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To celebrate two year of the
NETTRams@Yahoogroups discussion group and 1 year of public services on
NET, a group of intrepid NETTrams@Yahoo
groups correspondents met to ride the system and lunch at whereelse - Tramwiches, with a side excursion to see the Nottingham East Midlands Model
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day started for Jamie Steel and myself with an epic grice!. We both
came by train from Loughborough. Rather then get the direct Central
trains service, journey time 17 mins, we got the 09:16 Midland Mainline
service which was diverted via: Trent jct, Trowell jct, Langley Mill,
reverse over crossover, Trowell jct, Radford jtc and Mansfield jct to
Nottingham, scheduled journey 1 hour 4 mins, although we made it 12 mins
early. Here is our HST getting yellow proceed with caution flag from
the Railtrack signalman who was working the ground frame, as we proceeded
over the crossover after reversing at Langley Mill..
©Stephen Dee
19 March 2005 (ID P3191802) |
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As I needed to get the bus and tram,
I splashed out and brought a Kangaroo ticket see above and below. In addition SJP had only brought a Tramrider, so I got him a
Cityrider from a NCT bus to use on
the bus.
ID NETTicket26 (L) and
NETTicket27 (R) |
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The wallet that is provided to go
with a Kangaroo ticket.
ID NETTicket28 |
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The first tram we
got, was tram 209, 10:24 from Station Street to Hucknall. Here is tram
209 waiting to depart from Hucknall as the 11:01 02SE departure for Station
Street.
©Stephen Dee
19 March 2005 (ID P3191811) |
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From Hucknall we got the 11:13
10SC, formed by tram 208, as far as Highbury Vale. Tram 208 is seen
heading over the junction at Highbury Vale on route to Station Street.
©Stephen Dee
19 March 2005 (ID P3191817) |
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From Highbury Vale, we got tram 202 working 04PF to Phoenix Park. At
Phoenix Park we let 202 go and got the following tram, 207, on the 11SD
11:50 departure. Here is tram 207 arriving as the 11PD from Station
Street. At the rear is MeridianNick waiting to take a photo. ©Stephen Dee
19 March 2005 (ID P3191832) |
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From Phoenix Park we headed to
Wilkinson Street for a nose around the depot stabling yard. After that we go
tram 206, which was working 03SG from Phoenix Park, as far as Radford Road,
where tram 206 is seen departing.
©Stephen Dee
19 March 2005 (ID P3191837) |
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We took lunch at Tram-Wiches to
watch the trams go by, except in the case of SJP, Mr Croydon Tramlink, who
clearly was more interested in the paper then tram 207 which was working
11SE, the 12:50 ex Phoenix Park.
©Stephen Dee
19 March 2005 (ID P3191839) |
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The intrepid group of
NETTrams@Yahoogroups pose for a
photo. L to R: Jamie Steel, MeridianNick, Geoffrey Bennett,
Stephen Parscandolo, Brian Dominic.
©Stephen Dee
19 March 2005 (ID P3191840) |
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After Lunch we headed to Station Street and found another opportunity for a
group pose, this time front to back: Stephen Parscandolo, Brian Dominic,
MeridianNick, Jamie Steel and Geoffrey Bennett. ©Stephen Dee
19 March 2005 (ID P3191844) |
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The real purpose for peering over the railings at Station Street? We
were all looking along the route of the lines 2 and 3 extension across the
roof of Nottingham Midland Railway station, and across the gap by the carpet warehouse. ©Stephen Dee
19 March 2005 (ID P3191842) |
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After an excursion by bus to the Nottingham East midlands Model Railway
Exhibition, SJP and I headed to Phoenix Park, where despite some earlier
disruption, tram 207 is seen departing on time for her final trip of the day
as 11AA, 17:46 to Wilkinson Street and the depot. ©Stephen Dee
19 March 2005 (ID P3191905) |
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After a curry in Radford Rd and a
pint at the Frog and Onion SJP and I parted company from the Geoffrey
Bennett and
Steve Barber who had joined for the meal, at Basford. Seen here is
tram 202 working 03PO at Basford. Earlier tram 202 was working run 4,
so presumably tram running order was switched due to the earlier disruption.
©Stephen Dee
19 March 2005 (ID P3191909) |