Steam engine Tornado 60163 at Reading en route from Paddington to Salisbury. Valentines Express 14th Feb 2010 organized by Steam Dreams. Notice the bizarre platform announcement:- "the 1109 Salisbury"
Departure at 1109 from platform 8.Other trains passing by include:- HST, IC125, Cross County Voyager.
60163 Tornado is a main-line steam locomotive built in Darlington, England, the first such locomotive built in the United Kingdom since Evening Star, the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, in 1960. Designed to meet modern safety and certification standards, Tornado runs on the UK rail network and on mainline-connected heritage railways. The locomotive is named after the Panavia Tornado military jet.
I've beeen caught like that before!
KINGANDCASTLE 2 years ago
@KINGANDCASTLE
Yes, but the 3rd class was all full up by the time we booked ;-)
MoiUnMouton 2 years ago
I bet that was dear
KINGANDCASTLE 2 years ago
@KINGANDCASTLE Merde, non, ce n'est pas gentil :'-(((
Anyway, the lunch was Duck Confit
MoiUnMouton 2 years ago
Devrait-on dire, "Sauce à la menthe"
KINGANDCASTLE 2 years ago
Very nice. That's me waving to you from Coach 6 at 4m08s, we had a very good trip
MoiUnMouton 2 years ago