More steam anyone? Trains through Stafford.

Mudgie

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The Hawk said:
Saw it go through Creswell. It seemed to be in very light steam (I suspect the diesel loco at the back was doing a lot of the work), possibly because of the risk of lineside fires. I went up to Carlisle last month and my train got halted because of a big lineside fire; funnily enough a steam loco had gone through less than half an hour before my train.
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It had plenty of steam on the Worth Valley Railway last month but all the rain 'up North' might reduce the risk of lineside fires.
 
proactive

proactive

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The Hawk said:
Saw it go through Creswell. It seemed to be in very light steam (I suspect the diesel loco at the back was doing a lot of the work), possibly because of the risk of lineside fires. I went up to Carlisle last month and my train got halted because of a big lineside fire; funnily enough a steam loco had gone through less than half an hour before my train.
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There was practically no steam at all when in came through Stafford about an hour ago and it wasn't hanging about either.

There was an announcement for passengers who were hoping to get to Scotland that basically said forget it, due to lineside fires.
 
joshua

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History of Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire​

Joan Wood · ·
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Steam train passing through Stoke-on-Trent
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Head on down to Stoke Railway Station on Saturday 9th March to see the beautiful Black 5 44871 steam train, or better still, head to your favorite viewing point as a child and relive the golden age of steam.
It can be seen at around 08:30 and again at 19:33 passing through Stoke Railway station.
-- Timings below --
It will be leaving Manchester Piccadilly at 07:24, pass through Stoke-on-Trent at 08:30, Stone at 08:43, and arrive at Stafford at 09:08. It will then depart Stafford at 10:03 and pass through Penkridge at 10:10.
It will return again in the evening after leaving Stratford-upon-Avon at 16:19, passing through Penkridge at 18:08, arriving at Stafford at 18:16, leaving Stafford at 19:05, passing Stone at 19:21 and Stoke-on-Trent at 19:33 and will arrive at Manchester at 21:40.
 
Lucy

Lucy

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c0tt0nt0p said:
Not a steam enquiry but upon getting off a train from Brum at the station at 3.10pm there was a Greater Anglia train on platform 3 with "Wembley Central" as the destination.....
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I have been just looking at options to get to that very station...
 
Thehooperman

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Lucy said:
Haha. Might drive to Watford and overground it in if Dad doesn't come.
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We're heading to Uxbridge then getting the Underground to Wembley Park.

It's a shorter walk but a pain if you get caught up in the Stop/Go queuing system coming back down Wembley Way.

If your Dad does come you could always park at a Chiltern Railways station and get a train straight to the stadium.
 
c0tt0nt0p

c0tt0nt0p

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In 2007 when my old work sponsored Wembley we had corp box tickets for an England game but with it being an evening the only reasonable way to get there was drive to Banbury, park up and then train direct to Wembley itself....
 
Lucy

Lucy

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Thehooperman said:
We're heading to Uxbridge then getting the Underground to Wembley Park.

It's a shorter walk but a pain if you get caught up in the Stop/Go queuing system coming back down Wembley Way.

If your Dad does come you could always park at a Chiltern Railways station and get a train straight to the stadium.
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We parked in the disabled car park for the final and that was great, straight out onto the concourse and we didn't get stuck getting out either, so as soon as they release the date I'll try and book that.
 
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