Steaming ahead
Jul. 23rd, 2017 09:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ffuturesDon't usually get up early on Sundays, but today I was making breakfast at nine, looked out of the kitchen window and saw this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4_4488_Union_of_South_Africa
Needless to say I did not have a camera handy... It was hauling several carriages and for some reason there was a diesel engine at the tail end of the train, I suspect to provide a backup if it broke down or ran out of coal or something. I'm guessing that the summer steam excursions in and out of Paddington have started again - and it turns out to be The Cathedrals Express, on the route Paddington-Westbury-Yeovil Pen Mill, Weymouth-Southampton-Paddington
http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t17/t0723d.htm
Unfortunately it's £100+ per seat, I suppose worth it if you're a steam enthusiast but I made enough long steam journeys in my childhood to satisfy me, I think.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4_4488_Union_of_South_Africa
Needless to say I did not have a camera handy... It was hauling several carriages and for some reason there was a diesel engine at the tail end of the train, I suspect to provide a backup if it broke down or ran out of coal or something. I'm guessing that the summer steam excursions in and out of Paddington have started again - and it turns out to be The Cathedrals Express, on the route Paddington-Westbury-Yeovil Pen Mill, Weymouth-Southampton-Paddington
http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t17/t0723d.htm
Unfortunately it's £100+ per seat, I suppose worth it if you're a steam enthusiast but I made enough long steam journeys in my childhood to satisfy me, I think.
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Date: 2017-07-23 03:26 pm (UTC)On one occasion I was going up to London one evening for a concert and my train was delayed because the train in front had a steam leak.
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Date: 2017-07-23 07:34 pm (UTC)