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I'm pleased to report that Clan Line has passed the FTR today and will be heading tomorrow's 'Belmond British Pullman' to Bath & Bristol. The route outward and return will be via Ascot & Swindon. Victoria depart 0845, Bracknell 09 57-10 10, Reading Plat15 10 32-1039, Didcot 11/05, Swindon UML 12 09-...

Yesterday's 'Surrey Hills' was a bit of a 'curates egg'. Clan performed in her usual exemplary style, however the trip was thawted for a number of reasons. Before Clapham Jn the train was held for a London Overground service this meant that the train was 14' late at Clapham Jn with consequential los...

Clan Line has passed her fitness to run and will be hauling tomorrow's Belmond 'Surrey Hills' Pullman tomorrow, Thursday 18/04.

A reminder: I shall be giving a presentation on 'Clan Line' to the Surrey branch next Tuesday 26th March commencing 1915 at Woking United Reformed Church, White Rose Lane, Woking GU22 7HA. 5 minutes walk from platform 5 exit at Woking station.

Yesterday's Surrey Hills was run in somewhat trying conditions, the outward part of the run to the water stop at Shalford was completed without incident, then the rains came! The result was very greasy rail conditions which resulted on some loss of time on the climb up to the summit at Gomshall. The...

Clan Line has successfully passed the fitness to run examination today, we will be out on the Belmond British Pullman, Surrey Hills tomorrow.

Since the end of December Clan Line has been undergoing annual maintenance. Amongst work that has been undertaken, the inside of the tender tank has been painted and lined with epoxy resin, the driver's side motion has received attention consisting of replacing bushes and re white metalling, the smo...

Yesterday carried out a boiler wash at the start of our annual outage.

An excellent trip to Sherborne despite some late running due to influences outside the control of the loco operator, for example we were stopped and cautioned at as a result of a dog on the line at Isleworth! Some sustained high speed running on both the outwards and return journeys, right time arri...

After some very hard work over the last few days by MNLPS working members, I am delighted to say that Clan Line has passed FTR for tomorrow's UKRT trip to Sherborne. It will be a significant trip for the loco as 23rd December will be her 70th anniversary from when she first entered traffic, in honou...