Tangmere and Class 47 Empty Coaching Stock move

mrknowwun · **Posted:** Tue May 07, 2013 4:59 am

Filmed at Barnes Bridge Station and Southall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhPufYIzv3E

sbhunterca · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:58 am **Posts:** 728

Very interesting engine- thanks for posting, although it might be a candidate for "Railfanning".

Sounds like her rods would really like some bushing work next time she's in the shop.

Steve Hunter

Bobharbison · **Joined:** Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:42 pm **Posts:** 3011

Those appear to be very nice cars, with a nice "Orient Express" feel, at least to the ones near the end of the consist where you could see the interior.

Who's coaches are those? Who maintains them?

Trevor Heath · **Posted:** Tue May 07, 2013 8:36 pm

Here is an image of another of the same class.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 3637_n.jpg

This is 34051 "Winston Churchill" the loco that hauled the funeral train for the man of the same name. It has been kept "as is" unrestored from that day in 1965. kept for most of that time in the National Railway Museum at York.

The image though is taken at a place called Ropley where locos are restored so all of that looks about to change.

TH

Neil D · **Posted:** Thu May 09, 2013 4:30 pm

Bobharbison wrote:

Those appear to be very nice cars, with a nice "Orient Express" feel, at least to the ones near the end of the consist where you could see the interior.

Who's coaches are those? Who maintains them?

They would be one of West Coast Railways railtour sets. In the UK we usually have 3 classes of travel for excursions, standard, first and premier dining and priced accordingly such as here at the bottom of the page:-

http://www.railwaytouring.net/uk-day-trips/cme2

West Coast Railway Co is based at Carnforth in Lancashire and there is some info on what they do here:-

http://www.westcoastrailways.co.uk/Default.html

And some info on coaching stock here, West Coast links part way down and also a list of the support coaches that are used with specific locos over here:-

http://www.railtourinfo.co.uk/coach.html#set18

mrknowwun · **Posted:** Fri May 10, 2013 3:42 am

sbhunterca wrote:

Very interesting engine- thanks for posting, although it might be a candidate for "Railfanning".

Sounds like her rods would really like some bushing work next time she's in the shop.

Steve Hunter

'k, I'll stick future vids in railfanning.

Oh and Tangmere has always been "clanky" at low speeds, even after rebuilds, but its ok the noise disappears at 60mph and above! ;)

Bobharbison · **Joined:** Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:42 pm **Posts:** 3011

mrknowwun wrote:

Oh and Tangmere has always been "clanky" at low speeds, even after rebuilds, but its ok the noise disappears at 60mph and above! ;)

Wondering how many US steam crews can make that observation?

"Once she hits 60, things smooth out..."

I know a few get there, but dang few.

mrknowwun · **Posted:** Fri May 10, 2013 12:08 pm

Bobharbison wrote:

mrknowwun wrote:

Oh and Tangmere has always been "clanky" at low speeds, even after rebuilds, but its ok the noise disappears at 60mph and above! ;)

Wondering how many US steam crews can make that observation?

"Once she hits 60, things smooth out..."

I know a few get there, but dang few.

There is a plan here in the uk to run a few steam excursions this year with speeds up to 90mph approved, currently they are limited to 75.

edit, they are allowed a +/- 10% margin of speed error, therefore rumour has it three figures may be achieved.