St Erth to St Ives line - ongoing discussion, including a book about the line (merged posts)

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[paul7575]

May someone enlighten me as to what the four green wires are that are plugged into the 'rails' with a blue connector?

Pandrol fastclips?  Preinstalled on sleepers - modern replacement for Pandrol P clips, I think they?re designed for use with automated track laying machines.

[TonyK]

Sorry about the size, BTW^▸ (by the way). They aren't my photos, and I couldn't think of a quick way to unembiggen them.

[stuving]

Sorry about the size, BTW^▸ (by the way). They aren't my photos, and I couldn't think of a quick way to unembiggen them.

You put width=800 after "img" in [img] (or 600 as it's portrait shjape). See Graham's post above for an example.

[TonyK]

You put width=800 after "img" in [img] (or 600 as it's portrait shjape). See Graham's post above for an example.

I am obliged to my learned friend, they are now unembiggened.

[stuving]

You put width=800 after "img" in [img] (or 600 as it's portrait shjape). See Graham's post above for an example.

I am obliged to my learned friend, they are now unembiggened.

.. or would be with the width put in the right place, thus - [img width=600].

[TonyK]

.. or would be with the width put in the right place, thus - [img width=600].

Don't know what happened there, but never trust a preview. New glasses too. I went for 800 in the end.

[RichardB]

At a time when we are all stuck at home, it was particularly nice to watch this video of a full one way trip from St Erth to St Ives filmed on 28 January last year on a 158 (could well have been the first visit of a 158 to the line in recent times). 

https://bit.ly/3r8Eji6

[RailCornwall]

Line reopened this morning as scheduled, NRW^» (Network Rail Western - about) however still pedalling the biggest track investment in 60 years mantra though which is unfortunate.

[RichardB]

Line reopened this morning as scheduled, NRW^» (Network Rail Western - about) however still pedalling the biggest track investment in 60 years mantra though which is unfortunate.

I wouldn't worry about it too much.  All good publicity for the railway and great to see everything go to plan with the line reopening today.  I've enjoyed seeing NR^» (Network Rail - home page)'s tweets with photos and videos from the worksite.

[infoman]

BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) spotlight had a small news item on the re-opening.
Stated it cost 3 million pounds for the one and half mile improvement?

[Electric train]

BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) spotlight had a small news item on the re-opening.
Stated it cost 3 million pounds for the one and half mile improvement?

Sounds about right

[GWR 158]

Are the 158s in Devon/Cornwall based at Bristol St.Phillips marsh? The video was nice to see, wish I could ride it in real life though!

[smokey]

Whilst I like the Class 158 & 159s,

I'd prefer to enjoy a Video of a Class 158 going Plymouth to Exeter or Versa Vice, via Tavistock 

Enjoy the real thing even more 

[RichardB]

Are the 158s in Devon/Cornwall based at Bristol St.Phillips marsh? The video was nice to see, wish I could ride it in real life though!

Mostly Exeter, I think.

[rower40]

The last time anything of this scale was done on the St Ives branch was when one of the rails was moved towards the other one by two feet, three and three quarter inches. 
At least this time it's both rails that have been replaced.
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