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6C45 heading up to the possession limit at Crediton.690H in Exeter Yard arrived from Westbury. Ready to go to Okehampton or wherever at 22.43. Trailing load 1600 tons.
6C45 heading up to the possession limit at Crediton.690H in Exeter Yard arrived from Westbury. Ready to go to Okehampton or wherever at 22.43. Trailing load 1600 tons.
Do you mean 6C46? As there is no such train as 657P which is just random output for freight services on RTT etc.657P heading for Crediton from Westbury.
The headcode has been obfuscated so that's not the trains real headcode.
Again that is the scrambled Headcode and not the real one.^So what's the point? it appears on open trains as 657P going along the signalling blocks,View attachment 92592
Certain FOCs - including Colas Railfreight, DB Cargo and DRS - insist that the reporting numbers of their trains are scrambled and don't show locomotive allocations on public-facing forums and websites, such as RTT, Traksy and Open Trains. This may be for reasons of commercial confidentiality, security (especially in the case of DRS nuclear services).....or just because they want to piss off rail enthusiasts! (Surely not!). Other companies - such as GBRf take a more enlightened view and are happy to publicise both the correct headcodes of their trains and the number of the locomotive(s) allocated. This scrambling of headcodes is known as 'obfustication'. There are, however, ways and means of finding out the correct headcodes....sometimes with the assistance of the kind people on here who have access to TOPS and TRUST.^So what's the point? it appears on open trains as 657P going along the signalling blocks,View attachment 92592
They're not all for Okehampton.Two 70’s top n tailed on 12 flatbed wagons full of new concrete sleepers piled 3 high.
How many more sleepers do they need down there ?
They're not all for Okehampton.
I believe these trains are for the Tarka line works coming up soon at Newton St Cyres.Oh ok, all previous trainloads have been unloaded at Okehampton so I wrongly assumed they were all for okehampton.
I believe these trains are for the Tarka line works coming up soon at Newton St Cyres.
Again that is the scrambled Headcode and not the real one.
But it's well known and even on various RTT pages that it's not the real Headcode.But this is the whole point. Railway staff who understand / have access to, know the 651P is not a "real" headcode, but other enthusiasts don't have the access or knowledge to decipher obfusticated headcodes, so have to rely on RTT etc for the information.
Will be an engineers train of some description. There are about 20 different sites along the line having various different forms of work done. None of which involve Okehampton.Anybody know what 6G70 is coming down on the 9 April? Odd line closure that week with the whole line closed then just Crediton to Barnstaple. Signalling? point moving?
There doesn't seem to be any points work being done, but there are bridge works at Yeoford, Track relaying between Crediton and Portsmouth Arms (which is what the sleepers delivered this week are for) Various relaying works up towards Barnstaple, Various drainage works and off track works and platform enhancements being done at Eggesford.The week of the 12th maybe the bridge replacement and associated track works, points renewal etc at Penstone although last I heard this was due to be done in a closure in May - maybe a case of time will tell on that one....
They will likely be for ballast delivery and then removal of spoil etc.Thought that material was being bought in on trains that night (overnight of 9th and 10th April) as mentioned in Posts 321 & 322 which are both operated by GBRF.
I can't find any reference to a line closure in May...I heard this was due to be done in a closure in May - maybe a case of time will tell on that one....
Indeed unfortunately you wont be getting the MK2's in the platform .And on again right now (0842)
I believe these trains are for the Tarka line works coming up soon at Newton St Cyres.
out of curiosity where did the heritage line used to run between? Was it just a shuttle between Sampford Courtney and Okehampton?
Was it just a shuttle between Sampford Courtney and Okehampton?
It used to venture up the rest of the line to Sampford on some summer weekdays a nd Saturdays when the Exeter services didn't run.I could be wrong but I thought it was just a shuttle between Okehampton and Meldon Quarry and didn't venture beyond Okehampton in the Exeter Direction. But then I only visited on the days when the GWR service was running so perhaps they weren't allowed to operate in that direction at the same time as GWR were passing through?