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« Reply #30 on: September 25, 2010, 22:36:07 » |
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Am impressed they got a path over svb. Presumably it passed a SVB service at Avonmouth, should give it enough time to get to stapleton rd.
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« Reply #31 on: September 25, 2010, 22:37:21 » |
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Actually it's not, signalling is controlled from Slough not Paddington.
Still upstairs is it not at slough!!! That sentence makes no sense to me, can you reword it? The signal centre at slough, is still up some stairs, isnt it!!! Actually no Slough IECC▸ (or Slough New SN) is a single story building. Great the Brenelian went well  |
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Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
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« Reply #32 on: September 25, 2010, 23:17:15 » |
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Am impressed they got a path over svb. Presumably it passed a SVB service at Avonmouth, should give it enough time to get to stapleton rd.
We were slotted in to the normal SVB timetable although there was a cancelation on the SVB line of the service that we were due to pass at AVN which was then scheduled to follow us in to BRI» . I think.... 'Train fault' was the reason given, so probably unrelated to the railtour. |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #33 on: September 25, 2010, 23:25:08 » |
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....and to add to CfN's comments upthread.... a grand day out.
Nice to see different of parts Bristol from the windows of a HST▸ . The highlight being the run to Portbury along the Avon gorge. Also the double takes that waiting pax did at Shirehampton and Sea Mills when they saw a HST trundling through.
And the amount of folks at the lineside, particularly at Pill, waving at the novelty of a 'passenger' train on normally freight only lines.
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
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« Reply #34 on: September 26, 2010, 01:17:43 » |
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Also, as this railtour was part of the " GWR▸ 175" celebrations, there is one person, above all others, that we have to thank: </span></span>/main/IsambardKingdomBrunel_01.jpg) IKB▸ . We salute you. |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
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« Reply #35 on: September 26, 2010, 01:24:58 » |
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Hmm. 'Views from an HST▸ ' - but very unusual ones, this time! Our HST was this one:  ... and we went under a few bridges that HSTs don't often go under!     |
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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 #36 on: September 26, 2010, 01:49:40 » |
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The 'Brunelian' passing through a certain station in Wiltshire. Shame it wasn't booked to call.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gePEw4cdmIw |
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« Reply #37 on: September 26, 2010, 21:09:06 » |
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I like the sign at the end of that clip! The menu for first class looks nice, will get a pic of that up shortly. |
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I do not work for FGW▸ and posts should not be assumed and do not imply they are statements, unless explicitly stated that they are, from any TOC▸ including First Great Western.
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« Reply #38 on: September 27, 2010, 17:23:50 » |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
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« Reply #39 on: September 27, 2010, 17:31:59 » |
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That video has made me VERY jealous. Wish I was in Bristol last weekend to travel on (or even just see) this service  |
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« Reply #40 on: September 30, 2010, 21:05:26 » |
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From the same uploader as the previous link. Further video; this time on the run back up to Temple Meads from Ashton Gate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmjXE13pXjQ |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
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« Reply #41 on: September 30, 2010, 21:24:25 » |
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That video has made me VERY jealous. Wish I was in Bristol last weekend to travel on (or even just see) this service Never mind.  Some of us were there. |
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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.
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« Reply #42 on: September 30, 2010, 23:11:02 » |
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And some of us wanted to be there but had to work!
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« Reply #43 on: September 30, 2010, 23:56:25 » |
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OK... not quite the same as being there, but a few more pics (courtesy of Chris from Nailsea - I'd forgotten me camera!) of the railtour as it made it's way across Bristol: St Andrew's Road Signal Box.  Approaching Avonmouth Station.  Near Ashton Gate.  The end of the line, Network Rail limit at Portbury.  Entering Pill Tunnel on the return from Portbury.  |
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