Recent content by brillopad

The local joke is that 'Imerys' is an anagram of 'Misery'.

One service a day.

About 2:30pm a coach came through doing driver training - (not a bus buff) - it looked vaguely like it was painted in WG green livery.

Didn't this happen with a 220 when a bogie detached and pax pulled the passcomm - train carried on for miles wrecking anything at the lineside.

Why weren't they called 'bend repeaters' ?

And you can hear the waves.

There must be a possession in place from at least Dawlish warren to the breach - there's an access point there for road rail vehicles near Langstone rock in the car park - it was used when the cliff work was done.

Nearest if it's open is the footbridge up from Dawlish near the signal gantry. It should be on this map. http://goo.gl/xpIbu4 It's not google markers don't work - just follow the line up from Dawlish and it's fairly obvious.

There's the weekly log run up from Newton Abbot, not sure if any china clay leaves Cornwall these days but of course in the other direction there is the fuel train for Penzance.

Bit like this then...

Have a look - here

As mentioned ice is not commonly the problem - steam engines (top of my head thinking) are like 'big bang' GP motorbikes - they deliver pulses of torque which allow some time per rotation for the driven wheels to grip - modern traction delivers continuous torque and a continuous problem.

And so it goes on... 14:06 London Paddington to Penzance due 19:33 This train has been delayed at Bodmin Parkway and is now 31 minutes late. This is due to poor rail conditions earlier. Message Received :06/12/2013 18:43

It's from a thread in this Forum

Totnes down has a nasty incline approached from a slow curve - not stopping there probably helps the driver keep momentum to tackle the slippery incline - Ivybridge is flat...more to do with making up time. When trains are 100+ minutes late dropping stops seems a bit of a token effort more...