Graeme
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Light engine Class 37 just gone north past Cramlington, not sure where it's bound for.
I hope they don't think they can just come back tomorrow morning and still have a railway to run on.VTEC will be running an hourly service between Edinburgh & Newcastle from 15.30 to 18.30 calling at Berwick and Alnmouth
The last service will be the 20.00 Edinburgh to Newcastle calling at Dunbar, Berwick, Alnmouth and Morpeth
So I'm currently stuck on the 1556 from Newcastle to Edinburgh. We've been sitting for 30 minutes so far somewhere just outside of Newcastle.
RTT is now showing this service cancelled right the way through to Edinburgh. We have no idea on what on earth is going on, and there's no on train announcements from the train manager either.
Looks like three trains in your area. I assume you are not sat in Morpeth station so you are probably on 1Z45 which is being held because 1Z18 is sitting in Morpeth station with 1Z68 currently facing you before the loops but wrong road. No idea what is going on though. Sorry.So I'm currently stuck on the 1556 from Newcastle to Edinburgh. We've been sitting for 30 minutes so far somewhere just outside of Newcastle.
RTT is now showing this service cancelled right the way through to Edinburgh. We have no idea on what on earth is going on, and there's no on train announcements from the train manager either.
Staff at Colchester we’re great though. Lots of what info they have being broadcast and visible staff all around. (Might have something to do with the two tv crews there mind )
Pain in the backside - send them packing I say.Funny how both TV crews ended up at the same station. Couldn't they have chosen different ones for variety?
If we were Saudi Arabia we wouldn't be able to deal with the sandstorms nor the hot temperatures.The thing is, we're hardly Saudi Arabia - England isn't the warmest country in the world.
GA (and probably some of the other operators too) should have run a Saturday service from Tuesday and not even attempted to run a peak service. This will always end in tears as a peak service requires all resources - units and train crew plus associated attaching and detaching of trains, of which the former wasn't exactly a success. GA finally ran such a service on Friday and what I saw seemed to go ok.GN and GA now say they are resuming normal service for the rest of today, and tomorrow.
So no doubt the snow will really start here now :-/
If we were Saudi Arabia we wouldn't be able to deal with the sandstorms nor the hot temperatures.
An investigation has been launched after passengers forced their way on to the track from a broken down train.
The incident has been referred to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB).
Nice of SWR to not even hint when trains will run West of Salisbury again. Even if it's going to days surely we at least deserve an update. Weymouth is at least getting updates even if there's no service yet. Justcwonderjng if Monday morning is being too optimistic?
I had wondered if that would be the case. I suppose 2 big engines (each one in its own nice warm engine room) is a better bet than a few small ones slung under coach bodies. Maybe better capacity than single voyagers too, but those could have run doubled up. I'm very pleased that the old much-abused BR stuff is considered more robust than modern stock.
It's looking like it...Considering that in the event none of the HSTs saw use today perhaps the modern stuff isn't that fragile after all
Cross Country seem to have given up any attempt to run services from Birmingham to Bristol and the south west.Not quite sure why but with improving weather I hope this will change soon as I need to travel from Manchester to Exeter tomorrow.
I believe a 9 car 159 got to Yeovil Junction earlier , to split - one portion to get passengers back to Sarum - the other portion to examine the route towards Exeter.
So much going on all over , and therefore tricky to document everything.
I appreciate the situation. Looking on RTT (http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O77117/2018/03/03/advanced) it made it speedily enough back that surely reopening should be a go tomorrow? Guess we'll wait and see.
So I'm currently stuck on the 1556 from Newcastle to Edinburgh. We've been sitting for 30 minutes so far somewhere just outside of Newcastle.
RTT is now showing this service cancelled right the way through to Edinburgh. We have no idea on what on earth is going on, and there's no on train announcements from the train manager either.
Completely unacceptable communication unless PA defective.
It looks like Carlisle to the north will remain closed tomorrow due to snow drifts.
TPE continuing to operate Preston - Man airport only in both directions.
Snow blower territory I'd have thought for something substantial like that?Them drifts 3m high , are they too big for snowploughs ? Or do they wait for it to melt , that will take ages ? Or shovel by hand?
Them drifts 3m high , are they too big for snowploughs ? Or do they wait for it to melt , that will take ages ? Or shovel by hand?
Snow blower territory I'd have thought for something substantial like that?
Snow blower en route as 7Z09 as reported earlier.Snow blower territory I'd have thought for something substantial like that?
Looks like three trains in your area. I assume you are not sat in Morpeth station so you are probably on 1Z45 which is being held because 1Z18 is sitting in Morpeth station with 1Z68 currently facing you before the loops but wrong road. No idea what is going on though. Sorry.
You can set the Beilhack patrol ploughs up so they direct everything to the cess like a road plough.The snowploughs in use are doing a good job, but their design means that snow is pushed to either side of the track it is running on. Road ploughs divert the snow to just one side.
The existing rail ploughs are good for single track, but is there a case for a plough that doesn't push snow on to another running line? Or am I missing something?