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The Railway:First Great Western Series 2
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trainophile
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Do us a favour and bump this again nearer the time 
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trainophile
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Haha :roll: . I'll have a pint of what you're on
That would be Caffrey's Irish Ale then!
HarleyDavidson
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That would be Caffrey's Irish Ale then!
Just give him fizzy alcoholic apple juice, he gets very happy on that.
That would be Caffrey's Irish Ale then!
Caffreys 455? Commercial crap lol - If ever you get a chance have a pint of Salopian Oracle or Fullers ESB or Shepherd Neames 1698 top ales
Bump by the way
fgwrich
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Caffreys 455? Commercial crap lol - If ever you get a chance have a pint of Salopian Oracle or Fullers ESB or Shepherd Neames 1698 top ales
Mmm. Had a pint of that in Shrewsbury last Saturday! But sticking close to the route of the Great Western (see, a link there
) Sharp's Atlantic Pale Ale is very much my favourite at the moment!Hyphen
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If you'd asked a couple of months ago, I'd have had the lot on my DVR. Sadly, they seem to have expired (forgot to set them not to).
Last seen on terrestrial (Pick TV was it?) in August. Not planned to be on again in the immediate future (i.e. within the next week), but knowing how these channels churn through content, it probably won't be long before it's back on!
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Caffreys 455? Commercial crap lol - If ever you get a chance have a pint of Salopian Oracle or Fullers ESB or Shepherd Neames 1698 top ales
Going a fair way off topic here, but Salopian do some very good brews - Shropshire Gold is excellent. St. Austell do some good beers such as Trelawny, Proper Job and Big Job, but Tribute is too common and not their best effort. Skinners tend to be more what the locals drink (Keel Over, Cornish Knocker and Ginger Tosser are all good), but again I'd say their most well-known beer (Betty Stogs) isn't their best.
Devon - Cotleigh Brewery is good, their Commando Hoofing is very good.
samuelmorris
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In all seriousness, what are they finding to film stuff about? It might not bother me but I do wonder if there's really much call for yet another series like this - after the original series of this, All Aboard
ast Coast Trains and The Railway:Keeping Britain on Track, what else is there to cover?
ast Coast Trains and The Railway:Keeping Britain on Track, what else is there to cover?
trainophile
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Bump!
Its on tonight at 20:00 on Channel 5.
See I can do it right!
Thank you!
Just got time to boil my spuds for tea, which will tonight be a TV dinner! Looking forward to the ensuing discussion on here after the prog.That sounds horrifically painful!
trainophile
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Unfortunately I lost a few weeks wages because of delays on FGW. I wonder why they cannot run longer trains instead of those rubbish turbos. I wonder what the passenger per hour capacity is compared to Southern and SWT which have 12 coaches normally
Because the DaFT wont give them longer trains!
You know just like every other TOC in the Country who are screaming out for extra stock!
Not a bad program, quite enjoyable (in a sadistic sort of way) watching the Network go into meltdown.
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SkinnyDave
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--- old post above --- --- new post below ---Not a bad program, quite enjoyable (in a sadistic sort of way) watching the Network go into meltdown.
Agreed I thought it was a much better effort than 1st series episodes and a bit more coherent than Eastcoast one.
The guy in charge at Dawlish scene for Network Rail was cool as a cucumber
Although thought keeping Britain on track was best one
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The moron at Reading saying "excuses excuses " needed a talking to
trainophile
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Really good episode, and not a stag party in sight! Next week we have a rugby crowd apparently, so more like the original series. Think they used all the good stuff (i.e. most interesting) up tonight 
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Really good episode, and not a stag party in sight! Next week we have a rugby crowd apparently, so more like the original series. Think they used all the good stuff (i.e. most interesting) up tonight
I'm guessing there'll be a fair bit more on the filling up of the Dawlish hole to come. The famous containers haven't even made an appearance yet !
Looks like they've chosen a good year to film.
Agreed i thought that it was a good episode shows how bad the dawlish storms really where
Really good episode, and not a stag party in sight! Next week we have a rugby crowd apparently, so more like the original series. Think they used all the good stuff (i.e. most interesting) up tonight
Are you sure you aren't confusing it with the unrelated East Coast series?
Series 1 was very well done, with a lot of focus on engineering.
trainophile
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It occurred to me that it was quite a coincidence that they were filming in the control room almost from the start of the bad weather. Quite professionally edited too, you could hear what people were saying, and they showed us their planning screens as things developed. It's as if they knew this was going to be momentous, and had arranged for a film crew to be set up ready for the action.
Not to mention the film crews who must have been on the platforms. I wonder if those irate passengers knew they were being filmed. Wonder if they had to give their permission to be on the programme. After all, not everyone is where they are meant to be at all times .
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Possibly. I watched them all and can't remember exactly what happened in each one. Come to think of it, FGW trains don't quite seem "stag party friendly". Yeah, the hen party that sticks in my mind was at Newcastle, so I'm probably wrong in what I wrote - sorry FGW
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Edit - it's all coming back to me now, it was Festivals!
Not to mention the film crews who must have been on the platforms. I wonder if those irate passengers knew they were being filmed. Wonder if they had to give their permission to be on the programme. After all, not everyone is where they are meant to be at all times
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Possibly. I watched them all and can't remember exactly what happened in each one. Come to think of it, FGW trains don't quite seem "stag party friendly". Yeah, the hen party that sticks in my mind was at Newcastle, so I'm probably wrong in what I wrote - sorry FGW
.Edit - it's all coming back to me now, it was Festivals!
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