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« on: October 08, 2008, 09:49:17 »
From the FGW▸ (First Great Western) website :

Line problem between Bodmin Parkway and Liskeard.

Train services between Bodmin Parkway and Liskeard have been disrupted due to poor rail conditions.Short notice alterations and delays of up to 125 minutes can be expected.

05:41 Penzance to London Paddington due 11:23

This train has been revised.It will no longer call at: Totnes, Newton Abbot, Tiverton Parkway, Taunton, Castle Cary, Westbury and Pewsey.This is due to poor rail conditions.

09:02 Newton Abbot to Plymouth due 09:48

This train has been cancelled.This is due to poor rail conditions.
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« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2008, 10:07:30 »
Golden Hind couldn't get up the hill at Bodmin.
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« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2008, 14:09:45 »
Quote from: richard bickford on October 08, 2008, 10:07:30
Golden Hind couldn't get up the hill at Bodmin.

Is it an HST▸ (High Speed Train)? Don't they have sand?

I would have thought even if the front power car was slipping the rear would still grip.
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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2008, 14:23:32 »
I suspect there might have been less than full power available to the train as well as poor rail conditions, but i'll see if anyone better informed than me knows anything before speculating further
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« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2008, 15:07:20 »
The golden hind departed Bodmin around 0615 this morning, heading towards Liskeard, but was unable to get up the hill, so it ended up reversing to Bodmin, where it waited for sand to be applied to the rails. It left Bodmin again about ten past eight.

Apparantly it was a combination of leaves and dew that caused the bad rail conditions. That is what the train manager said when asked.
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« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2008, 18:19:55 »
Quote from: eightf48544 on October 08, 2008, 14:09:45
Quote from: richard bickford on October 08, 2008, 10:07:30
Golden Hind couldn't get up the hill at Bodmin.

Is it an HST▸ (High Speed Train)? Don't they have sand?

Nope !!!
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