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SOS Junction. If anything happens would someone wake me up please..


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I may have seen the topmost smokey bits of two black fives peeking over the wall at Sheffield Midland this afternoon at around 2.05pm as I drove east bound past the station.  

 

It seemed rude to abandon the car in the middle of Park Square round about so I could have a leisurely look....

 

Anyone know for sure what they were?

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I may have seen the topmost smokey bits of two black fives peeking over the wall at Sheffield Midland this afternoon at around 2.05pm as I drove east bound past the station.  

 

It seemed rude to abandon the car in the middle of Park Square round about so I could have a leisurely look....

 

Anyone know for sure what they were?

Something to do with old codgers in the Holmfirth area - see also http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t16/t0214b.htm, and this dog might know something about it too.

It was a whole hour late through the Hope Valley, otherwise I'd have had a photo from the top of Millstone Edge, but impending frostbite led us down to Grindleford station cafe.

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I may have seen the topmost smokey bits of two black fives peeking over the wall at Sheffield Midland this afternoon at around 2.05pm as I drove east bound past the station.  

 

It seemed rude to abandon the car in the middle of Park Square round about so I could have a leisurely look....

 

Anyone know for sure what they were?

 

 

Something to do with old codgers in the Holmfirth area - see also http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t16/t0214b.htm, and this dog might know something about it too.

It was a whole hour late through the Hope Valley, otherwise I'd have had a photo from the top of Millstone Edge, but impending frostbite led us down to Grindleford station cafe.

 

 

I was going to take a trip to the bottom of the road to see the Jub & Black5. It was absolutely freezing and trying to snow / hailing so I listened to the cricket instead. Maybe next time.

 

Apparently, it was late starting from Preston and this just got worse as the train was required to pull in to loops to allow other scheduled trains to pass.

 

Some people amongst those waiting appeared to have inside knowledge of where the Tin Bath had got to.  Were they just friends with contacts in a signal box or is there a website with live times for steam specials?  Does anyone know please?

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Ukmainlinesteam.info gives some useful info

http://www.uksteam.info/tours/trs16.htm

 

You can put that data into realtime trains ( http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced) and follow the train from there

 

Personally I find it easy to start with real time trains, put that on detailed view and find the train in question from there. You can then click on it and it will tell you he scheduled path

 

David

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SWMBO, a week before Christmas, phones from town : "Can you pick me up, I've won a Christmas Hamster!"

 

Me : "A Hamster ???"

 

SWMBO "No, a hamper"

 

Me : "Phew !"

 

Said hamster contained Ye Olde Oak Ham, so could be GWR, BR or DB for all I know.

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SWMBO, a week before Christmas, phones from town : "Can you pick me up, I've won a Christmas Hamster!"

 

Me : "A Hamster ???"

 

SWMBO "No, a hamper"

 

Me : "Phew !"

 

Said hamster contained Ye Olde Oak Ham, so could be GWR, BR or DB for all I know.  So he was a Hammy Hamster, then?

 

Hamsters are for life, not just for Christmas!

 

Not sure about Hampers, mind.

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Rob

 

Ukmainlinesteam.info gives some useful info

http://www.uksteam.info/tours/trs16.htm

 

You can put that data into realtime trains ( http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced) and follow the train from there

 

Personally I find it easy to start with real time trains, put that on detailed view and find the train in question from there. You can then click on it and it will tell you he scheduled path

 

David

Thanks David.  Just the ticket!

 

I already use the first website to find out about steam specials but it was the live information I was after and the second website looks like it will do the trick.

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