Bank Holiday Trains...

[MiniMan64]

So sitting in my flat yesterday evening with Plymouth station at the end of the street and I hear a loud whistle that definitely doesn't belong to no Virgin Express commuter train so I grabbed my phone and legged it up the street to find this heading off up the main line into the South West...









Sometimes I love living near a station!

Anyone else seen some steam out and about or just me?

[PHmember]

Nice catch, the British Pullman by the looks of it, see here: http://www.orient-express.com/web/uktr/uk_day_trai...

Edited by PHmember on Sunday 2nd May 16:01

[perdu]

It'll never catch on you know

when they get moving quickly any fool mad enough to ride in one will be squashed into the seats by the speed...




Oh sorry, mad flashback time there

It looks lovely

sometimes I wish I lived near a decent station

[thatone1967]

had a similar thing about 5 years ago, was waiting on the platform at Staines when the Flying Scotsman went steaming through!

[hurstg01]

I work right next to the mailine from Basingstoke to Waterloo and often hear the Orient Express (i presume) chuffing by; scares the st out of me as it always whistles just by my office window in Farnborough

[MiniMan64]

Very nice to see it was too and it was interesting to see that they can still pull a crowd as well, there were people lining up all the way up the fence and over the bridge.

I caught this one going through on a weekend last August, nice to see it on the mainline as well as the branchline charities.

[mrmaggit]

If you want to find out what and when anything else might be passing, use www.uksteam.info/tours

As you appear to be near Paddington, you'll find quite a few.