Not Captain Kernow

The article below by the Dawlish Beach Cam website is well worth a read https://www.dawlishbeach.com/2018/05/the-dawlish-myth/ In particular, they point out what so many forget, that the route to Torbay and Cornwall is closed far more frequently due to flooding between Taunton and Exeter. The Okehampton supporters also conveniently forget this, as it would also block that route, and also that heavy snow would frequently block the Okehampton route if it was ever opened. If you cannot be bothered to have a ready of it, how many times would you think that the sea wall has been breached in the 172 years it has been there? Would you believe only five times! Yes, the 2014 event was the most serious, but it failed in a way that could not happen again because of the work that was done. Hong Kong Airport is also mentioned, which I was staggered to see when I went, as it is just built in the sea! On one of the dolphin watch trips where you go quite a long way out into the sea you could see them building an access road which must be miles long, on a bridge, over the open sea, which then dives down through a man-made island into a tunnel before emerging onto another man-made island and continuing on another bridge! You can pretty much solve any problem as long as you have the will to do so and the finance available. Both of these are usually problems in this country, where we are happy to spend millions avoiding what actually needs to be done instead of just getting on with it.

A close up of the doors of 48101 and 48102 at Truro today on the first working into Cornwall of the 4 Car HST Set

For information, see how this evacuation at Bedford is achieved. In particular, note how may staff are required to line the safe route to ensure nobody strays from safety, and this is in daylight and good weather!

An interesting take on it by one of the stranded passengers http://buzzsteam.com/2018/03/04/southeastern-commuter-train-stuck-at-lewisham/ There is some contradiction - if the trains were so jam packed how were people also able to move about? Also interesting to note the Driver wanted to evacuate but was overruled by Control. Also clear things were being tried to get things moving again, but they probably spent far too long making these attempts instead of organising the evacuation.

The price of the Class 90 has not jumped, nor has the price of the crane jumped! Bachmann have never given a price for them, the only reason people keep thinking these prices have jumped is because of the Hatton's "estimate" prices.

Massive roof ribs on Mk1s were done away with a few years ago...

A car park just for the Welsh?!

Habrough Junction to Ulceby and also Marsh Junction into Immingham have to be up there too?

A check of the Bachmann site shows VAA and VDA vans scheduled for later this year with an RRP of £24.95 or £25.95. Around 10% is the usual Bachmann mark-up for limited editions, making around £30 the top rate for one of these. The text on their site is wonderful! A free half-price additional barrier wagon?! I wonder who the manufactorer is!! Pristine or Weathered. In Stock Ready to Order! Price: £56. FREE if Purchasing 10 x BOC Tank Wagons Half Price Additional Barrier Wagon Yes watch this Space finally we have a Manufactorer to supply these 100ton BOC Tank Wagons (Expected in 2017) Additional Work £46 Flashing Electric Tail Lamp Fitted

Really enjoying these images so far - may have to add some of my own if that is OK? The tour you have photographed was on 11th April 1992 and was organised by BR. It ran Sheffield - Swinton - Mexborough - Hexthorpe Jn - Bentley Jn - Scunthorpe - Barnetby - Grimsby Town - Cleethorpes and return, featuring 58 026 and 58 039 named "Rugeley Power Station". The return journey was hauled by 56 095 and 56 080. It was called the "Gainsborough Bridge 213 Special" although I cannot for the life of me remember why now, especially as it did not even go that way! I went because I needed the Doncaster avoiding line. This was the second time that 58 039 had visited Cleethorpes on a railtour. On 20th September 1986 Hertfordshire Railtours organized a tour from King's Cross to Skegness and Cleethorpes behind 58039. 1G20 "Lincolnshire Coast Pullman" ran as follows: London Kings Cross - Stevenage - Peterborough - Grantham - Barkston South Jn - Barkston East Jn - Sleaford - Boston - Skegness (R/R) Skegness - Boston - Sleaford - Sleaford South Jn - Sleaford North Jn - Lincoln Central - Gainsborough Lea Road - Doncaster - Carcroft Jn - Skellow Jn - Stainforth and Hatfield - Scunthorpe - Barnetby - Grimsby - Cleethorpes (R/R) Cleethorpes - Grimsby - Barnetby - Scunthorpe - Stainforth and Hatfield - Stainforth Jn - Bentley Jn - Hexthorpe Jn - Mexborough - Rotherham - Treeton North Jn - Catcliffe Jn - Shepcote Lane Jn - Attercliffe Jn - Darnall - Woodhouse - Worksop - Whisker Hill Jn - Retford - Newark - Peterborough - Stevenage - London Kings Cross

57 604 "Restormel Castle" with the Long Rock to Par ecs at Carn Brea 11th June Class 43 HST Power Car number 43 169 named "The National Trust" with 43 053 named "University of Worcester" at the rear pass Carn Brea with 1C72 0644 Bristol Temple Meads to Penzance. 11th June 2016 Class 43 HST Power Car number 43 027 with 43 162 at the rear arrive at Camborne with 1A85 1100 Penzance to London Paddington. 43 027 was adorned at Plymouth Laira with '90 Glorious Years' branding to mark the Queens 90th birthday which is being celebrated this weekend. 11th June 2016 Credit to GWR for livening up the HST scene!

27th May, 68 017 "Hornet" on a route learner through Roskear 29th May, Class 153 Single Car Sprinter DMU Set number 153 377 in multiple with Class 150/1 2 Car Sprinter DMU Set number 150 129 arrive at Bodmin Parkway with 2C49 1605 Exeter St Davids to Penzance Class 57/6 Diesel Locomotive number 57 605 named "Totnes Castle" passes Bodmin Parkway with 1T55 1655 Newquay to Plymouth. Class 43 HST Power Car number 43 378 + XC05 + 43 366 are in the consist having failed earlier on the Newquay branch while working 1S55 1132 Newquay to Edinburgh. Due to the large number of passengers at Newquay the train was worked as a passenger service to Plymouth instead of ECS 2nd June - Class 43 HST Power Car number 43 069 with 43 002 named "Sir Kenneth Grange" at the rear are seen at Camborne with 1A81 0844 Penzance to London Paddington 2nd June - Class 37/0 Diesel Locomotive number 37 116 is seen stabled at Penzance having arrived with 3Q91 2002 from Exeter Riverside Yard 3rd June - Class 153 Single Car Sprinter DMU Set number 153 368 in multiple with 153 361 are seen departing Falmouth Docks with 2T73 1050 Falmouth Docks to Truro Class 43 HST Power Car number 43 014 named "The Railway Observer" with 43 013 at the rear arrive at Falmouth Docks with 1Q18 0525 Old Oak Common HST to Paignton

A few of mine from yesterday Class 57/6 Diesel number 57 603 "Tintagel Castle" passes Dolcoath with 5P70 1015 Long Rock to Par ecs, with a cheery wave from driver Lee McDonald Class 68s 68 016 "Fearless" and 68 017 "Hornet" pass Carn Brea with the Northern Belle ecs On the blocks at Penzance Class 43 HST Power Car number 43 207 with 43 321 at the rear arrive at Penzance with 1V48 0745 York to Penzance Class 68s on the return ecs through Marazion Class 43 HST Power Car number 43 181 with 43 163 at the rear pass Dolcoath with 1C81 1206 London Paddington to Penzance Class 43 HST Power Car number 43 321 with 43 207 at the rear pass Dolcoath with 1E75 1625 Penzance to Leeds

Here they are passing Dolcoath, with some very large shiny GWR branding applied! Not so obvious from these shots, but no doubt someone further along the line will have a more side-on view. I was not expecting any branding to have been applied or might have made more of an effort to get to Penzance instead of watching Ireland thrash Canada!

Not many brand new cars about for £210 though...

I am fairly certain that sign is for Depot Protection and nothing to do with the status of the locos. No doubt Paul will confirm in due course.

Class 08 Diesel Shunter number 08 641 "Laira" seen at Long Rock Disgraced Class 43 HST Power Car number 43 126 Class 57 Diesel Locomotive number 57 605 named "Totnes Castle" with 08 641

It may have changed, but Hornsea used to cover Farringdon - Bedford

Given Kernow only announced the price, liveries and running numbers in 2010, what exactly do you think you ordered in 2008? I would be amazed they managed to take an order from you before they knew what they announced in 2010?

The full announcement is actually on this very site http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/16448-kernow-model-rail-centre-confirm-warship-versions/ Very interesting to look back at what the expectations were at that time and I have no doubt that Kernow are as keen to make up for all that lost time as we are keen to see the models.

Apologies if it was announced before, but there is no way you placed an order in 2008 - orders were only taken from June 2010 Welcome to our newsletter - 9th June 2010 D6xx Warship Special Edition OO Gauge News We are pleased to announce that we are now taking orders for our D6xx OO Gauge Warship model. Our Beattie Well Tank and Class 205 Thumper models were laser scanned which saved a considerable amount of time and resulted in them overtaking the D6xx Warship in the development process. With no preserved prototype available the D6xx Warship model has taken longer to develop than we had hoped, but working from original drawings and other reference sources the CAD-CAMS are being produced and will be available shortly.

Wrong. It was June 2010. It was announced with Dapol as the manufacturer, then in August 2014 it was moved to DJModels after Kernow found that Dapol had done no work on it at all, so effectively that was a new announcement, after which the first CADs were shown at Warley in November, just 3 months later. In the run up to August 2014 Kernow had shown various updates with progress on the master model that was being made due to the lack of drawings. Of course, you can ignore all these updates and just keep banging the drum about how there has been a lack of updates! I don't understand how having a message saying "there have been no updates" is any more helpful than just not saying anything except when there is an update?

LU150 explains the 150 unit in the advert warning of the announcement as well -

No - it also says "Please ignore the automatically-generated stock message - this model is not yet available! See further information about this model at http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/pg/109/Adams_O2_Steam_Locomotive"

A tiny quantity of R3115 West Country Exeter has arrived with Sanda Kan labels...