darren01 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Hi This is an early heads up to let you know that Clan line will be coming to Barnstaple on the 5th of September on the Steam Dreams rail tours. I think this is the first time since steam finished down here that a steam loco has run into Barnstaple. Darren Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted January 28, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2014 ACE! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Hi Sorry forgot to add the loco will be carrying the ACE head board as well!. Darren Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted January 28, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2014 Lovely, but it should be a Spam! P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 28, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2014 I do hope they've checked the bridge loadings! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clachnaharry Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Are the sidings with the run round loop south of the station still operational? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Where there top and tailed steam trains in May 1994 to help mark the 150 years for the railways reaching Exeter. Wasn't it top'n'tailed by a pair of standard 2-6-4T's ( 80 & 81 or sim'lar) ??? There was also this one;- http://steamtraingalleries.co.uk/pic_special_trains_167.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted January 28, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2014 Definitely good news but I agree there have been other steam trips. As industrial says, the 1994 trips weretop'n'tailed by standard 4MT tanks. i've also seen youtube footage of a 4MT tender loco tailed by a 37 - can't search for it now, will try to find later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted January 28, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2014 The Steam Dreams website says that once reaching Barnstaple - "after a short stop there, we will reverse back diesel-hauled to Exeter". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted January 28, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2014 Sorry Paul (bike2steam) if it seems like I copied you, but your reply wasn't showing when I posted! That "Tarka Pony" is the one tailed by the 37. Can't get YouTube to embed, but the link is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I do hope they've checked the bridge loadings! And permitted line speeds! That is going to be a very slow trip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernelectric Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 A late jump onto this thread...I was told by someone at the museum in Braunton when I was there recently that Bulleid Pacific 34046 'Braunton' will be hauling the ACE rain from London on 5th September, to Barnstaple via Exeter. Initially when I checked out the details on the Steam Dreams website this appeared to be accurate information, with a diesel scheduled to haul the train back to Exeter. I guess turning 34046 round might be a challenge at Barnstaple station! I was really looking forward to this as I am going be in the Barnstaple area on that day. However, looking at the Steam Dreams website it now seems that the ACE will not be going to Barnstaple (no mention of that anymore) and it also states that the locomotive is not yet confirmed. A real shame if that's the case. I won't even see Clan Line if that's the case because Exeter will be too far for me to go that day. It would be nice to see her again as I travelled behind her in 2009 on the VSOE lunchtime train around London. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express Blue Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 A late jump onto this thread...I was told by someone at the museum in Braunton when I was there recently that Bulleid Pacific 34046 'Braunton' will be hauling the ACE rain from London on 5th September, to Barnstaple via Exeter. Initially when I checked out the details on the Steam Dreams website this appeared to be accurate information, with a diesel scheduled to haul the train back to Exeter. I guess turning 34046 round might be a challenge at Barnstaple station! I was really looking forward to this as I am going be in the Barnstaple area on that day. However, looking at the Steam Dreams website it now seems that the ACE will not be going to Barnstaple (no mention of that anymore) and it also states that the locomotive is not yet confirmed. A real shame if that's the case. I won't even see Clan Line if that's the case because Exeter will be too far for me to go that day. It would be nice to see her again as I travelled behind her in 2009 on the VSOE lunchtime train around London. Beware. Steam Dreams publicity material in general is about as reliable as Politicians election manifestos! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernelectric Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I emailed Steam Dreams (via the contact form on the website) a few days ago asking about the route, if the train was now definltey not going to Barnstaple, as the site no longer makes any mention of it, and the loco....no reply as yet... I guess one challenge they would have had is getting a chartered train up and down that Tarka Line from Exeter and back. Anyone know how else I may be able to find out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernelectric Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 The Steam Dreams website says that once reaching Barnstaple - "after a short stop there, we will reverse back diesel-hauled to Exeter". Not any more....that was there, even fairly recently when I looked...but it now just says: "Departing from London Waterloo, one of the surviving Bulleid Pacific Class locomotives should be at the head of the train as the ACE follows the former London and South Western Railway to Salisbury and Exeter. It is planned that the train will be steam-hauled to Exeter. From Exeter the ACE heads westward along the seawall at Dawlish and on over the Devon Banks with two Southern Railway Bulleid Pacifics in charge." Initially, at least when I looked it did say Braunton was hauling to Barnstaple, then diesel hauled back to Exeter. Now it says one of the Bulleid Pacifics should be at the head of the train!!! So not even confirmed if a Bulleid is pulling to Exeter. I suspect the Barnstaple part of the trip has been dropped. Shame. I for one would love to have seen Braunton pulling the ACE into Barnstaple station! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted August 15, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2014 UK steam website shows it as Tangmere going to Barnstaple http://www.uksteam.info/tours/trs14.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernelectric Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 UK steam website shows it as Tangmere going to Barnstaple http://www.uksteam.info/tours/trs14.htm I wonder if that is 100% up to date though, given that the operator changed the details on their site to omit the run up the Tarka Line to Barnstaple from Exeter. Tangmere would be cool, but for me Braunton would just make it that bit more special (for me, anyway). How would I be able to find out the timings of the train? So if it IS going to Barnstaple, would I be able to get this info from somewhere online? And how far in advance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted August 15, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2014 Nearer the time that website will normally publish the times so keep checking back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Pannier Tank Posted August 15, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 15, 2014 ACE! Atlantic Coast Express ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted August 15, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2014 I don't think that anything is going to Barnstaple. All loco-hauled trains are subject to a ruling speed limit of 30 mph north of Crediton for starters, then there is indeed the bridge weight issue, which may have been a problem (haven't had a chance to check). There was also talk of an 8F mixed in with the itinerary... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernelectric Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Atlantic Coast Express ? Yes. Well, that's what Steam Dreams are calling it although as I understand it the original ACE never went as far west as Penzance, which is where this train is heading. It would have been great to see Braunton bringing it in to Barnstaple but alas, as Captain Kernow says, there are some logistical and other challenges which would have probably ruled it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernelectric Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I don't think that anything is going to Barnstaple. All loco-hauled trains are subject to a ruling speed limit of 30 mph north of Crediton for starters, then there is indeed the bridge weight issue, which may have been a problem (haven't had a chance to check). There was also talk of an 8F mixed in with the itinerary... Parts of the line are single-tracked so I guess there may have been some logistical hurdles they could not overcome with the charter train possibly interfering with the regular schedule on the line and being fined for doing so? Then if the train was late back to Exeter...there could be issues with that (again I'm guessing here) but what is the bridge weight issue you refer to? Is this to do with the bridge on the approach to Barnstaple station, or somewhere else on the line? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 The last loco hauled passenger train to Barnstaple was in 2006 top & tailed by 76079 & 37411, I drove from Doncaster to Exeter as it was likely the last chance to go hauled to Barny and with a tractor, something I had not done for a long time. The train was Top & Tailed as even by then the Run Round loop at Barnstaple had been out of use for some time. I believe the service trains also had to be altered to accommodate the Charter, I've got pictures of 37411 at Barny somewhere. I seem to recall there was a problem on the way back to Exeter with one of the level crossings. Tour details at six bells Junction: http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/060601pr.htm Anyway, back to Clan Line, after the above tour ran I believe Network Rail basically decided that they wouldn't entertain a charter to Barstaple again so i would say very unlikely that the Steam Dreams tour will get to Barny, or infact and other tour for a while! Al Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 UK steam website shows it as Tangmere going to Barnstaple http://www.uksteam.info/tours/trs14.htm With Braunton hauling the same train from Exeter to Penzance. It looks as if Barnstaple has been dropped and its Tangmere from Waterloo to Exeter and Braunton from Exeter to Penzance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted August 17, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2014 Bit confusing on steam tours site as day 2 missing and day 3 cancelled! Fri 05-Sep THE ATLANTIC COAST EXPRESS (Day 1 of 4) London Waterloo-Penzance [dbs]35028 34067: Waterloo-Salisbury-Exeter-Barnstaple34046+TBA 34067/70000: Exeter-Penzance --- Day 2 missing ? ---- Sun 07-Sep THE ATLANTIC COAST EXPRESS (Day 3 of 4) [CANCELLED] Cornish branchlines TBA [wcrc]48151 TBA: TBA[A revised tour will run with a diesel unit] Mon 08-Sep THE ATLANTIC COAST EXPRESS (Day 4 of 4) London Waterloo-Penzance [dbs]34046+TBA34067/70000: Penzance-Exeter35028 34067: Exeter-Honiton-Salisbury-Waterloo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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