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« Reply #60 on: October 11, 2024, 19:32:52 »
Looks like the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) weather app and website have returned to normal. A glitch in their data feed meant they were forecasting temperatures of over 400C and wind speeds of 13000mph for parts of the UK▸ (United Kingdom)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cx25wjjnxp0o
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« Reply #61 on: October 11, 2024, 20:24:57 »
Quote from: eXPassenger on October 11, 2024, 17:49:47
Interesting comment on Kirk.  I had assumed that the deluge we had on Tuesday afternoon / evening had come from it.

Apparently not. I thought we might have got a bit of very wet air spun off Kirk, but instead a new depression was spun up by one of two bits of jet stream to the south of us. They were also what shepherded Kirk away from us.
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« Reply #62 on: October 12, 2024, 04:02:47 »
Quote from: Surrey 455 on October 11, 2024, 19:32:52
Looks like the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) weather app and website have returned to normal. A glitch in their data feed meant they were forecasting temperatures of over 400C and wind speeds of 13000mph for parts of the UK▸ (United Kingdom)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cx25wjjnxp0o


I was briefly alarmed by the forecast of hurricane strength winds, but only very briefly until I noticed the impossible temperatures and wind speeds that were also forecast.
And also the absence of any relevant Met Office severe weather warnings.
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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 #63 on: November 26, 2024, 16:10:53 »
Dawlish lifts: dead again until further notice allegedly.

As are the lifts at Exeter St Davids. Does Exeter deploy the barrow crossing when that happens?

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« Reply #64 on: March 18, 2025, 09:53:09 »
Perhaps out of context for this thread ... but has me wondering about water on an IET▸ (Intercity Express Train - replacement for HSTs (manufactured by Hitachi in Kobe, Japan))?

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07:00 Gloucester to Plymouth due 10:31 will no longer call at Dawlish and Teignmouth.
This is due to forecasted severe weather.

Understand the potential problem at Dawlish, but didn't think that Teignmouth would be a risk?
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« Reply #65 on: March 19, 2025, 08:34:41 »
The easterly wind was very strong in the Exeter area yesterday so the sea would have been surging directly towards the railway line. As a result of this I suspect NR» (Network Rail - home page) would have implemented Single Line Working (SLW) between DWW and TGM▸ (Teignmouth station) (West) and would have cancelled these station calls to avoid making the resulting capacity issue even worse.
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« Reply #66 on: March 19, 2025, 09:31:06 »
Quote from: Bob_Blakey on March 19, 2025, 08:34:41
The easterly wind was very strong in the Exeter area yesterday so the sea would have been surging directly towards the railway line. As a result of this I suspect NR» (Network Rail - home page) would have implemented Single Line Working (SLW) between DWW and TGM▸ (Teignmouth station) (West) and would have cancelled these station calls to avoid making the resulting capacity issue even worse.

Ah yes - that makes some sense.  Not that an IET▸ (Intercity Express Train - replacement for HSTs (manufactured by Hitachi in Kobe, Japan)) would get drowned at Teignmouth as it might have at Dawlish, but rather these stops were left out because they had become stations on a highly limiting (capacity wise) single line section for the duration of the storm.
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