Official NGF Coach Tour Participant List and Rules - 2015

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Bealman

It is sort of mind boggling the journey that little fella has been on!
Vision over visibility. Bono, U2.

Malc

Has anyone worked out the total miles covered by the coach. Real ones, not on layouts.
The years have been good to me, it was the weekends that did the damage.

Bealman

Yeah right, Malc.... I lie awake at night pondering that.  :P
But it'll have done a few.... around the world!   :thumbsup:
Vision over visibility. Bono, U2.

acko22

Still,

Not as far as the detour on a rail replacement bus!!
:P
Mechanical issues can be solved with a hammer and electrical problems can be solved with a screw driver. Beyond that it's verbal abuse which makes trains work!!

Bealman

Quite often, the train from where I live to Sydney is replaced by a bus.

More comfortable, and sometimes quicker!
Vision over visibility. Bono, U2.

acko22

Well I wont lie a coach no matter how old and knackered is still more comfy than a pacer!!

:worried:
Mechanical issues can be solved with a hammer and electrical problems can be solved with a screw driver. Beyond that it's verbal abuse which makes trains work!!

port perran

The NGF Coach is nearing the end of its stay at Port Perran and Trepol Bay so a few photos to remember its visit by :
The carriage was stabled in Platform 2 at Trepol Bay for most of yesterday so that passengers could get a glimpse of the futuristic design. Seen here (somewhat incorgruously) in the company of the restored T9 which works in the area :

The carriage was also used on normal service trains. Seen here yesterday on the 15.20 departure for Wadebridge hauled by an N Class mogul :


I'll get round to fixing it drekkly me 'ansome.

port perran

And finally, the NGF Coach says goodbye to North & West Cornwall leaving the area as part of a special train hauled by a brand new Class 52 Western diesel hydraulic.
The train will make its way to the Bristol area where we expect to see yet more photos in due course :

https://youtu.be/WR68xhSJiYg
Hopefully the carriage will make an appearance at several more model railways in due course.
I'll get round to fixing it drekkly me 'ansome.


johnlambert


port perran

I'll get round to fixing it drekkly me 'ansome.

Skyline2uk

Video worked fine for me :thumbsup:

Great pictures (and video), thanks for those!

Just had word from the panel which covers Parkway and Filton West, the 52 hauled special has been given the road into a platform (wasn't clear which one).

I will have a word with the TMD shift manager to see what motive power can be sent along to pick it up  :hmmm:

Skyline2uk

Skyline2uk

Good evening all.

Very honored to say that my layout is now hosting the NGF coach, having arrived safely (and very well packed) from Martin today. 

The 52 hauled special arrived quite late on Friday evening, so late that the Filton TMD was actually closed, as can be seen in this uncharacteristically quiet shot:



The station staff at Filton West were left in a bit of a conundrum as to how to retrieve the Tour Coach.

After much discussion, sucking in through teeth and beard scratching about what motive power could be spared to pick up the special coach from Bristol Parkway, it was decided to simply attach it to the last local train on Friday night.

Here is the NSE 121 emerging from under the A38 complete with the celebrity coach in tow:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l0egtrxm5htasbf/IMG_1841.MOV?dl=0

The 121 then un-coupled, pulled forward and reversed into the bay platform.  Fellow celebrity "Ivor" then rolled up from Avonmouth docks to shunt the coach into the bay in front of the 121:



This allows the coach to be accessible for the weekends festivities. 



"Ivor" then moved off to refuel before being stabled for the night.



Having cleared the mainline, the very last train from Avonmouth (a short rake of TTAs hauled by Class 60 "Charles Babbage") of the night rattled through Filton West.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r8azmw5psiu7fzz/IMG_1844.MOV?dl=0

On Saturday morning, the early Temple Meads to Avonmouth service (via Parkway) arrives to unload the eager hordes keen to have a good look at the NGF coach.



Before they could get too many pictures however, the morning peace is shattered as the weekly steel train from Avonmouth rumbles through. This week is extra loud as the scheduled 60 has failed and so two 37s are commandeered from the depot pool instead:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/krwwp4yveeya3b7/IMG_1847.MOV?dl=0

Finally (for today), the train is seen heading under the A38 on its way towards the Parkway.



More pictures to follow through the week when I get time. May be intermittent as I have some jobs I have been "volunteered" for by future Mrs-Skyline, but I have some good ideas for special services and trains using the coach.

:D

Skyline2uk

port perran

Glad the coach arrived safely Adam.
Great pictures and looking forward to more over the next few days.
Lovely layout you have there.
It's amazing how the coach manages to travel in time so well traversing several decades during its journey around the world.   Only last week it was in 1963 !
I'll get round to fixing it drekkly me 'ansome.

Skyline2uk

Good evening again

Happy to report some further happenings from the recent arrival of the NGF coach in the Filton area.

As will quickly become apparent in the photos below, the theme of the NGF Tour Gala was "Double Up"...

First things first, a second 08 (in this case the resident RF distribution shunter) was marshaled into place behind the guest coach.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/q63q00ihdztdwyq/IMG_1862.JPG?dl=0

The "Double Gronk" service then rolled into platform 2 to allow the lucky ticket holders to board ready for the off to Avonmouth.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/khsi1oc42ntx2ru/IMG_1863.JPG?dl=0

And here is the train (probably already at full speed) leaving.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rr9mwagjlqsj1qh/IMG_1865.MOV?dl=0

Also seen in the above video is the second of the special trains for the day, a 26 hauled inspection saloon.

Here we can see the train upon arrival in platform 1.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xr64h4zldbg0k29/IMG_1866.JPG?dl=0

The passengers were allowed to stay on board as the saloon was shunted into the TMD yard.

Here you can it being readied for another special...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/liktsbiy05hmnlz/IMG_1867.JPG?dl=0

A couple of hours later, the fresh load of enthusiasts delivered by the Regional 153  were in for a real treat. The "Double Gronk" was back and, do my eyes deceive me, a Kettle!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x1txnuc9evcdtt3/IMG_1868.JPG?dl=0

67001, itself a bit of a rarity at this time in Filton (!), has just brought a GWR Prairie Tank from Didcot via Temple Meads.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/biblemfuokxub1w/IMG_1870.JPG?dl=0

The last train to share today is another Double.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/az4sjc2yqsnfr3y/IMG_1871.JPG?dl=0

Possibly the most over-powered service ever to run out of Filton, the "Double Bone" roared out of the TMD towards Avonmouth.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/103bltw5dwfjohd/IMG_1873.MOV?dl=0

The coach has another week with me and then its off again. Its been real fun so far, thinking about some more specials to send it off with.

Skyline2uk

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