Saturday 15th September saw two railtours running in the south, the first of these being the London Euston - Plymouth - London Paddington tour 'The Mayflower' hauled by no less than three different engines, 34067 Tangmere, 70000 Britannia and 4464 Bittern. Tangmere would haul the tour as far as Taunton where Britannia and Bittern would take over for the run to Plymouth and back to Taunton, Britannia would then bring the tour back to London enabling Tangmere to travel to Bristol so she could haul 'The Royal Duchy' the following day. The second tour running was the Hastings - Lydney Junction - Parkend (Dean Forest Railway - Lydney Junction - Hastings tour 'The Western Forester' run by the Hastings Thumper no.1001. For our first shot we went to Crofton to see Tangmere and conditions were excellent with very calm waters and near enough cloudless skies. It was also lovely and quiet but that didn't last as 10 minutes before she was due is when everybody else turned up. This shot would have turned out perfect but as Tangmere approached, so did a First Great Western HST which kind of drowned out the sound of the Bulleid and as my thought was directed towards the HST I'd forgotten about catching the glint from the sun and stopped panning just that little bit too early. Our next location was at Ashbury Crossing near Shrivenham for the Hastings Thumper and conditions were still very good. 1001 is seen passing by in good form with a bit of two tone action. The location for 1001's return is the classic spot on the top of Sapperton which I had all to myself for once, guessing then that tours with heritage diesels aren't as popular than with steam up Sapperton. By this time the clouds had rolled in and it was really rather windy. 1001 is seen living up to her name as a Thumper sounding lovely up the 1in75 gradient of Sapperton Bank, although there was a lack of two tones, even for the crossing. Our last location saw us at Pewsey Station on the climb up to Savernake, for the return of 'The Mayflower' with Britannia. By this time the light was nearly gone and Britannia was running very late, or so we thought as we had been informed that she was having a waterstop in Woodborough loop unlike the timings on uksteam which suggested she went straight through. Pretty much as soon as the 20:23 stopping service (which was running 10 late) had cleared the signal on the London end of the up platform Britannia could be heard departing the loop. Although as she rounded the bend to come into view she shut off, presumably to check if the signal was green, it was and she opened back up again, and then up some more, and again after passing under the road bridge providing a wonderful show for the viewers sounding absolutely fantastic indeed, although still lacking a whistle even at the whistle board, although I expect people would have heard her coming anyway, roaring away into the night.
Filmed on a Panasonic HDC-HS900 with a Pro Sound L92AA microphone,
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Негізгі бет 34067 Tangmere & 70000 Britannia on 'The Mayflower' and the Hastings Thumper to Lydney - 15/09/12
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