Well, the steam loco started from Kings Croos on time at07:48 hrs, but by the time it got to Potters Bar it was already losing time. This time could not be caught and insted the time was steadily moving far behind schedule. I kept track of it on 'Real Time Trains' website and could see it was getting worse and worse.
Once I got to my local station, I could see that the loco had stopped at Peterborough. I decided to go to York, the final destination. Once there I checked again. To my suprise notifications informed me that 7000 Britannia had 'failed' and was being replaced by a diesel loco. By now it was +90 minutes down before it departed Peterborough. I decided to go back to Donny and this I did on the same set that ferried me to York!
I still had an hour to kill once back in Donny, so I got a coffee and had a smoke. By the time I got to the platform, I had missed the event. The diesel had gained back time and raced through the station earlier than expected. So that was it!
The one thing I have learned from this is to stay put at the station and platform, even if there is a wait of 60 minutes or so!
The photos I took at Donny of a couple of class 37s was no consolation!
RJC
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