RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted October 12, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2016 Morning. Can anyone help me dating a photo please? Here is a link is an image I took of 6024 near Kings Sutton, in Spring 1992:- https://flic.kr/p/LoiKh7 The photo works better in b/w than in colour, but here's a link to the original:- https://www.dropbox.com/s/dg1v6pem6tsl0dd/6024_Kings_Sutton_Mar1992_3_27806728.jpg?dl=0 It's heading north, presumably to Stratford u Avon. As far as I can tell, all the stock is maroon. The location is here:- https://goo.gl/maps/t3CfGaXyzdP2 I *THINK* it may be 22nd March 1992, which is the day it went to Stratford U Avon, and lost it's safety valve cover at Paddington on the way back. I've seen a couple of photos on Flickr of this day, here https://flic.kr/p/vkZM2c", here "https://flic.kr/p/uGeh2s", and here "https://flic.kr/p/e41QgQ", but these are all of the return leg. What's puzzling is that in my photo, the headboard, under a loupe, says "The Inter-City". The photos of 22nd March 1992 on Flickr show it with a "The William Shakespeare" headboard. A search on Six Bells Junc, Google etc hasn't really come up with anything definitive. Can anyone identify the date please? Could 6024 have worked north to S-u-A with one headboard, then back south with another? cheers N Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted October 12, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2016 Could that have been two years earlier on 19 May 1990? I remember its first trip from Didcot to Stratford and back to Banbury. That trip is shown on the 6024 website as the "Inter City VIP Special". https://www.6024.com/mainline.htm I photographed it northbound at Lapworth but I think that was side-on across to canal pound. We got rather cold waiting for it, the weather was not up to much. I may also have some video or another shot at Bentley Heath. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted October 12, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2016 Could that have been two years earlier on 19 May 1990? I remember its first trip from Didcot to Stratford and back to Banbury. That trip is shown on the 6024 website as the "Inter City VIP Special". https://www.6024.com/mainline.htm I photographed it northbound at Lapworth but I think that was side-on across to canal pound. We got rather cold waiting for it, the weather was not up to much. I may also have some video or another shot at Bentley Heath. Thanks for the reply. No, definitely not 1990, I can say for certain it's 92. It's also before July/August, because there are family holiday photos on the same roll. I've been through the 6024 site, and not found anything else that stands out as a possibility. It's either 2nd Feb 1992, or 22nd March 1992, but it's the headboard that makes it intriguing. Cheers N Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co-tr-Paul Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Try the UK steam info railtour site as it lists all tours going back quite a few years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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