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Today saw a class 70 run to moorswater industrial estate. First train for many years. The former works are being turned into a concrete distribution point for Cornwall with a weekly rail delivery expected to start soon.
How will this impact the Looe branch?
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« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2016, 17:30:17 » |
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Today saw a class 70 run to moorswater industrial estate. First train for many years. The former works are being turned into a concrete distribution point for Cornwall with a weekly rail delivery expected to start soon.
How will this impact the looe branch?
Not at all. The signalling allows a train to be locked into the Coombe Junction to Looe section whilst a train proceeds from Liskeard to Moorswater (and vice versa). It worked perfectly adequately in the past. Cue CfN: Its Moorswater not Moors water |
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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2016, 19:27:34 » |
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Great to see it being used again.
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« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2016, 20:00:01 » |
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The former china clay loading point was converted to a cement distribution depot some 10 years ago. Are you sure the new use is for concrete and not just a reactivation for cement?
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LiskeardRich
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« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2016, 20:39:08 » |
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maybe a reactivation then. i was told it was opening as a distribution point in July and its Cheaper to use rail than road again,
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« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2016, 20:56:55 » |
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According to RTT» , something, presumably what you saw, arrived from Tavistock Junction at 1300, 147L. It left at 1448, 67E and arrived at Tavistock Junction 80E. I have to admire the maximum speed of 168mph. It was a STP service. Elsewhere on RTT, there is a weekly path between Aberthaw Cement Works and Moorswater Lafarge, avoiding BRI» , arriving 1250 Tuesdays between 21/6/16 and 9/9/16. It doesn't look as though it was activated today. |
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« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2016, 23:20:22 » |
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Cue CfN: Its Moorswater not Moors water
Thank you for the prompt: I've now amended the heading of every post accordingly - and given a metaphorical clip round the ear to the original poster for failing Cornish.    |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2016, 07:02:20 » |
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A railway worker has said on Flickr a weekly service is to commence mid July.
R.e. Title- autocorrect failed me!
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« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2016, 10:52:49 » |
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I had sommelier problems with mine.
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« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2016, 11:24:40 » |
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Don't wine.
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« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2016, 00:55:54 » |
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Sour grapes. More water. |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2016, 08:44:46 » |
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Lots of pictures around of the Moorswater train running yesterday - a long line of incoming cement wagons.
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« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2016, 11:12:43 » |
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Lots of pictures around of the Moorswater train running yesterday - a long line of incoming cement wagons.
Many thanks to Tim Symons for permission to reproduce this picture here of the train on its way from South Wales. It had to carry on down to Lostwithiel for the locomotive to run around; here seen at/near Dobwalls.  |
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« Reply #13 on: December 22, 2016, 11:16:09 » |
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Its ran the last 3 weeks. It ran round at Liskeard the first week, the 2nd and 3rd week the train was too long for the loco to run round at Liskeard, hence running down to Lostwithiel.
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« Reply #14 on: December 22, 2016, 13:21:21 » |
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Crikey thats a lot of cement. Wonder where its all being used  |
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