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« Reply #45 on: November 15, 2012, 21:39:59 » |
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From This is Cornwall: A bomb disposal team has swooped on Carbis Bay.....after railway track detonators were found wrapped around a safe.
A man was renovating his late relative's house when he stumbled upon the make-shift safety device.
The bomb disposal team is set to arrive at the scene this evening, after receiving a call about the bizarre find at around lunchtime.
"A home owner appears to have put some small railway track explosives around a safe to safeguard it," said a spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police. "The bomb disposal team are going to go and check it is safe."
Railway detonators are used as a warning signal to train drivers. Strapped to the top of the rail, they emit a loud bang when a train wheel passes over them. The small explosives are used in a number of situations including warning of engineering works, dense fog or an obstruction on the line.
The police spokesman said no one had to be evacuated from the west Cornwall property and no one had been injured.
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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 #46 on: December 26, 2014, 11:28:36 » |
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Whist reading my latest Modern Railways of March 1977 I read that Bristol Division was proposing a Park and Ride at Lelant. There was to be a passing loop at Porth Kidney and TCB▸ signalling.
It was the costings that interested me: Total cost ^174K, Passing loop ^25K, TCB ^116K.
50p was estimated for the ticket cost for parking and return for all car passengers.
Modern Railways was 35p compared with ^4.30 today.
Brilliant it all came about and so successful.
How does all this compare with today? I thought a Mars bar was used to compare the inflation rate?
Happy New Year to everyone and thanks for the site.
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« Reply #47 on: June 23, 2016, 11:18:56 » |
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Due to a fault with the signalling system between St Erth and St Ives all lines are closed.
Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled. Disruption is expected until 12:30 23/06.
There's not a huge amount of signalling infrastructure between St Erth and St Ives. Does "...a fault with the signalling system" simply mean that they've lost the token/train staff? With a bit of getting-ones-hands-dirty to clip and scotch the points, can't the train be locked-in onto the branch from the bay platform at St Erth? |
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« Reply #48 on: June 23, 2016, 11:49:59 » |
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There's not a huge amount of signalling infrastructure between St Erth and St Ives. Does "...a fault with the signalling system" simply mean that they've lost the token/train staff?
It's possible it was lost but it is more likely to be a fault with the token box, or the release mechanism for it in the signalbox. Looks like it happened after a trip through from St. Ives to Penzance so the token would have been surrendered when it went back out on to the main line. |
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« Reply #49 on: June 23, 2016, 16:39:03 » |
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There's not a huge amount of signalling infrastructure between St Erth and St Ives. Does "...a fault with the signalling system" simply mean that they've lost the token/train staff?
It's possible it was lost but it is more likely to be a fault with the token box, or the release mechanism for it in the signalbox. Looks like it happened after a trip through from St. Ives to Penzance so the token would have been surrendered when it went back out on to the main line. There isn't one. Its a Train Staff usually kept in a locked draw when not in use. |
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« Reply #50 on: June 23, 2016, 17:02:27 » |
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There isn't one. Its a Train Staff usually kept in a locked draw when not in use.
Good old Cornwall. Someone drag it into the 21st century (or even the 20th...)  |
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« Reply #51 on: June 23, 2016, 17:15:42 » |
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There isn't one. Its a Train Staff usually kept in a locked draw when not in use.
Good old Cornwall. Someone drag it into the 21st century (or even the 20th...) Well hopefully it won't be too long as the tender for the first stage of Cornwall and Plymouth resignalling is due out soon Last time a Train Staff got lost in Cornwall it ended up being found in a loco cab at Crewe    |
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« Reply #52 on: June 27, 2016, 15:56:06 » |
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1: Thanks to the mods for splitting this one off. I felt a bit wrong posting on the original thread which had the "3 for the price of 1" post, where one of these was St Ives.
2: My surprise (or not; nothing surprises me any more about the excuses NOT to run trains any more) about the cancellation of services on this line was that it ought not to be too tricky for a MOM▸ to clip and scotch some points, then authorize the empty unit past certain signals at danger to get it onto the branch, then to clip and scotch the points the other way, then appoint someone (possibly even himself) as PILOT (Person In Lieu Of Token), so that the train can shuttle up and down between St Erth bay platform and St Ives. Loss of revenue and reputation avoided.
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« Reply #53 on: June 28, 2016, 08:24:42 » |
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Problem with the split railway are any TOC▸ staff trained to clip and scotch points and wind points as I was when at Sutton? Presumably you have to get a Network Rail manager from somewhere or could the St Erth Signalman do it?
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« Reply #54 on: June 28, 2016, 09:14:03 » |
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Branch formed by 2 instead of 4 Cars today.
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« Reply #55 on: June 28, 2016, 11:50:04 » |
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When I was down that way at the end of May, the volume of passengers on the Branch was again unbelievable. Crowd control/holding pens in place at Lelant Saltings to limit passenger flow onto platform. 4 coach (2x150) rammed on the trips I saw. I spoke to some GWR▸ staff at St Ives who were counting incoming pax no's, and it was well over 300 off one service.
GWR must make an absolute mint on this Branch (during the holiday season!).
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« Reply #56 on: June 28, 2016, 12:39:13 » |
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Is there scope to increase capacity on the line?
Don't think there has ever been a passing loop on line, but if one can be built, where could it go?
Could trains be extended beyond 4 car?
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« Reply #57 on: July 01, 2016, 13:20:55 » |
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Some trips on Branch cancelled this afternoon due driver shortage.
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« Reply #58 on: July 02, 2016, 13:49:01 » |
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Problem with the split railway are any TOC▸ staff trained to clip and scotch points and wind points as I was when at Sutton? Presumably you have to get a Network Rail manager from somewhere or could the St Erth Signalman do it?
Guards who sign Exeter St Davids - Barnstaple are. |
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« Reply #59 on: June 29, 2020, 08:07:45 » |
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All day on St Ives ... 08:07 St Ives to St Erth due 08:19
Facilities on the 08:07 St Ives to St Erth due 08:19.
This is due to overcrowding.
Will be formed of 4 coaches instead of 2. Some Weymouth services too ... 07:08 Worcester Shrub Hill to Weymouth due 11:00
Facilities on the 07:08 Worcester Shrub Hill to Weymouth due 11:00.
This is due to overcrowding.
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