Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
Bump. Times are below, running about an hour late. Leaving Canterbury soon in next hour or so I think?
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Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
Managed to get a couple of views of it before and after it stopped for water
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
It's running very late, won't be back to Victoria until late evening looking at the timings
Mumbles274
running from law and the press and the parents
Looks like it didn't stay at Canterbury West for as long as planned
Waiting for the milk train
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farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
At least its not just the UK that is daft enough to build lines right by the sea
www.theguardian.com
Last stop, underwater: the Spanish railway line being devoured by the sea
The picturesque Maresme line has carried passengers from Barcelona to the coast for more than 170 years – but for how much longer?
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Nothing new, unfortunately, the sea takes away if given the chance ...
Shades of the Llanbedrog & Pwllheli Tramway - A large section of this was swept away in 1927 and it never re-opened.
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Shades of the Llanbedrog & Pwllheli Tramway - A large section of this was swept away in 1927 and it never re-opened.
Pwllheli and Llanbedrog Tramway - Wikipedia
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There's a lovely time lapse video of the work here
www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
WATCH: Storm damaged railway reopens to passengers after around the clock work to fix 33 washouts
Engineers have worked 24/7 to reopen the Cambrian Line between Shrewsbury and Newtown on the first weekend of April, following flood damage caused by Storm Franklin in February.
www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
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The locomotive pulling out Sunday dinner train
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Yesterday I went up to Sheffield and back via Doncaster and was amused to see (at Doncaster I think but not sure) a pair of snow plough wagons with big yellow blades parked on the sidings. It’s good that we have such equipment at hand however infrequently they might be required in this country, but was still surprised to see them out in the open in the Midlands. Is there even anywhere remotely close to Donnie that might require them? I’d have thought Snowdonia or Scotland would be a better place to have them on standby.
Bus Honeygun
This week the score draws are plentiful
We have a couple based at Taunton for the south west. Haven't seen use in years, but you can imagine the furore if we did get some snow and had nothing to shift it.
davesgcr
Reading books
Usually stored in places where there are (a) locomotives (b) technical and operation staff to take them out. Hence Ashford , Carlisle etc.
Clearly they move them around where need is greatest due to what the Daily Express would call a "snow bomb" - sometimes over great distances , such as Scotland to Northern England etc , the Scottish based snowblower was "lent" to Kent not that long ago.....
Clearly they move them around where need is greatest due to what the Daily Express would call a "snow bomb" - sometimes over great distances , such as Scotland to Northern England etc , the Scottish based snowblower was "lent" to Kent not that long ago.....
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Sadly the depot proper at Ashford is gone now
www.kentonline.co.uk
The Kentish snowploughs usually live at Tonbridge, I think.
Huge railway depot reduced to rubble
A long-standing railway works is no more after contractors pulled down the main workshop.
The Kentish snowploughs usually live at Tonbridge, I think.
davesgcr
Reading books
I’ve been in the Ashford Depot
Are there any stored at the North Pole?
The only things kept at North Pole Junction are Santa's sled and traction.
In BR days there was a regular spoof special train alert to all regions advising of his planned 24/12 onwards schedule from 2359 onwards....
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
There's also at least a couple of preserved NER snowploughs ...
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
They do a spoof Santa one on realtime trains don’t they?
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
was north pole junction named after the pub or vice versa?
davesgcr
Reading books
The pub I believe - one of the many , like Throstle Nest Junction (Manchester) and Three Cocks Junction (Mid Wales)
davesgcr
Reading books
They do - the original schedule - way back in the 1970's earned the author of same a telling off from unsympathetic management. Bah humbug.
Someone did a spoof log report for Xmas eve - e.g reindeers going berserk in the buffet at Crewe , heavy forwardings of Xmas trees causing wagon shortages in the HIghlands and so on.....good stuff....
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Yeah, the latter has appeared in more recent variations in some of the TOC controls ...
I usually look at RTT as well as NORAD's offering on the subject of Santa on crimble eve.
Bus Honeygun
This week the score draws are plentiful
Open days aren't particularly my thing, but it's nice to see Irish Rail hosting an event at Inchicore next month:
www.tickettailor.com
Book Ticket(s) – Inchicore 175 - Saturday 7th May, 2022 – Inchicore Railway Works, Multiple dates and times
Inchicore 175 - Saturday 7th May, 2022 – Inchicore Railway Works, Multiple dates and times - To mark the 175th Anniversary of the Inchicore Railway Works, Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail will open the country’s largest railway engineering facility to the public for a celebratory open day on Saturday...
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Books, not bombs
even the Guardian are getting worried now End of the line? Vintage train journeys at risk as coal supply fails
