Captain Baxter visit to Tanfield Railway

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Captain Baxter visit to Tanfield Railway

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The Tanfield Railway is proud to announce that unique 135 year old Fletcher Jennings 0-4-0ST Captain Baxter will be visiting this month.

Captain Baxter has only recently been fitted with vacuum brakes so this will be one of the first chances for passengers to ride behind the locomotive.

Captain Baxter will be in action during our Light Railway Weekend on April 21-22 along with locomotives from our home fleet.

Lots of mixed trains will be running, an ideal weekend for photography and a great opportunity to ride a famous locomotive well away from its normal habitat.

We’re planning on lots of other Light Railway themed goings on too. More information and a timetable will be available shortly.
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Great news, haven't been fortunate enough to see this lovely little locomotive yet. I'll be in the area this weekend, do you know if Twizell will be running on Saturday or Monday?
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Re: Captain Baxter visit to Tanfield Railway

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(Moved to Railway Chat - as far as I can see "Captain Baxter" has no LNER connection)
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Re: Captain Baxter visit to Tanfield Railway

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I think we're due to have Renishaw Ironworks No. 6 and Sir Cecil A. Cochrane out this weekend. I think Twizell is still having her new firebars fitted. If you're looking for really up to date information though I'd try www.tanfield-railway.blogspot.com if you haven't already.

Apologies if I've posted in the wrong thread, I assumed that as a route formerly operated by the LNER it would count! Is there some official protocal I should be aware of?
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Re: Captain Baxter visit to Tanfield Railway

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I think if the news was really about the Tanfield - eg. if they had an extension or new bridge, then "LNER News" would be fine. Here, I think the locomotive is the main part of the news in this example.
If the news was about a "B12 Grand Tour" - then that would be LNER news, even if it was running through Swindon :-)

Also note that minor news can dilute the effectiveness of the forum. For example the return to steam of an LNER locomotive is News, as is a major model announcement (e.g. Dapol's A3 and A4); but a scheduled visit (with little of note) of a well travelled locomotive or a new model livery are much less newsworthy.
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Re: Captain Baxter visit to Tanfield Railway

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Captain Baxter has now arrived for the weekend, pictures on our blog at www.tanfield-railway.blogspot.com
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