Brixton steam train alert and rail related chat

[teuchter]

There'll be another one on Saturday. It'll come through at about 9.15am and back again at about 9.15pm.
Times:
http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t12/t1215a.htm

 

[teuchter]

Tomorrow (Tues 19th) - Tornado through brixton around 10am
http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t13/t0319a.htm

 

[editor]

Just saw a loco puffing through Brixton pulling a rake of Pullman coaches. Lovely, it was.

 

[teuchter]

Tornado through tomorrow (19th)

http://www.steamdreams.com/executables/GT410WebContent.exe?ActionCode=Timings

 

[Frumious B.]

Tornado through tomorrow (19th)

http://www.steamdreams.com/executables/GT410WebContent.exe?ActionCode=Timings

How can you tell from the link that it will go to London?

 

[teuchter]

How can you tell from the link that it will go to London?

Ah, sorry, you need to click on the tab at the top that says "Canterbury to Salisbury". That's the one that will come through.

 

[Frumious B.]

Ah, sorry, you need to click on the tab at the top that says "Canterbury to Salisbury". That's the one that will come through.

Aha! Brixton 11.04! Can't wait.

 

[teuchter]

Aha! Brixton 11.04! Can't wait.

and again at about 2045.

 

[Frumious B.]

Where's the best viewing point? Which of the lines does it use?

 

[editor]

I haven't got such a good view any more since Brixton Square and the Viaduct reared their ugly heads across the Brixton skyline.

 

[teuchter]

Where's the best viewing point? Which of the lines does it use?

It looks like in the morning it will be on the low-level lines so will come past the station (not on the lines with the platforms on, the ones that face the rec. If you go and stand at the Victoria-bound end of the station you should be able to see it. In the evening it will be on the high-level lines which cross over the station.

These things can change though so it's not guaranteed... will post any relevant updates tomorrow.

I've noticed by the way you get quite a good view from upstairts in tkmaxx, although you won't get sound effects there

 

[teuchter]

Wandsworth Road station is a very good viewing point. Not too handy to get there from Brixton though.

 

[Crispy]

Wandsworth Road station is a very good viewing point. Not too handy to get there from Brixton though.

Denmark Hill station might be even better, as you can watch from the bridge.

 

[teuchter]

Denmark Hill station might be even better, as you can watch from the bridge.

Denmark Hill's Ok but Wandsworth Rd is better. There's a footbridge there, and you get a longer view in both directions, including towards Victoria with Battersea power station in the background. It would also be a good place to see the return leg because the train will be climbing up the bank that comes up from the Clapham Junction/West London Line.

classic London trainspotting view! You won't see the Eurostar there these days though, of course.

 

[Crispy]

You're entirely right

God those trains are long aren't they?

 

[teuchter]

They are for the UK. Although I think the caledonian sleepers (for the southern half of their journeys before they split into sections) are still the longest passenger trains in the country.

 

[editor]

I miss the rumble of the Eurostar trains going by. And the even bigger of Concorde.

 

[Crispy]

They are for the UK. Although I think the caledonian sleepers (for the southern half of their journeys before they split into sections) are still the longest passenger trains in the country.

Eurostar is longer I think. 20 carriages vs 16 for the sleeper.

 

[teuchter]

Eurostar is longer I think. 20 carriages vs 16 for the sleeper.

A BR Mk3 coach is 23m long though, vs 19m for a Eurostar carriage, so it must be pretty close.

 

[Frumious B.]

I can't believe you're talking metres. In a train thread all dimensions must be to the nearest millimetre. Except for vintage British stock, which must be to the nearest thou.

 

[19sixtysix]

Eurostar is longer I think. 20 carriages vs 16 for the sleeper.

18 for sleeper I think. I've been in coach A, furtherest from Euston when heading north. It's a long walk.

 

[fortyplus]

18 for sleeper I think. I've been in coach A, furtherest from Euston when heading north. It's a long walk.

Fort William?

 

[teuchter]

There are two sleepers each night, one for Glasgow/Edinburgh and one for Aberdeen/Inverness/Fort William.

 

[fortyplus]

There are two sleepers each night, one for Glasgow/Edinburgh and one for Aberdeen/Inverness/Fort William.

I have taken the Fort William one a few times. It's that far down the platform you think you've walked all the bloody way to the Highlands.

 

[teuchter]

I have taken the Fort William one a few times.

Without question the best rail journey in the UK.

 

[fortyplus]

Without question the best rail journey in the UK.

When it had a traditional breakfast car. Porridge, a full fry-up and wonky toast, linen table-cloths, as the moor of Rannoch trundled by outside... It's still ace, and if you can carry on as far as Mallaig...

 

[19sixtysix]

Fort William?

Glasgow. They split the train at carstairs on way up.

 

[teuchter]

Aha! Brixton 11.04! Can't wait.

Latest news suggests it's got a diesel on the front. And worse, a 66

Not sure why

 

[Frumious B.]

I overslept anyway. What did I miss?

 

[teuchter]

Not much as it had a diesel on the front (with Tornado coupled behind). However I think it'll be under steam power for the return leg this evening.