I believe the Falmouth Service will run with 3 carriages on the days when Falmouth Town is closed.
#Falmouth Town is only long enough for 2 carriages.

Another reason freight trains should run via the far easier LSWR^▸ (London South Western Railway) route, nothing like the steep gradients that exist between Newton Abbot and Plymouth

So a freight train has failed, but is it a loco fault, or a wagon fault?, (dragging brakes, Hot axle Box etc).

Might not be anything to do with the Loco company.

When things go wrong, information for passengers is essential for good business etiquette and damage limitation.

So it's good that there was a good source of information, but why oh why do Railway industry companies have to slag each other off.

Why is the Customer Advice
"A DB^» (Deutsche Bahn - German State Railway - about) Cargo freight train......"
when
"A failed Train........" says the same thing without damage to the reputation of DB,

Of course back in the early 1970s a failed train wouldn't cause this sort of problem as following trains would be controlled and brought up behind the failure and because of something as simple as BUFFERS and drawgear the following train would give a push.

Of course the gradients on the South Devon Main Line make it a hard line to work for trains, but a killer for heavy freight services, many freight trains are split into two portions when worked over the Newton Abbot to Plymouth line, this is an excellent example of why the LSWR^▸ (London South Western Railway) Exeter to Plymouth line via Tavistock should reopen.

I like the Hastings Unit, certainly built with lovely polish wood and comfortable seats, my last ride (late 1990's?) on a preserved Hastings unit was up to Barnstaple. Anyone know the date?

The Footsteps at the external doors always gave away the narrow body build.

Talking of building BR^▸ (British Rail(ways)) Southern had plans around 1960 to build full width DEMUs^▸ (Diesel Electric Multiple Unit) of the same design as the Hasting line sets to work London Waterloo to Exeter and on to Bideford, Bude, Illfracombe, Padstow and Plymouth.

Shame BR Western ever took control of the ex LSWR^▸ (London South Western Railway) lines west of Exeter.

I'd be thi9nking if this relaying job was "on the back of the G7" the middle section of track around the golf links would have also be relaid.

Whilst I like the Class 158 & 159s,

I'd prefer to enjoy a Video of a Class 158 going Plymouth to Exeter or Versa Vice, via Tavistock 

Enjoy the real thing even more 

I'm glad that the reason why there was a "Hastings line gauge" is stated by the Preserved Thumpers web site.

The Tunnels were built "Substandard" (I'd say fraudulently) with only about half the course of bricks that were specified.

When the problem was discovered YEARS later the tunnels were lined with extra (the missing) courses of bricks, which reduced the clearance.

Around 1986 the effected Tunnels were relaid with single lines, thus removing the need for Hastings line gauge.

Whilst the St Ives branch has been closed for 5 weeks, there has been more than track renewal work taking place.

There was a lot of manual work on the St Ives relaying as site access was a problem, and I believe the track work was all but done about 2 weeks ago.

A little historic note about the St Ives branch, opened 1st June 1877 it was Dual gauge from St Erth (called St Ives Road until branch opened) to Lelant Wharf and Broad gauge only beyond Lelant to St Ives.
The last line to be built to Brunel's Broad Gauge!

Approaching Carbis bay from St Erth there is a steep cutting that opens out at the St Ives end.
This was due to the line being built by many Cornish Miners who followed a rich Tin stream and went off course.
Gold (well Tin) in them there Hills. 

Whilst New Rails are a very good thing, why would NR^» (Network Rail - home page) want to renew the Mile off NEW track that was placed down by the New High output train within the last 10 years?

I really do like that on the Overhead photo of the Carbis Bay Hotel there is a building called MOONRAKERS on Park Owles.  Spies Abound. 

What a Nasty Mob, and the Protesters! 

I got the 27MPH average from the small print in a manufactures Brochure, I wish I could state which one but I looked at loads.

Coming back to how old the rails were, whilst not the St Ives Branch, back in 2002, must have been no earlier than that as I was with a new workmate who started in 2002, we were at Newquay (Cornwall) station, and looking at the Bullhead rail chairs many were GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) dated 1920's and 30's there were also LSW chairs dated around the same dates, even a couple of LMS^▸ (London Midland Scottish - 1923 to 1948) chairs but around ten chairs were dated 96 and 98 which I guess meant 1896 and 1898.