Brixton steam train alert and rail related chat

[Crispy]

Where did you take that from?

Top floor of the Rec, above reception I think

 

[editor]

Bastard phone went off so I only managed a couple of scrambled shots - and then a bastard ugly modern train got in the way.

 

[teuchter]

editor, how far along the line to the east can you see? Can you see as far as the junction at Cambria Rd?

 

[Janh]

Where did you take that from?

I was on the uppermost steps of the Rec Centre lining up my picture for the high line, only to have to shift suddenly for the lower line.

 

[teuchter]

Tangmere doing Victoria-Hastings and back tomorrow (Wednesday) again. Looks like it'll be the same timings through Brixton as last time - 1052 and 1606.

 

[editor]

Cheers. I'll try and get a better pic this time!

 

[teuchter]

T -60mins

 

[London_Calling]

Roger that!

It'll be coming past the bottom of the garden, so if I can get a shot through the gweenery and schubbery .....

 

[teuchter]

Same Southern unit that got in the way of editor's pictures last time screwed up mine this time

 

[editor]

Same Southern unit that got in the way of editor's pictures last time screwed up mine this time

I saw that one coming and mumbled a fair bit. Happily I managed to get some better shots this time - enough to make a little feature:

http://www.urban75.org/blog/brixton...f-a-battle-of-britain-class-steam-locomotive/

 

[teuchter]

One good thing about the colder weather is that the steam looks more impressive.

 

[teuchter]

There's an error in your feature by the way -

The train was carrying the headboard for the London to Paris Night Ferry, an exotic sounding service that ran from 1936 to 1994 (when it was replaced by services through the Channel Tunnel).

The night ferry service was withdrawn in 1980, well before the opening of the channel.

Also, to be pedantic, there was no "replacement" for the night services when the chunnel opened, because the Nightstar trains that were supposed to run never actually materialised.

 

[editor]

Updated the feature. Ta.

 

[Janh]

 

[teuchter]

TWO steam trains through Brixton this Friday (11th)

1) Tornado, passing eastbound 1029 on the way from Northampton to Canterbury, then returning about 1952 (so in the dark)

2) Tangmere again, outward from Waterloo to Deal at 1110, return about 1652

So Tangmere will be somewhere just east of Brixton at 11:11:11 on the 11/11/11.

 

[teuchter]

* T-30

 

[editor]

*T-4 mins

 

[editor]

Oh yes. Nuff steam!

 

[teuchter]

Slightly disappointing lack of steam as it passed me.

 

[RoyReed]

There was enough steam here (rail way bridge on Larkhill Rise)

 

[editor]

It was well misty from my viewpoint:

http://www.urban75.org/blog/tornado-steam-loco-powers-dramatically-through-brixton/

 

[teuchter]

T-10 for the next one

Think it'll be coming on the other pair of lines (ie the lower level bridge through Brixton)

 

[Brixton Hatter]

cheers for the pics

nice to see that FIFA let them put a poppy wreath on the front of the train

 

[Brixton Hatter]

so has anyone actually been on a steam train through Brixton? Is it expensive? I think they start from Victoria as I remember the trains being prepared there on Friday mornings at 9am from when I used to get the train to work.

 

[Crispy]

http://www.steamdreams.com/Executables/GT436TourCalendar.exe?ActionCode=TC

£85 adult, £72 child

 

[editor]

I'm loving this!

http://www.urban75.org/blog/christm...-as-two-steam-locos-pass-in-quick-succession/

 

[teuchter]

 

[RoyReed]

 

[teuchter]

^ you've caught the Orient Express in that one too!

 

[RoyReed]

Is that what it was - I know fuck all about trains. Here's a couple more of it.