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keith



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Flying Scotsman
Today the Flying Scotsman is steaming from Edinburgh through the borders and return .
I've tried a thousand websites for the timetable but it's not available.
I called national rail and they WONT disclose the info as they don't want public near the line .
I want to see it traveling today , any info or inside knowledge?
Cheers
Keith
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Hi Keith

Sorry I don't have your answer...

It's a real shame they didn't handle this better...now it's been announced that it will actually run today
after stating that it wouldn't because they hadn't done the necessary health & safety checks, including checking
'if the train would be too long for some of the stations'... Exclamation

It looks like the story is evolving with pressure not to abort today's running...

BBC gave no details this morning, and relatives of my wife (in Dundee) heard that they should listen to local radio for updates...

For such an event...this really should have been sorted... Shocked

Hope you get to see it SKIP
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The reason for the lack of published info - during 60103's inaugural outing there were many instances of trespass on the line
Quote:
All trains on the East Coast Main Line had to be stopped as a result, causing a combined total of over 8 hours of delay, with 59 train services affected, which cost Network Rail almost £60,000 in compensation paid to delayed passengers.


Part of the response from Jim Lowe, Head of Operations at the National Railway Museum:
Quote:
It is vital that spectators do not venture onto the railway, particularly when it is on the main line, as a full timetable
of regular services will be running.
In order to avoid overcrowding and incidents of trespass, neither ourselves nor our partners will be publishing recommended viewing points or the timetable of when the train will be passing through specific locations – this includes positioning moves.


The earlier short notice cancellation of the run on the Borders Railway and Forth Bridge due to "gauging issues" is a problem that has affected several other steam excursions in the past, it seems that the high profile of the run by the 'Scot' has at last focussed some attention on this aspect of NR's administration.
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keith



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It is running today from Edinburgh - Tweedbank ( I believe ) and departures on the Line are every hr .
Other than sitting in a field all day with my fingers crossed , I don't know wot else to do. Of course I could have booked a seat , hmmm Big Cry
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i stumbled across it last tuesday in newcastle station, had just dropped my defender off at alive for some more refinement and on the train back boom, the next platform over there it was... very impressive.
Post #531671 15th May 2016 9:27am
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keith



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A waste of time running it if no one can see it .
I found the mobile No. For ticket holders info . When I said I didn't have one , they hung up .
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I have checked several, if not all the sites that would normally have the running times all have restricted access which has been tightened up. Some of the sites have actually removed the times after they have been published with the banner "The timings have been removed for safety and to prevent tract trespass."


I can understand why Network Rail and the Transport Police would want this after the dangerous scenes when it ran down the east coast a couple of months ago. A number of idiots who wanted to put themselves in danger have spoiled it for those who are responsible and just wanted to watch this famous locomotive steam past. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to Censored us off.

Richard
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Leaving Tweedbank in 25 mins: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U54202/2016/05/15/advanced Thumbs Up Visiting from DISCO3.CO.UK
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Sorry I didn't see this earlier, or I'd have posted it up this morning. Sad

There are two main sites that give live rail data and schedules - http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk and http://www.opentraintimes.com/ They can be very useful tools for rail travel all round. Wink

What you need to look for is an STP (Short Term Planned) schedule, headcode with a Z (typically), run by West Coast Railways and timed for 60mph (or 75mph in the case of Tornado). Thumbs Up

Otherwise, http://www.uksteam.info/index.htm is good, but as said, the Flying Scotsman's diagrams are being kept hush hush thanks to those idiots on the line. Rolling Eyes Visiting from DISCO3.CO.UK
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Due through Woking and Basingstoke on the Salisbury line soon,

I'll post details on the date and time as I get it
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Lost for Words wrote:
Leaving Tweedbank in 25 mins: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U54202/2016/05/15/advanced Thumbs Up


How did you manage that, when I had a look it had the times removed? Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to Censored us off.

Richard
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Now that is indeed an intersting and unusual perspective! Thanks for posting. Thumbs Up
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