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« on: October 02, 2023, 16:37:53 »
Just.. Why?

https://www.cornish-times.co.uk/news/bodmin-heritage-railway-launches-appeal-after-train-vandalised-641839
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« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2023, 16:54:24 »
Interesting they have reported it to the British Transport Police.  I didn't realise the BTP▸ (British Transport Police) covered heritage lines.  I am pretty sure the regrettably frequent attacks on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway have been reported to Wiltshire Police.
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« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2023, 17:39:43 »
It would be *lovely* if photos of this sort of vandalism didn't immediately make their way onto media sites as that reinforces the perpetrators' deed/reward loop.

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« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2023, 20:26:38 »
Yes I couldn’t agree more. Oxygen of publicity and all that.
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« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2023, 01:42:51 »
I hope that the vandals are caught and punished severely.
I see no harm in news reports, but feel that images are best avoided.
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2023, 08:37:12 »
Quote from: bobm on October 02, 2023, 16:54:24
Interesting they have reported it to the British Transport Police.  I didn't realise the BTP▸ (British Transport Police) covered heritage lines.  I am pretty sure the regrettably frequent attacks on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway have been reported to Wiltshire Police.

Possibly if mainline trains have been vandalised in the area as well they may have knowledge of the perpetrators.

Either way, sad and pointless.
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« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2023, 15:13:29 »
And if the media feel that images ARE needed, perhaps there should be a code of practice, whereby the details of the graffiti are "blurred out" or obscured, as faces and number plates often are.
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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