Blue Pullman Comes Back
Midland Pullman have reinstated their Blue Pullman service for charter specials;
MIDLAND PULLMAN Sat 14 November 2020 DEPARTING FROM: London St Pancras, St Albans, Luton, Bedford The Midland Pullman was Britain’s first luxury high speed diesel-electric train running in the early 1960’s. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of this iconic train we are honoured to present our own refurbished high speed train as a faithful revival , this will be our inaugural train before offering further tours in 2021 throughout Britain. My eldest Daughter is treating me and has booked us both onto this inaugural trip for one of the London-Manchester-London tours in November, so something to look forward to during these strange days of COVID and lock-downs. |
Strange timing. Inaugral trip in the middle of Corona. Wil it pay for itself under Social Distancing ?
Good luck to them anyway, love to see this come back. BW |
The revived Blue Pullman is being run by Locomotive Services Ltd. under their Statesman Rail brand, using an HST, repainted into the Midland Pullman livery from the 60s.
LSL have been the first to resume railtours following the lockdown (as Saphos Trains & Statesman Rail) and were quoted in the railway press at the time as saying that they can manage financially at 60% loadings and that they can make the social distancing work. Anyway, it looks like a good venture and hope you enjoy your trip MC. https://midlandpullman.com/journey/midland-pullman https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2020/08...announced.html Tony |
Thanks for the info Tony. And doesn't the HST look great in blue/white?
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Thanks for the responses folks, I will report back on how it all goes after my trip.
Unfortunately we wont take the Monsal Dale Midland route of the original BP from the Ambergate Triangle, for obvious reasons, but will do the Sheffield Edale route through the Peak District. |
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Cheers, BW. |
Enjoy the trip - I'd love to see some pics too!
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Hope to post a few. |
This deserves to work! That HST looks great in the Blue Pullman livery.
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Not wearing a yellow front. Now that we have horrendously bright headlights the need for yellow panels seems to have been relaxed.
A good thing in this case. |
The ECS working will be coming my way on November 14th - but with a provisional timing of 7:18am the light might not be at its best for a classic photo!
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According to Railway Herald it appears that the Midland Pullman HST set will be out on test between Crewe-Carnforth-Rugby-Crewe every day next week, Monday 2nd-Friday 6th November.
http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/railtours I think these are the timings for Monday 2/11/20 for Crewe-Carnforth: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/tra...11-02/detailed Timings Carnforth-Rugby: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/tra...11-02/detailed Timings Rugby-Crewe: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/tra...11-02/detailed Tony |
The set arrived at Crewe a few minutes ago, and the first videos are being posted online.
I must admit it does look rather good. Cheers John |
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Best looking HST I've ever seen. Thanks Philip. :) |
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It is not clear if the Midland Pullman set will be in use on any of the other days. Tony |
Silly me, went to Lichfield TV to see it.
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I have checked Railway Herald this morning and they have amended their listing to state that the HST Test Runs for the remainder of this week (Tues-Fri) are provisionally to run with 43058/9, the EMT-liveried power cars as per yesterday's run. This may change of course!
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And Realtime Trains are showing that the train is currently underway, using 43059 & 43058:
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/tra...11-03/detailed Tony |
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https://www.therailwayhub.co.uk/3826...ullman-launch/ Tony |
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Here's hoping it is able to run on that day. |
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Realtime Trains is showing that the test train is out again this morning with 43058/9 (6/11/20).
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The HST hauled the Midland Pullman service to perfect timings on the inaugural first charter yesterday.
The rerouted schedule gave some additional scenic views of the East Midlands. A great day was had by all, pictures to follow. |
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Thanks Tony.
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Again the trip was subjected to some delays due to line side traspassers trying to get too close to the action.
Fortunately there was enough flexibility in the schedule to make up for the delays. There was one chap we saw as we passed on the down fast who was perched on a rail bridge girder less than 1 metre from the freight loop leaving only MM to spare from passing traffic. |
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The Tale of the Blue Pullman
The Tale of the Blue Pullman.
A video history of the Blue Pullman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Y8qPHOsAc |
Grab some photos going across the Monsal dale viaduct please!!!
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