WCML Bullied | 35018 British India Line heads for Strictly Bulleid II ! | 4/6/24
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2024
- Today's video was a little impromptu one but certainly a worthwhile venture! WCR's very own Rebuilt SR Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 No. 35018 'British India Line' is due to appear at the Swanage Railway's 'Strictly Bulleid II" gala which stars many other Bulleid Pacfic locomotives. In order to facilitate her visit, WCR sent her down the WCML to Southall today with a set of Mk1 coaches, which haven't seen use in a long time due to the ongoing CDL dispute with the ORR. She left Steamtown this morning, heading via Preston, Warrington, Crewe (for a water stop), Rugby and Milton Keynes Central and arrived at Southall in the late evening.
To catch her, I headed out at 11:34 from my local, changing at Smethwick Galton Bridge for a service to Liverpool. I alighted at Winsford rather than my planned Hartford because she was getting very close to my train and I was unsure whether the signallers would hold her as planned. She came through at some pace, making quite the scene! After that I headed back to Crewe to inspect the locomotive during her water stop, before grabbing a service to London Euston on board one of Avanti's new Class 805s! A quick change at Stafford saw me meet @harnettyrailways for the journey down to Tamworth, where he alighted at Rugeley. At Tamworth I was quite worried about bowlage, and rightly so, as just as she was due, a 350 pulled into my platform just behind me and an Avanti 805 passed through the centre road! Apologies for the talking in this shot too. After that I headed home.
Thanks to LNWR and Avanti for my train services and thanks to WCR, NR, 35018 and her crew as always for making these scenes possible! I do hope you enjoy as I did.
Great captures Dan. Regards, John
Cheers John, I'm glad you enjoyed them! Regards, Dan
Great video! I saw her at Taplow today.
Fantastic, I hope you enjoyed that! Thank you as always. Regards, Dan
Nice shots thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed! Regards, Dan
A bit more 'adventurous' than i expected Dan but glad you got it OK and the weather improved. Well done mate. Regards, Brian.
Haha thanks Brian, yes I did go a little further afield for this one but I felt it necessary given the rarity of the event lol. Regards, Dan
Fantastic Video 😊
Thank you very much! Regards, Dan
Boy you were lucky with the two trains nearly crossing over each other! 😆 How often do you wait for hours only to have the train blocked by another train going in the other direction?🤷🏽♂️ Great video, thanks so much from Australia!😎
Haha I certainly was! There was a second train going in the other direction which you can't see in the video as well lol! Thankfully I've only had it happen a few times but I've had an awful lot of close shaves lol. Regards, Dan
A long time ago, I went one better and had a ride behind British India Line on the Settle & Carlisle Railway, with my Mum. The best part was riding over Ribblehead Viaduct. Top that if you can.
Sounds fantastic. Sound wise though nothing tops a ride behind a Castle. Regards, Dan