The Railway:First Great Western Series 2

[455driver]

I was amused to see the application of glue to the ballast to stop it moving, something the modelling fraternity have been doing for years!

That glue is effing expensive as well, I do wonder what they are going to do when the track needs tamping?
But then I suppose it shouldnt move anyway!

 

[fgwrich]

That glue is effing expensive as well, I do wonder what they are going to do when the track needs tamping?
But then I suppose it shouldnt move anyway!

I wondered that too. I know it's mostly resin mix but it doesn't half work though! Well, until the next lot of waves aim to play havoc through it!

 

[Hyphen]

No deep breathing down the phone in the vain hope she'll be on the other end.

Naaah, as long as they continue to send me RTVs when I send delay repay claims through, I shan't have any reason to phone :P

 

[SpacePhoenix]

That glue is effing expensive as well, I do wonder what they are going to do when the track needs tamping?
But then I suppose it shouldnt move anyway!

Is it anywhere remotely near the cost of conversion to concrete slab track?

 

[anti-pacer]

Uh oh, I spot some Portillo-esq editing with the Reading guard. First service of the day to Gatwick, with our branches 150, then we're with the driver at the other end of the unit in a 166 cab, then we're at Bramley with the 150, then Guildford with the 166, then a 165 and back to the 166... Confused?

Do 150's work the Reading-Gatwick route? I wasn't aware they did.

 

[fgwrich]

Do 150's work the Reading-Gatwick route? I wasn't aware they did.

They don't, but I gather the guards duties can cover both Reading Gatwick & Reading - Basingstoke in one shift, so 5 Obviously followed the same guard thought his shift covering both routes as he was filmed at Bramley (which is on our route) as well as the Gatwick Line. It looks like he started his day on the Rdg-Bas services too. Great guard though, odd filming!

 

[herschell]

Just a heads up that the final episode is on tonight at 8, I've been enjoying the series so far and also enjoyed the first series, hopefully they'll make a new series.

 

[CC 72100]

Just a heads up that the final episode is on tonight at 8, I've been enjoying the series so far and also enjoyed the first series, hopefully they'll make a new series.

This is the second series - the first series had 8 episodes if I remember correctly!

 

[herschell]

This is the second series - the first series had 8 episodes if I remember correctly!

Your quite right the first series had 8 episodes but for some reason this series has only 4 episodes

 

[CC 72100]

Your quite right the first series had 8 episodes but for some reason this series has only 4 episodes

I'm guessing that they covered a fair bit in the first series - as enjoyable a watch as they are, you don't want to 'over do it' and start clutching at straws for content while your audience gets fed up of seeing the same situation but with different people. In a way, Dawlish/floods has been a great storyline

 

[trainophile]

How much would it cost to pay for the Canadian Rockies rail trip that they are comping in the ad breaks?

I could be tempted .

 

[ainsworth74]

I keep thinking that

 

[trainophile]

Ah, he just said "worth over £10,000". (Presumably for two people?). I missed hearing that until now. Better get saving!

 

[Essexman]

30% of trains are freight ? Surely not.

 

[aylesbury]

I would not want to deal with the stroppy woman who could not get on the coach ,how typical of yuf the way one shouted rubbish from the taxi.

 

[Class377]

30% of trains are freight ? Surely not.

Living near Westbury station, I can believe it

(Yes, I know there's a freight depot there)

 

[AmeralGunson]

I would not want to deal with the stroppy woman who could not get on the coach ,how typical of yuf the way one shouted rubbish from the taxi.

Whereas you would have been happy to turn up at a station where the train terminated to find the advertised onwards connection/travel had gone and then had to hang around for a replacement. What an undemanding person you are. Little wonder that so many people in this country in a service industry have little idea of what good service is.
What's yuf, is that the modern spelling of youth?

 

[455driver]

Whereas you would have been happy to turn up at a station where the train terminated to find the advertised onwards connection/travel had gone and then had to hang around for a replacement. What an undemanding person you are. Little wonder that so many people in this country in a service industry have little idea of what good service is.
What's yuf, is that the modern spelling of youth?

Yeah obviously the platform bod cancelled the train so let's gave a go at him shall we! :roll:
People who don't work in a service industry seem to think shouting at the people actually trying to help them will make the situation better!

 

[Southernrover]

And that old classic The "Customers always right".
In my 35 years in the industry the customer is almost NEVER right-they just think they are.
The "Westcountry Chav" shouting out of the cab window rather demonstrates the herd mentality.

 

[CC 72100]

And that old classic The "Customers always right".
In my 35 years in the industry the customer is almost NEVER right-they just think they are.
The "Westcountry Chav" shouting out of the cab window rather demonstrates the herd mentality.

Who also got a taxi to their home as opposed to a bus to the station - they did rather well out of the whole scenario considering their lack of respect and boozed up nature!
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What an undemanding person you are. Little wonder that so many people in this country in a service industry have little idea of what good service is.

Have you ever dealt with that sort of person, clearly drunk and difficult to manage?

There's customer service and then there's dealing with difficult people!

And yes, the whole "the coach has gone" was obviously a mistake, but the two of them v 70-odd passengers did very well all things considered.

 

[GodAtum]

anyone know what camera the newsround crew where using?

The track corssover at Weston is not even mentioned the NR website, I wonder how people are meant to know?

 

[pompeyfan]

I can't admit to paying too much attention to the reopening of dawlish, but by the looks of things, the prime minister arrived in to the up platform, was that correct?

 

[221129]

I can't admit to paying too much attention to the reopening of dawlish, but by the looks of things, the prime minister arrived in to the up platform, was that correct?

Correct.

 

[pompeyfan]

Cheers for the reply, as I say I lost interest in the area as it gathered pace and re-opened, so never kept check of what ran where. Presumably the PM was on a special, presumably it ran into the up for security reasons.

 

[221129]

Cheers for the reply, as I say I lost interest in the area as it gathered pace and re-opened, so never kept check of what ran where. Presumably the PM was on a special, presumably it ran into the up for security reasons.

I believe it was a normal service train. 0706 off PAD?

 

[Kite159]

I believe it was a normal service train. 0706 off PAD?

If I recall he missed that service but caught up with it after taking a helicopter.

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Anyway I'm not travelling on there, it smells of anus (and good to see the First Great South West Trains 158 in action)

I agree with the earlier comments reference the trip to Gatwick, the train shot interiors does swap over between a 165/166 & 150.

 

[pompeyfan]

Sorry to keep harping on, but if it was a regular service, why use the up?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

If the subtitles were accurate the VIPs were on a special, or was that all the other VIPs and not the Prime Minister?

 

[221129]

Sorry to keep harping on, but if it was a regular service, why use the up?

Operational reasons I would guess

 

[455driver]

I believe it was a normal service train. 0706 off PAD?

Which he caught from Exeter St Davids after missing the train at Paddington because he was on "official government business" (at 7AM?) when the train departed, so he was helicoptered to Exeter Airport and thence onto St Davids to board the train.
There's green credentials for you!
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Sorry to keep harping on, but if it was a regular service, why use the up?

They didnt, it arrived on the down as normal. The reversible signalling on the up was out of use anyway, actually I think all the signalling between Teignmouth and Dawlish Warren was still OOU at the time with extended block working (or something like that) between the two.
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If the subtitles were accurate the VIPs were on a special, or was that all the other VIPs and not the Prime Minister?

I think everyone else was already there because the celebrations had already started an hour or two earlier than our intrepid bleeders arrival, oops I mean leader dont I!