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« Reply #15 on: October 03, 2007, 18:23:01 » |
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FGW▸ probably have a think tank to come up with differing ways of saying 'The train is broke' 'the staff are sick or cant be done with working for us anymore' 'Network rail cant look after two parallel strips of steal or coloured lights that our trains run on'
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« Reply #16 on: October 03, 2007, 20:35:12 » |
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FGW▸ probably have a think tank to come up with differing ways of saying 'The train is broke' 'the staff are sick or cant be done with working for us anymore' 'Network rail cant look after two parallel strips of steal or coloured lights that our trains run on'
Its true. They seem to come up with a new one every couple of months. The latest is resourcing difficultys. It covers no trains, no driver, no guard, no track(probaly) |
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« Reply #17 on: October 04, 2007, 13:33:46 » |
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Well, there was a train on the Falmouth today I noticed! and it ran! of interest, today was the first time this week that the 0657 Fal-Tru ran and strangely enough hardly anyone used it! The unit that caused the problems yesterday failed on tuesday night and was left at Par for fitters attention the next morning, the fitter turned up the next morning and said it was cream crackered! isn't that the reason why it was failed on tuesday night? doh!
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« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2007, 20:09:03 » |
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Took a trip on the Fal branch on Saturday after the first weeks blockade and was pleasantly suprised with how much work has been done! replaced about 2 miles of track with welded rail/steel sleepers, and loads of cutting back, not just trimming but actually cutting down trees and killing the stumps! was like a new railway!
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« Reply #19 on: November 05, 2007, 12:05:33 » |
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It will be better than the Main Line the way its going  |
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« Reply #20 on: November 12, 2007, 16:18:26 » |
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After the second week it appears that even more work has been done! another mile or so of re laying with CWR▸ and MAJOR cutting back all the way along the branch, so much cutting back that I didn't even realise that there was a row of houses above Perranwell station.
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« Reply #21 on: November 15, 2007, 21:33:45 » |
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Have had a couple of trips along there this week, the rides getting better and as said a hell of a lot of cutting back you get to see places youve not seen for years  On the minus side its a shame all the old track panels are lying round everywhere and instead of cutting back between Penwithers Jct and Perranwell its just been flailed instead wich always looks so untidy  |
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« Reply #22 on: December 06, 2007, 14:24:21 » |
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Neighbours are being "driven to tears" by noisy railway works behind their homes (link below.) http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232450&contentPK=19169994&folderPk=108202&pNodeId=251466The families want the rail service replaced with coaches so the work can be done during the day - or around the clock - as was recently the case at Falmouth. Quote from resident : "There are only a handful of trains and no-one can understand why they don't just put buses on." Network Rail spokesman Ben Herbert said it would not have been "feasible or acceptable" to close the line for more than the two weeks when the work in Falmouth was done. He added: "If residents do have any concerns or questions they can contact Network Rail." "We expect the project to be completed and our people off site next week." A Carrick council spokeswoman said they had not yet decided whether to issue a noise abatement notice. |
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« Reply #23 on: December 06, 2007, 16:03:20 » |
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Ahhh , sad local residents ! Tis such a shame they woke up one morning and found a railway next to their houses  lets shut the A39 for a week with a diversion vis Redruth eh , they won't mind that either , will they Pete |
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« Reply #24 on: December 06, 2007, 16:30:38 » |
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The said "handful of trains"convey an enormous amount of passengers, who would be slightly annoyed to find that they were being bussed to work/college/the main line instead. they are happy on the whole when there is planned engineering as it takes so much longer to make their otherwise 15-25 minute journey, but to enforce more road transport on them......... Is this work not to IMPROVE the already pressurised service?? Its obviously one these moaners do not use.
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« Reply #25 on: December 06, 2007, 17:25:44 » |
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It's probably the same people that moan when the trains are replaced by busses! Penryn is full of moanin old gits like that, the railway was there before them!!
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« Reply #26 on: December 07, 2007, 19:07:39 » |
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This isn't connected to the installation of the passing loop, is it?
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« Reply #27 on: December 07, 2007, 19:44:00 » |
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This isn't connected to the installation of the passing loop, is it?
May be the groundwork but I don't think its actually being installed yet. |
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« Reply #28 on: December 07, 2007, 21:48:36 » |
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This isn't connected to the installation of the passing loop, is it?
No, they're just removing a load of rail and sleepers that were replaced during the recent blockade. |
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« Reply #29 on: December 07, 2007, 22:08:42 » |
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This isn't connected to the installation of the passing loop, is it?
No, they're just removing a load of rail and sleepers that were replaced during the recent blockade. Do you know if there off to the Helston Railway Group? |
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