Flying Scotsman return
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Wow he doesn't like the BBC!! https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/user/a_willmore
ecsrobin said:
Wow he doesn't like the BBC!! https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/user/a_willmore
Perhaps someone should submit a Freedom of Information request to the BBC asking how much money they have spent answering questions from Mr Willmore.ecsrobin said:
Wow he doesn't like the BBC!! https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/user/a_willmore
What a strange hobby this guy has. He has to be a Pistonheader!On the cab footage, it was making some fantastic sounds when pulling under load. It certainly didn't seem to be struggling at all to pull the train. Seems a shame to restrict it to 75 mph, I get the feeling it is still capable of quite a lot more, but I guess they would have to do track loading tests before they allowed it to run faster.
Zad said:
On the cab footage, it was making some fantastic sounds when pulling under load. It certainly didn't seem to be struggling at all to pull the train. Seems a shame to restrict it to 75 mph, I get the feeling it is still capable of quite a lot more, but I guess they would have to do track loading tests before they allowed it to run faster.
There didn't to be too many track loading issues when they permitted A4 'Bittern' to run at 90mph in 2013!http://youtu.be/3Ez5og1iFU8
Boatbuoy said:
Zad said:
On the cab footage, it was making some fantastic sounds when pulling under load. It certainly didn't seem to be struggling at all to pull the train. Seems a shame to restrict it to 75 mph, I get the feeling it is still capable of quite a lot more, but I guess they would have to do track loading tests before they allowed it to run faster.
There didn't to be too many track loading issues when they permitted A4 'Bittern' to run at 90mph in 2013!http://youtu.be/3Ez5og1iFU8
Boatbuoy said:
There didn't to be too many track loading issues when they permitted A4 'Bittern' to run at 90mph in 2013!
http://youtu.be/3Ez5og1iFU8
Bloody impressive at pacehttp://youtu.be/3Ez5og1iFU8
rs1952 said:
Boatbuoy said:
Zad said:
On the cab footage, it was making some fantastic sounds when pulling under load. It certainly didn't seem to be struggling at all to pull the train. Seems a shame to restrict it to 75 mph, I get the feeling it is still capable of quite a lot more, but I guess they would have to do track loading tests before they allowed it to run faster.
There didn't to be too many track loading issues when they permitted A4 'Bittern' to run at 90mph in 2013!http://youtu.be/3Ez5og1iFU8
Another reason that the people who stood on the tracks are total spacktards: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Flying-Scotsman-tr...
Europa1 said:
Another reason that the people who stood on the tracks are total spacktards: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Flying-Scotsman-tr...
Knacker of the Yard says "We will be seeking to take action against trespassers on future journeys to ensure that these pass safely and free from disruption."Why just future journeys? They could probably amass enough video, Facebook and Twitter evidence to start prosecution against the original bunch of idiots.
Halmyre said:
Europa1 said:
Another reason that the people who stood on the tracks are total spacktards: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Flying-Scotsman-tr...
Knacker of the Yard says "We will be seeking to take action against trespassers on future journeys to ensure that these pass safely and free from disruption."Why just future journeys? They could probably amass enough video, Facebook and Twitter evidence to start prosecution against the original bunch of idiots.
By all accounts the 8,500 available tickets for this week sold out before Christmas. That's nearly £1/3M of income - Even after NYMR's cut, that's not a bad start at paying off the engineering company's investment. A handy boost to local tourism too. It makes sense running it on the NYMR for a week, if any little problems occur, it will still be close to steam workshops, and less than an hour from York.
YouTube and Flickr already have lots of content from the weekend, so I won't copy anything specific here.
YouTube and Flickr already have lots of content from the weekend, so I won't copy anything specific here.
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