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Topic : Tornado - the loco |
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| tolpuddle |
i have heard that Tornado will be steaming through Steeton and Silsden on Saturday morning. If true does anyone know the time. Heard a steam whistle a couple of Saturdays back so obviously steams hauled excursions do come this way. never seen one yet though. |
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| greengrass |
Do not walk round steeton and sisden in your mac  |
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| Dave |
Info can be found here - although they don't always put the times up until after the event for 'elf and saftey. www.uksteam.info/tours/index.htm |
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| pgp001 |
According to the A1ST website. www.a1steam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=148 Running both Saturday and Sunday. Departs Leeds 9:30am arrives Skipton 10:15am. Return journey around 8 to 9pm |
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| Cobbydale Man |
I was at Whitby a few weeks ago and travelled to Pickering on a train pulled by the 'Sir Nigel Gresley'. My Dad said he cabbed it at Keighley station in the late 1950's. What was all that about? |
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| Dave |
this post has been edited 1 time(s) Tornado due into Keighley at 11:39 and Skipton 11:54 on Saturday, 10:42 and 10:58 on Sunday. Saturdays times www.uksteam.info/tours/t09/t1003a.htm Sundays times www.uksteam.info/tours/t09/t1004a.htm |
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| alan |
Wonder if you're gonna post any pics Dave? Was going to go out Saturday and take some but I was a wimp with the wind and rain  |
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| skippy |
whats wrong alan ? lost your anorak  |
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| alan |
Nope still got it I'm still a fully fledged anorak........  |
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| Dave |
quoteWonder if you're gonna post any pics Dave? Was going to go out Saturday and take some but I was a wimp with the wind and rain I didn't take my camera with me tday - because of the weather. Might try my luck tomorrow though - presuming the line is open again after todays power line problem. |
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| grandad |
I watch it go through, it wasn't working much but it still looked very nice. Does anybody know if and how it got back home? |
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| Dave |
quoteI watch it go through, it wasn't working much but it still looked very nice. Does anybody know if and how it got back home? Apparerntly it has had problems on the way back. It was allowed along the Airevalley route despite the line being closed but got back to York 90 mins late. And no I didn't go to watch it come back. |
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| dogcatcher |
cant believe greengrass and skippy did,nt get their anoraks out it was free to go and watch the tornado just right for tight wads!!!! |
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| alan |
I juust managed to see it when I eventually escaped from Silsden! Howden Road roadworks was jammed with traffic not being able to get out because of the road surfacing. Now I know how Patrick McGoohan felt in The Prisoner! |
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| tetleydrinker |
Alan, you could have walked down to the Station, no need to take a car, you know the roads are bad, it only about 3/4 of a mile if that, you could have called into a few pubs and shops on the way and brought some anti-whinging lotion or pills............. |
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| alan |
this post has been edited 1 time(s) You'll have to tell me where you get your pills from first The ones I get aren't strong enough......... |
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| Peter |
Tornado-arriving-Skipton-on-03-10-09  Picture supplied by Pennypeck (thank you) |
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| Cobbydale Man |
What a great picture. Trouble is, it's not as good looking as 'The Sir Nigel Gresley' which my Dad tells me is a 'Streak'. What's that all about? |
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| Peter |
quoteWhat a great picture. Trouble is, it's not as good looking as 'The Sir Nigel Gresley' which my Dad tells me is a 'Streak'. What's that all about? This is what it's all about Sir Nigel Gresley at Pickering Station 04-01-09  Picture supplied by Pennypeck (thank you) |
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| Cobbydale Man |
Thanks Peter, that's the one I was on at Whitby. What a great looking train - beautiful. Sorry but it's far better than that Tornado. Wonder if it goes faster than my Honda 125 ? |
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| Peter |
quoteWonder if it goes faster than my Honda 125 ? Yes Top speed 112 mph (180 km/h) more details here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4_4498_Sir_Nigel_Gresley |
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| Peter |
Cobbydale Man, here is a badge to put on your Honda 125 Picture of the Sir Nigel Gresley speed certificate plate - not bad for a steam engine in 1959  Picture supplied by Pennypeck (thank you) |
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| dogcatcher |
this post has been edited 1 time(s) if u missed tornado its going through this saturday as well poss only steam from hellifield not sure of the times though |
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| Cobbydale Man |
So it is actually 'slower' than my Honda 125 !!! Only joking bikers, Ha, Ha, Ha, it's about the same. |
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| alan |
Bet it doesn't get knocked over by Harleys |
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| Cobbydale Man |
If it had been travelling at 112mph the Harley would have killed me. Think I'm interested in good looking railway engines now. Will anyone swap a 'streak' for a Honda 125? |
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| grandad |
Peter Don't forget the Mallard, same class as Sir Nigel, but it hold the World speed record for a steam loco; of 126MPH, can be seen for free at the National Railway Museum in York. |
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| Peter |
this post has been edited 1 time(s) Gandad, I am no expert on steam engines, I have just been posting pictures which have been sent to me. I will admit to demanding to be taken to the local station at the age of 4 (before Beeching) to watch the steam trains thunder through the station - great The diesels and electrics just don't do it for me. PS A steam engine out of steam is dead. |
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| Cobbydale Man |
That's very profound Peter. Think I will nominate you for the 'Webmaster' of the year award. 'A steam engine out of steam, is dead' Not many old steamers left alive now,apart from Alan of course !!! - a joke. |
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| alan |
And I ain't outta steam just yet! |
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| bobber |
i wonder if 'pennypeck' wears an anorak? |
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| dogcatcher |
flying scotsman is still in bits at york railway museum, going to be back out and running in 2011 or early 2012 so im told by my anorak nephew,,, shame about the mallard thats not runable at the moment but he seems to think they might get a restore fund going for it after the f scotsman is back in steam |
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| grandad |
Does anybody have the times for it's run on Saturday 10/10/09? Or even the route it is taking? |
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| dogcatcher |
on 1 web site it says it leaves hellifield 11.53 am on sat for carlisle so must be coming up the blackburn to hellifield line. |
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| Dave |
The train is diesel hauled from Worcester to Hellifield where Tornado takes over. |
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| Pennypeck |
Bobber can rest assured that Pennypeck doesn't wear an anorak. Pennypeck doesn't even own an anorak. The photographs submitted, and many more like them, were taken whilst out with our young Grandsons, using a small pocket-sized digital camera. I am informed that a good site for finding (mainly) steam excursions nationwide is accessed by Googling "UK Steam". Most of the excursions have updated times posted days or even hours before the scheduled departure time. It is quite surprising how many steam trains come through our local stations, particularly during the spring / summer /autumn months. |
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