| A record of the Main Line Steam dealt with at Yeovil Railway Centre during the first week of August 2011 |
| 01 August 2011 34067 'Tangmere' arrives from Bristol to resume work on the Dorset Coast Express trains the next day. Having been called 'Up North' to cover for an unavailable 46201, her last trip was from Crewe to Scarborough on Friday 29 July, then she ran to Bristol on Saturday 30 July and headed the Weymouth Seaside Express an Sunday 31 July! A busy engine! |
| 02 August 2011 Seen next morning over the pit (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Ron and Pete attach the vacuum hose between engine and turntable |
| On the turntable. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Running along Platform 4 line. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Staring into the empty (well quite) black hole that is 'Tangmere's tender! (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| More coaling! (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Reversing out of the Centre.... |
| ....and off to Weymouth. |
| 34067 'Tangmere' powering through Wool on the return to London. (Photo courtesy Roland Groom) |
| In the evening we were treated to a reappearance of old friend 60019 'Bittern' in a new guise. During the winter of 2010/2011 the locomotive received maintenance which included the cosmetic renaming and renumbering of the locomotive as scrapped classmate 4492 Dominion of New Zealand (BR number 60013). This conversion also included repainting the locomotive in LNER garter blue, the fitting of Gresley's original side valances and the painting of its wheels in their original red colouring. Dominion of New Zealand was one of five A4s named after Commonwealth countries to pull "The Coronation" service named to celebrate the Coronation of George VI in 1937. Two of the five "Coronation"-named A4s also survive - Dominion of Canada and Union of South Africa. The locomotive is due to remain in this livery for 3 years. This information taken from Wikepedia. For further details CLICK HERE |
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