Train spotters - Steam Train going thro Brixton

[Loupylou]

I've posted a new thread under transport section, but thought I'd let fellow Brixton dwellers know about it.
http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t07/t1027c.htm

It goes through Brixton station at 08.43 and 19.53 tomorrow - Saturday 27 Oct

see you on the platform !

 

[bluestreak]

might lean out me window and watch the evening one. if i remember.

 

[playghirl]

might lean out me window and watch the evening one. if i remember.

Fenian you need to do the same.....butCAREFULLY!!!!

 

[davesgcr]

Morning one more likely to be on time !

They tend to run late being "specials" (normal service trains get priority in the event of late running so they get "regulated" accordingly - thats railway jargon for "prioritisation" )

Should be nice and atmospheric though ..........

 

[Loupylou]

Thanks for the tip

 

[Dante]

I think it was this one i saw on wednesday going through Herne Hill. I'd just come out of the dentist and it gave me a nice lift. Something quite impressive about steam trains.

 

[goldengraham]

Nice one

Took my Thomas-obsessed toddler along to see it go through Herne Hill on Saturday morning - he's hardly stopped talking about it since...

 

[editor]

I saw it puffing back through Brixton last night. It looked way cool.

 

[Loupylou]

Well I went down there with a mate (to Brixton stn.) and it came thro at about 8.15 p.m. We thought maybe we'd have to wait ages longer or it had been cancelled ?
Then suddenly - that unmistakeable sound - cuffachuffachuffachuffa...WOOAWOO!!
I went pelting back down the platfom to my friend, squeaking it's coming !! and the guys in the engine room must have been surprised that there were people down there waving at them like mad people !
The train was packed.
I am now a confirmed (steam) train spotter and am gonna go down there again when a steam train passes thro' it was great, it made my heart sing !

 

[Loupylou]

Nice one

Took my Thomas-obsessed toddler along to see it go through Herne Hill on Saturday morning - he's hardly stopped talking about it since...

I know how he feels ! It's a lovely thing to take a kid to (and is free). hope you saw the website above in my 1st post where they list the trains and their journeys.

 

[lang rabbie]

Given the rates they charge for the excursions, maybe they could pay Brixtonians to dress up in character:

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Are there normal trains that do that route from brixton to east croydon in that number of stops?

 

[Loupylou]

Given the rates they charge for the excursions, maybe they could pay Brixtonians to dress up in character:

Yeah my mate was gonna rip her skirt off a la Jenny Agutter - luckily she decided not to cos at first she mistook a Diesel train for the steam train

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

What engine was it?

 

[Roadkill]

What engine was it?

It was a Black Five, 45407, according to uksteam.info.

 

[Spion]

One of my fave classes. There's one sometimes comes past my place on Leeds-Carlisle runs, I think

Preferred the Stanier 2-8-0s tho

 

[davesgcr]

Sorry to be anorakish - but for the priniples of correctness.....

You would not have normally seen a Black 5 or a Stanier 2-8-0 on the old Southern Railway....

Who cares - its great to see a working "kettle" on the main line !