Steam 70013 Oliver Cromwell makes landmark journey

[Nawdic]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-15320775

A steam passenger train service has run from London's Euston station to Corfe Castle and Swanage in Dorset for the first time.

Locomotive the Oliver Cromwell made the six-hour journey pulling the 10-coach Swanage Belle train with 500 passengers.

The 67ft (20m) engine hauled the last steam train on British Rail in 1968.

Your oppinions.

[61653]

All good stuff, what route did it take? 'First run ever' from Euston is a rather pointless accolade though, when heading Southwest

[noofnoof]

I was actually really hoping for "First Steam locomotive across the Channel Tunnel"

[Kevo00]

Think it would be impossible for a steam loco to run in the Channel Tunnel. Diesels are certainly banned because of the fumes.

[61653]

Think it would be impossible for a steam loco to run in the Channel Tunnel. Diesels are certainly banned because of the fumes.

Especially given what's happened when we tried to export fire through it...

[Dave]

Euston onto the North London Line is possible I believe. Don't know where that leaves you.

[welshdragon]

All good stuff, what route did it take?

A quick search on http://www.mileage.railmiles.org reveals this:

Distance: 119mi 62ch
Route: London Euston, Camden Junction, Kilburn Up & Down Goods Loop, Queens Park (London) (WCML), Willesden West London Junction, Acton Wells Junction, Acton Main Line, Acton West, Ealing Broadway, West Ealing, West Ealing Junction, Hanwell, Hanwell Bridge Loop, Southall East Junction, Southall, Southall West Junction, Hayes & Harlington, Heathrow Airport Junction, Stockley Bridge Junction, West Drayton East, West Drayton, West Drayton Junction, Iver, Langley (Berks), Dolphin Junction, Slough, Farnham Road (Slough) Loop, Burnham (Bucks), Taplow, Maidenhead East, Maidenhead, Maidenhead West, Ruscombe, Twyford, Twyford West, Reading, Reading Oxford Road Junction, Reading West, Southcote Junction, Mortimer, Bramley (Hants), Basingstoke, Worting Junction, Micheldever, Wallers Ash Loop, Winchester, Shawford, Eastleigh, Southampton Airport Parkway, Swaythling, St Denys, Northam Junction, Southampton Central, Millbrook (Hants), Redbridge, Totton, Ashurst New Forest, Beaulieu Road, Brockenhurst, Sway, New Milton, Hinton Admiral, Christchurch, Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Branksome, Parkstone (Dorset), Poole

There's no data from Poole to Swanage, unfortunately.

[Kevo00]

Think it would be impossible for a steam loco to run in the Channel Tunnel. Diesels are certainly banned because of the fumes.

Especially given what's happened when we tried to export fire through it...

Lol!

Poole to Swanage is the easy bit, surely...