RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 For those who haven't twigged - the 10:35 off Euston is the old Royal Scot path (1S57) 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 minute ago, beast66606 said: For those who haven't twigged - the 10:35 off Euston is the old Royal Scot path (1S57) xx35 ex Euston seems to have been a Glasgow path forever. I think I used to catch the 17.35 on Mondays to go to BRIS meetings in Glasgow next morning. The time I paid to travel on an APT I'm sure it was 16.35-ish from Euston. Fast to Preston and flawless. Exciting. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 Am I the only one hoping that it doesn’t make it and APT continues to be the record holder? Andi 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Patriot87003 Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, beast66606 said: For those who haven't twigged - the 10:35 off Euston is the old Royal Scot path (1S57) ... and 390044 has been renamed Royal Scot this morning at Euston before setting off. Tim Dunn is aboard and showed a live feed of the naming on his Twitter feed ... a screenshot below (hope that’s ok to publish!) An impressive factor is that I understand the unit is keeping to the Sectional Appendix line speed profile, therefore no dispensations for any speeding! Some works were carried out last night to remove at least one temporary speed restriction along the route ... 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) Where is the train expected to make up the time required to get the record, there must be a plan and once it gets north of Warrington the route becomes rather more constrained albeit quieter Edit: I see now, they've updated the schedule since Tuesday, an on time arrival is the new record. Edited June 17, 2021 by woodenhead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Dagworth said: Am I the only one hoping that it doesn’t make it and APT continues to be the record holder? Andi Nice idea, Andi, but surely our railways need some good news stories for Joe Public right now? Getting people train-travelling again is important, I think. 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) Approaching Rugby - route set to Nuneaton Atherstone, taking no chances with adverse signals Edited June 17, 2021 by beast66606 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 Lost a minute, now +1 at Rugby 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 On 15/06/2021 at 13:19, luckymucklebackit said: if my experiences of northbound WCML expresses are anything to go by, chances are that it will get stuck behind a local somewhere between Carstairs and Central! Isn't that what happened to the Tornado in "Race To The North"? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted June 17, 2021 Moderators Share Posted June 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, woodenhead said: It was 1 minute early because it left 1 minute early, currently only half a minute up so it's losing time rather than gaining it. Should have put some GBRF go faster stripes on it to help it go quicker. Edit, it got 30 seconds back at Milton Keynes, back to 1 minute early. It may not be a full minute out as RTT only shows half-minute increments so it could have left Euston at 10:35:14 (shown as 10:35) and lost two seconds by Bletchley to knock it back to 1/2 minute early on there (but of course it could be 58secs down and show the same outcome). I guess there's an official stopwatch holder on board. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 I wonder if Jeremy Clarkson is driving a Bugatti Veyron up the M6 shouting 'POWER!!!!!' hoping to get there first. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 Running as 180Q on Tracksy if you want to follow it there. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapland Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) Yes ,Railway Performance Society are official timers. Removed Twitter entry as it showed lots of historical Tweets as well. Edited June 17, 2021 by flapland 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 On time at Nuns Eat 'em Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted June 17, 2021 Moderators Share Posted June 17, 2021 27 minutes ago, AY Mod said: Looks like it may be very hot on the heels of 1H18 by Colwich. https://www.opentraintimes.com/schedule/G81644/2021-06-17 1H18 isn't hanging about; they obviously don't want to get the blame. It'll out of the way before 390044 gets to Rugeley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted June 17, 2021 Moderators Share Posted June 17, 2021 38 minutes ago, beast66606 said: It's full Avanti livery, nothing special unfortunately - not even a headboard It seems that there's a small Royal Scot vinyl on the nose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 15 minutes ago, luckymucklebackit said: Running as 180Q on Tracksy if you want to follow it there. Jim How does one find it here? https://www.opentraintimes.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, AY Mod said: 1H18 isn't hanging about; they obviously don't want to get the blame. It'll out of the way before 390044 gets to Rugeley. I'd be sure that everyone involved is trying to avoid 'dropping the ball' today Andy. Be good to see a new record set. Good luck to them for the rest of the journey. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 90001 and 90002 are in platform 3 at Stafford - Royal Scot and The Wolf of Badenoch - presumably to give a nod as it passes. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike_Walker Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2021 Just now, KeithMacdonald said: How does one find it here? https://www.opentraintimes.com/ https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:S00619/2021-06-17/detailed 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 minute ago, KeithMacdonald said: How does one find it here? https://www.opentraintimes.com/ https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps/signalling/sta#LINK_3 Approaching Colwich Junction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 minute ago, KeithMacdonald said: How does one find it here? https://www.opentraintimes.com/ https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps/signalling/sta#LINK_3 - at Colwich as I type but will be near Stafford by the time you read ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted June 17, 2021 Moderators Share Posted June 17, 2021 42 minutes ago, AY Mod said: Cheers for that; if there'd been anything unusual I'd have nipped down to TV. I had something urgent land on the desk; a sausage, cheese and tomato oatcake. (I'm just recreating the YT comment column vibe). Just heard it go through TV as I finished. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike_Walker Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 minute ago, KeithMacdonald said: How does one find it here? https://www.opentraintimes.com/ Sorry, OTT https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps/signalling/sta#LINK_3 Currently between Rugeley and Stafford click on the box at the right hand end to take you to the next section. You are looking for 180Q. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 Anyone on P1 at Stafford looking for an action shot as it passes 90001 and 2 is about to be potted by a Voyager waiting to cross to the Brum line Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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