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Met Loco No.1 is undergoing a full restoration at the Flour Mill workshops in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. |
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I imagine even getting onto the subsurface stations to watch will be difficult, as many will turn out wanting to see a steam train running below ground.
I loved looking the pictures and the video clip of the below ground test, thanks for the link. |
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It seems to me that being on the train is just about the worst vantage point of all!
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In the late Nineties in Paris there were those all-nighters organized by ADEMAS, were you got to ride a vintage train that was driven by volunteers and visited all the disuses stations, departing and arriving to the closed section of Porte des Lilas. I went to one: it was packed to the nines with people of all ages and nationalities, even some blind people with guide dogs. It was relatively expensive (probably around £50 of today) but you got a hell of a guided tour, a view of the bottom of a train in a maintenance pit plus refreshments and breakfast the morning after. It was one of the funniest parties I've ever been to. Unsurprisingly, they are no longer run after an accident occurred, bun in comparison those half-an-hour journeys seem a really stingy way of celebrating.
(I admit - I am half tempted nonetheless to try the ballot) |
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They're surprisingly late in the day too - though I guess it's to avoid too many spotters on the platform (or the risk of a train breaking down) during a busy time on a Saturday.
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There are rumours ( http://www.railforums.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1241515&postcount=7 ) that enthusiats might not be able to get pictures of it going through stations etc...
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As martin commented they are running late in the day, so it will be dark above ground, not so good for video or photos.
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Does anyone know what the 1863 ticket prices were?
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