
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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I've never been one to extract the urine Ken, well not knowingly anyway.
There's a nice picture of Sir Nigel on the front page of the NYMR
http://www.nymr.co.uk/
Terry
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Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
- Posts: 513
Thank you Terry, I have followed both links and l am glad l raised the thread, a wonderful old lady indeed.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Just been told that the Golden Arrow will be passing through Dover Priory at 5. 15 pm today.
