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Tornado's first main line run to London

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Tornado's first main line run to London
Posted by Bongo on Saturday, February 7, 2009 3:16 PM

The newly built 4-6-2 Tornado has made her first run to London on the main line.  This wass featured on national TV news and the bbc web site:

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7876162.stm

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Posted by Last Chance on Sunday, February 8, 2009 8:57 AM

I look forward to seeing this engine in regular mainline service over there, Revenue Passenger Service that is.

That should be a big prod to someone over here in the States to do something similar.

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Posted by Tulyar15 on Monday, February 9, 2009 2:05 AM

I think you'll have a long wait! Whilst the intention has always been that Tornado would run on the main lines, I think it will only do so on special charter trains. The most likely chance of it seeing regular use would be if the steam charters that run between York and Scarborough were  to be operated on a regular basis, like those on the West Highland and Cambrian Coast lines which in both cases are operated by West Coast Railways.

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Posted by Last Chance on Monday, February 9, 2009 3:16 PM

Perhaps a long wait.

But Jobs is the cry here in the States. Let's see... a conductor to take tickets, someone to mind the coal and water, someone to drive the train, someone to set the schedules, someone to mind the engine shop with 10 people able to do whatever shop work necessary plus a MOW crew checking the tracks etc.

Heck, the USA railroads can pitch the one man robot crew idea out of the window and go back to steam with hundreds of new jobs stimulating the Nation. What sort of education does one need to hammer a heated tire off a drive wheel? None except sufficient to follow commands.

 

We have always got the good coal for it and strong backs to make it happen. However, I must respectfully say that the British are able to do with thier Island that we have not yet done very well in our young 230 year history LOL.

I think of a image in a recent magazine that showed a sign "Slow to 90" on a curve in a time where there was no computers of any kind, no whiz bang electronics and certainly no thought of current emissions and other related issues today.

Cheers.

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Posted by espeefoamer on Monday, February 9, 2009 4:38 PM

I would like to see Great Britan adopt something like the German Plandampf,in which a steam engine is used on a several regularly scheduled passenger trains over a certain period,and the schedule sold to railfans,who could then ride or chase the locomotive.

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Posted by teen steam fan on Monday, February 9, 2009 6:35 PM

Last Chance

Perhaps a long wait.

But Jobs is the cry here in the States. Let's see... a conductor to take tickets, someone to mind the coal and water, someone to drive the train, someone to set the schedules, someone to mind the engine shop with 10 people able to do whatever shop work necessary plus a MOW crew checking the tracks etc.

Heck, the USA railroads can pitch the one man robot crew idea out of the window and go back to steam with hundreds of new jobs stimulating the Nation. What sort of education does one need to hammer a heated tire off a drive wheel? None except sufficient to follow commands.

 

We have always got the good coal for it and strong backs to make it happen. However, I must respectfully say that the British are able to do with thier Island that we have not yet done very well in our young 230 year history LOL.

I think of a image in a recent magazine that showed a sign "Slow to 90" on a curve in a time where there was no computers of any kind, no whiz bang electronics and certainly no thought of current emissions and other related issues today.

Cheers.

Good point, great Idea

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