{"id":1093,"date":"2012-09-29T16:29:02","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T15:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/?p=1093"},"modified":"2012-10-03T13:20:35","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T12:20:35","slug":"vol-21-mainline-1997-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/vol-21-mainline-1997-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Vol 21: Mainline 1997-8"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I was delighted by what I found when preparing this disc. As well as the large locomotives that we are still familiar with, such as Clan line and King Edward I, there’s a great selection of smaller engines, now much rarer on the mainline: the MHR’s U class mogul 31625, the Swanage Railway’s M7 tank engine 30053, and the Severn Valley’s “mighty moguls” LMS 2968 and GWR 7325. All this and the first mainline appearance of MHR’s fabulous “Green Five”, 73096, too.<\/p>\n

YouTube clip: 2968 & 7325 climbing the Lickey Incline<\/a><\/p>\n


\n(1 hour 43 minutes.)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Contents<\/span><\/h1>\n

Mainline 1997<\/span><\/h2>\n

(58:21)<\/p>\n

35028 Clan Line<\/strong> (9:48)<\/p>\n

25th<\/sup> January, The Treacle Eater (Paddington-Newbury-Yeovil-Basingstoke-Reading-Paddington): Crofton, Yeovil Junction.<\/p>\n

17th<\/sup> May, The Waterloo Sunset, with 34027 (Waterloo-Andover-Eastleigh-Poole-Winchester-Waterloo): Battledown, Awbridge, Beaulieu Rd, Poole Park, St Denys.<\/p>\n

5th<\/sup> November, VSOE Special (Victoria-Didcot-Bath; Salisbury-Victoria): Cholsey.<\/p>\n

34027 <\/strong>Taw<\/strong> <\/strong>Valley<\/strong> (7:17)<\/p>\n

15th<\/sup> February, The Bristolian (Paddington-Newbury-Westbury): Theale, Crofton.<\/p>\n

16th<\/sup> February, Much Ado About Steam (Paddington-Didcot-Stratford-Didcot): Radley, Oxford.<\/p>\n

2nd<\/sup> March VSOE Special (Victoria-Portsmouth-Victoria): Buriton, Chalton Down.<\/p>\n

12th<\/sup> March VSOE Special (Victoria-Didcot-Bath): Cholsey.<\/p>\n

U 31625<\/strong> (5:38)<\/p>\n

13th<\/sup> September, The Severn Venturer (Waterloo-Reading-Westbury-Bristol-Newbury-Ealing-Kensington; Waterloo-Ascot): South Stoke, Tockenham Wick, Bathampton, Little Bedwyn.<\/p>\n

22nd<\/sup> November, The Pines Express (Guildford-Didcot-Tyseley): Thrupp.<\/p>\n

S15 828<\/strong> (12:31)<\/p>\n

6th<\/sup> April, The Wiltshire Wanderer (Clapham Jct-Redhill-Westbury-Salisbury-Eastleigh): Deerleap Wood, Upton Scudamore, Salisbury.<\/p>\n

5th<\/sup> October, Yeovil-Castle Cary Shuttle: Castle Cary, Trent.<\/p>\n

27th<\/sup> December, The Sarum and Solent (Westbury-Southampton-Salisbury): Lee, Southampton.<\/p>\n

M7 30053<\/strong> (3:40)<\/p>\n

5th<\/sup> October, Yeovil-Castle Cary Shuttle: Queen Camel.<\/p>\n

6024 King Edward I<\/strong> (5:29)<\/p>\n

15th<\/sup> March, The Quantock Ranger (Didcot-Newbury-Taunton-WSR): Great Bedwyn.<\/p>\n

6th<\/sup> December, The Bristolian (Paddington-Didcot-Bath-Bristol rtn): South Stoke, Uffington, Bristol Temple Meads.<\/p>\n

2968 & 7325<\/strong> (13:35)<\/p>\n

25th<\/sup> October, The Meldon Meanderer (Bristol-Exeter-Meldon; Exeter-Newton Abbot): Brent Knoll, Crediton, Dawlish.<\/p>\n

15th<\/sup> November, The Hardy Flyer (Bristol-Yeovil; Weymouth-Bristol): Claverton, Upton Noble, Yeovil Pen Mill, Upwey.<\/p>\n

22nd<\/sup> November, The Lickey Incliner (Bristol-Bromsgrove-Stourbridge-Gloucester): Lickey Incline.<\/p>\n

Mainline 1998<\/span><\/h2>\n

(44:42)<\/p>\n

2968 & 7325<\/strong> (2:23)<\/p>\n

31st<\/sup> January, The Inclined Salopian (Gloucester-Lickey-Bescot-Shrewsbury-Bescot): Lickey Incline, Wolverhampton.<\/p>\n

6024 King Edward I<\/strong> (10:17)<\/p>\n

10th<\/sup> January, The Cathedrals Express (Didcot-Birmingham-Gloucester-Didcot): Thrupp, Hatton.<\/p>\n

21st<\/sup> February, The Royal Sovereign (Newport-Chester-Crewe): Llanvihangle, Stokesay, Dorrington.<\/p>\n

14th<\/sup> November, The Ports-To-Ports Express (Didcot-Derby-Sheffield-York): Lower Heyford, Claydon.<\/p>\n

35028 Clan Line<\/strong> (4:08)<\/p>\n

11th<\/sup> March, VSOE Special (Victoria-Bath-Victoria): Savernake.<\/p>\n

28th<\/sup> March, 35028 Golden Jubilee (Waterloo-Salisbury-Bristol-Badminton-Waterloo): Grateley, Acton Turville.<\/p>\n

21st<\/sup> November, Solent And Sarum (Victoria-Guildford-Southampton-Salisbury-Victoria): St Denys, Salisbury.<\/p>\n

34027 <\/strong>Taw<\/strong> <\/strong>Valley<\/strong> (8:13)<\/p>\n

8th<\/sup> February, VSOE Special (Victoria-Portsmouth-Victoria): Peasemarsh.<\/p>\n

28th<\/sup> February (Victoria-Horsham-So’ton-Salisbury-Victoria): Faygate, Ford, Salisbury.<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> August, TheDevon Venturer (Victoria-Newbury-Taunton-Exeter-Salisbury-Victoria): Beam Bridge, Feniton, Oborne.<\/p>\n

BR Std 5 73096<\/strong> (19:18)<\/p>\n

15th<\/sup> February, The Daylight Limited (Alton-Reading-Salisbury-Westbury-Reading-Alton): Wooton Rivers, Theale.<\/p>\n

15th<\/sup> March, The Daylight Limited (Alton-Fareham-So’ton-Salisbury-Basingstoke-Alton): Petersfield, Redbridge, Romsey, Chalton Down, Guildford, Isington.<\/p>\n

4th<\/sup> April (Alton-Reading-Newbury-Bristol & return): Ufton Nervet, Little Bedwyn.<\/p>\n

13th<\/sup> September, The Shakespeare Standard (Alton-Reading-Oxford-Stratford and return): Hampton Gaye, Tackley.<\/p>\n

11th<\/sup> October, The Gloucester Standard (Alton-Reading-Swindon-Gloucester and return): Frampton Mansell.<\/p>\n

29th<\/sup> November, The Phoenix (Alton-Reading-Salisbury-Yeovil Jct and return): Battledown, Overton, Templecombe, Andover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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