Brixton steam train alert and rail related chat

[Dexter Deadwood]

Again, not steam, but jolly interesting none the less:

http://tracker.geops.ch/?z=10&s=5&lat=51.499766912405946&lon=-0.16204833984375

They seem to be moving faster than in real life.

 

[teuchter]

You can adjust the speed at the bottom.

 

[teuchter]

There will be a steam train this Saturday (17th May) by the way

http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t14/t0517a.htm

 

[Smick]

Sorry to repeatedly ask the same question but any chance of HH or TH?

 

[teuchter]

Sorry to repeatedly ask the same question but any chance of HH or TH?

Same as before I'm afraid - only if it gets diverted at the last minute.

 

[Kevs]

Posh train passing Herne hill right now! Heading north!

 

[teuchter]

It's the UK leg of the Orient Express (we're supposed to call it the "British Pullman" now), goes to Folkestone where the passengers transfer across the channel to the continental Orient Express train which takes them on to Venice.

It also does day trips out of Victoria. Comes through Brixton once or twice most weeks.

 

[Smick]

I spotted a steam train heading through Herne Hill this morning at 10ish. I was outside the Blackbird so saw the smoke only and heard the whistle.

 

[snowy_again]

LOUD NOISES!

Surprisingly loud in fact.

 

[teuchter]

One tomorrow.

12 midday and about 8pm

http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t14/t0628c.htm

 

[teuchter]

It'll be dark but there'll be a steam train this evening, at about 5pm.

 

[teuchter]

If anyone is interested, there'll be one in about an hour from now; about 0950. It will have two black 5s on the front.

 

[Twattor]

If anyone is interested, there'll be one in about an hour from now; about 0950. It will have two black 5s on the front.

Enjoyed seeing the one on 10th. Good spotting teuchter

 

[teuchter]

Last one of 2015 tomorrow (Tuesday).

Through Brixton at about 10am and 3.38pm, in theory at least.

Shame the weather's not looking too great.

t1222a.htm

 

[editor]

Some rail related news: piece on the long vanished old Brixton railway station building here Brixton history: Brixton’s old railway station, a cast iron loo and Branston Pickle

And I this quadruple-header rumbled through Brixton today (Class 66s, I think). In fact it may have even been a quintuple header!

 

[Smick]

Any more steamies coming through Herne Hill teuchter ? My boy is nearly three now and obsessed with Thomas and Friends.

 

[teuchter]

Any more steamies coming through Herne Hill teuchter ? My boy is nearly three now and obsessed with Thomas and Friends.

Not for a while as far as I can see. They have been a bit thin in the ground recently.

 

[teuchter]

Any more steamies coming through Herne Hill teuchter ? My boy is nearly three now and obsessed with Thomas and Friends.

Smick
Tomorrow (Weds 14th) there'll be one passing through Brixton at around 1044. Most likely on the high level line. Not through Herne Hill but Denmark Hill.

If you are in Herne Hill... you could take the short trip one stop down the line to Loughborough Junction. From the platform at Loughborough Junction, looking south you have a good view of the railway viaduct which carries the main line across the Thameslink line and you would be able see the steam train going across that viaduct. It's supposed to be sunny tomorrow.

 

[happyshopper]

Just gone past. Heard it and saw the steam.

 

[teuchter]

indeed it did

 

[organicpanda]

saw it as well, lots of diner carriages

 

[teuchter]

Another very shortly just now, passing through just after 1630

 

[cuppa tee]

Another very shortly just now, passing through just after 1630

one passed through today about 11.00 am as I was riding up towards Brixton Town centre

 

[teuchter]

one passed through today about 11.00 am as I was riding up towards Brixton Town centre

yes, same one returning this evening. It seems to have got stuck somewhere near Bromley at the moment though.

 

[teuchter]

It's on the go again now and will probably go through brixton around 1730-1745.

 

[se5]

It's on the go again now and will probably go through brixton around 1730-1745.

Yes it came through Denmark Hill Station, startling everyone, at about 5:25 this evening

 

[editor]

Coming up:


Saturday, 18th Nov 2017
A note that a steam train will be looping around South London today - something to watch from the sidelines.

Departure will be from London Victoria, taking a route via Clapham Junction, Staines, and Virginia Water.

The rostered locomotive for this trip is the Merchant Navy Pacific 35028 ‘Clan Line’.

Times passing through stations:

Outbound

10:12 - London Victoria
10:29 - Clapham Junction
10:44 - Richmond
11:03 - Staines

Return

16:14 - Staines
16:31 - Richmond
16:43 - Clapham Junction
17:01 - London Victoria

 

[teuchter]

NB. for anyone reading this thread: trains from victoria routed via clapham junction don't come anywhere near Brixton.

 

[editor]

Now here's a handy web page: Beholder: this week in steam

Next steam train - Dec 21
t1208a.htm

Brixton only Beholder: this week in steam

 

[lang rabbie]

NB. for anyone reading this thread: trains from victoria routed via clapham junction don't come anywhere near Brixton.

They do if they are going via a very indirect route (using the curve between Tulse Hill and Streatham Hill normally used only for the Parliamentary train) to then be able to get onto the West London Line at Clapham Junction - as appears to have happened yesterday when I was astonished to see a steam train heading east across Tooting Common that had come through Brixton fifteen minutes earlier.

t1208a.htm