Narrowgauge725
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Just spotted this on YouTube Blue Peter in Steam I wonder how long before it is on the mainline?
Something going on today at SVR , loco in steam and LSL stock in platform with bubble car 55022. Been watching on YouTube railcam.Does anyone know what dates and times blue Peter is testing on svr?
Probably class 47 and Hoskings plush stock in Kidderminster at the moment to see Blue Peter.something went up there from Crewe yesterday and is due back off at 1400 ish today
BP running round the bubble car at Highley.BP has departed Kidderminster on a test run up the line with passengers in the bubble car.
It's a very interesting subject and is open to all sort of stories and theories.Let's hope it is given a driver who knows how to close the regulator when it slips...
Is there anything particularly meaningful about this loco, other than the colour? I have no problem with that, as I think it looks stunning in blue.
I seem to recall it was in a bad derailment in the 1950s but preserved in the late 60s to much applause via BBC TV programme Blue Peter.Is there anything particularly meaningful about this loco, other than the colour? I have no problem with that, as I think it looks stunning in blue.
Laurencekirk 4/8/1951, where 60532 ended up laying on its left hand side. The loco entered Doncaster works for 3 weeks on 14/8/51 for a casual repair, but is more remembered for the Durham wheelslip incident in 1994.I seem to recall it was in a bad derailment in the 1950s but preserved in the late 60s to much applause via BBC TV programme Blue Peter.
It's an LSL loco, so presumably the Crewe pool.Will Blue Peter just be allocated to the Carnforth pool, or are there plans for it to travel around the country a bit to other depots?
Does anyone know what dates and times blue Peter is testing on svr?
Is the size of the driving wheels the only real difference between the A1 and the A2?
Footage of the October 1994 Durham incident, shot by someone at the rear of the train. Truly horrendous, no matter the cause. Can't imagine how devastated her volunteers and owning group were when this happened.
She's looking incredible now though. BR Express Blue really suits her (as it did Tornado).
Assume you mean the Peppercorn A2s! Only six of these engines, including 60532, had double chimneys and in that form there was no real difference to the A1s. Only the driving wheel diameter, spacing and various components dependent on these dimensions differed.Is the size of the driving wheels the only real difference between the A1 and the A2?
Blue Peter on light test run today from Kidderminster S.V.R. back to crewe with a support coach and D6051 to Crewe videos on mainline steam specials around the U.K. Facebook. (Have to sign up on site to view videos on this Facebook page)Now at Crewe and expected to attempt the Chester/Shrewsbury test loop on thursday.