RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted December 6, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) Re Teigngrace timber train- I think it was just to clear the site of stored logs rather than an indication of more traffic. There are many rumours doing the rounds ranging from the site having a short break in traffic until it resumes, the traffic transferring to St Blazey, this being the end of the traffic and a few other interesting ideas, time will tell. I can assure everyone that the timber trains have now resumed, having made some enquiries with the appropriate parties today. The next run is scheduled to come down on 18th December and return on 19th. The frequency will not, initially, be weekly, as it was generally previously. Edit - re St Blazey - this has never been a serious option for this traffic. Edited December 6, 2013 by Captain Kernow 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Thanks Captain for clearing up the confusion. I thought the messroom had been in full flight with the rumours. Any news on the Tesco traffic or has that died a death? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted December 11, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2013 Any news on the Tesco traffic or has that died a death? The motto now most associated with the Lynton & Barnstaple line after it's closure in 1935 was 'Perchance not dead, but sleepeth'... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted December 17, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2013 I can assure everyone that the timber trains have now resumed, having made some enquiries with the appropriate parties today. The next run is scheduled to come down on 18th December and return on 19th. The frequency will not, initially, be weekly, as it was generally previously. Only found out yesterday that the train actually came down yesterday, and is going back today, 17/12/13, so sorry about that, anyone who wanted to go and look at it tomorrow, but there will be more traffic soon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 6, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2014 As a result of the Heathfield branch being flooded a few weeks ago, with some serious wash-outs, and then Dawlish happening, we have today moved the first load of Devon timber by train from a temporary facility in Riverside Yard - more here - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/83178-helping-freight-beat-dawlish-timber-from-riverside-yard/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornbytrains125 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Promising news for the branch- Realtimetime trains reported that the Chirk Kronospan to Tiegngrace service with empties ran this Wednesday (28th May), leaving Newton Abbot for the Branch 23 early. This was naturally followed by the outward run on Thursday back to Chirk Kronospan, leaving Teigngrace 94 late. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
treggyman Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 (edited) Hi Passed through Newton Abbot yesterday up in the morning & down in the evening & saw this parked up....... Got off the train T Newton Abbot to take the pics...... Was it left behind from last week or whenever or down for some other reason? Cheers Bill Edited June 1, 2014 by treggyman 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
treggyman Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Hi Mickey If there isn't that's quite some sand drag !!!! Cheers Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted June 2, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2014 Is there still some track hiding amongst the weeds then? Action has been promised about these particular weeds... Teignbridge continues to be the main timber loading location for Colas Rail in Devon at the moment, although some of the loading is currently still done at Riverside. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Something is wrong when NR or whomever can't afford to keep their property tidy. BR did a creditable job in comparison. Virtually every photo off the main line has a jungle between the rails and as mentioned above, it is difficult to detect if indeed they are still on situ. In view if the log revenue, its a good job that the branch wasn't cut of at the main line as too many others were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted June 6, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2014 Something is wrong when NR or whomever can't afford to keep their property tidy. BR did a creditable job in comparison. Virtually every photo off the main line has a jungle between the rails and as mentioned above, it is difficult to detect if indeed they are still on situ. In view if the log revenue, its a good job that the branch wasn't cut of at the main line as too many others were. I believe that the reason the weedspraying train didn't run this Spring, Brian, is due to the fact that the main line was blocked at Dawlish. The weedspraying train is very difficult to divert off it's booked roster, because that simply means that some other part of the network gets missed out. The alternative is a bit more labour intensive, but should still be sufficient, which is hand-spraying. I have ensured that this is now planned for this location. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted December 18, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2014 There are passenger services over the line this Sunday 22nd December, see http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/93815-passenger-services-to-heathfield-devon-sun-22nd-dec/?p=1707627 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Hopefully to be covered by our photojournalists. Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted December 18, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2014 Will try to get some photos but will have kids in tow. Weather forecast dull so not best conditions.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted December 19, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2014 All the Special Instructions were finally agreed and sent out today. We have a number of NR personnel involved in the operation. I'm probably not going to be able to attend, due to 'other duties'.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 19, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2014 All the Special Instructions were finally agreed and sent out today. We have a number of NR personnel involved in the operation. I'm probably not going to be able to attend, due to 'other duties'.... I didn't realise that it clashed with the Baftas 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted December 21, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) We had our trip on the train today, a great effort by the staff involved who seemed to be a mix of FGW and volunteers. We had a few pictures taken of us for publicity by Citizen Rail (partners with Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership) who put up the prize tickets which our daughter won, so expect to see my ugly mug with the rest of the family on a website soon! There was also a brief segment on BBC Spotlight tonight, not the train we took though. Bumped into Brian Harrap on the train, who was trying to spot the Stover Canal amongst the undergrowth; I know he's involved with some conservation work on the "cut". Lots of people line side around Teigngrace so there may be some pictures elsewhere but I only got a few family style snaps in the train. One souvenir I bought was a Heathfield train destination window sticker, along with raffle and drinks costs proceeds all going to charities supported by running the trains Edited December 21, 2014 by Ramblin Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted December 21, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2014 We had our trip on the train today, a great effort by the staff involved who seemed to be a mix of FGW and volunteers. We had a few pictures taken of us for publicity by Citizen Rail (partners with Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership) who put up the prize tickets which our daughter won, so expect to see my ugly mug with the rest of the family on a website soon! Bumped into Brian Harrap on the train, who was trying to spot the Stover Canal amongst the undergrowth; I know he's involved with some conservation work on the "cut". Lots of people line side around Teigngrace so there may be some pictures elsewhere but I only got a few family style snaps in the train. One souvenir I bought was a Heathfield train destination window sticker, along with raffle and drinks costs proceeds all going to charities supported by running the trains There was a short clip on Spotlight news this evening, showing a few of the punters and Santa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted December 21, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2014 Glad you seemed to have a good day. I can confirm that I discharged my 'other duties' today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted December 23, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2014 Anthony Christie (rmweb name Oguage83A) has some good images on his blogger site http://antony-christie.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/the-heathfield-santa-specials-21st.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted December 23, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 23, 2014 Glad you seemed to have a good day. I can confirm that I discharged my 'other duties' today. One hopes these "other duties" didn't include a certain miss Agutter, otherwise certain ducks of this parish may get extremely upset. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 It was good that someone took pictures of this rather unique event. Thank you. Merry Christmas Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailWest Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 In a spare moment with nothing better to do just before Xmas I sat down to see what might possibly be on TV worth watching - and up popped Capt K talking about the timber traffic from Riverside !! Is nothing sacred any more - not even a whiff yet of another repeat of Von Ryan's Express..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
21Alizard Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I left 8 wagons for loading at Teigngrace on 6V54 this evening (14th Jan 2015) and 56078 stabled at Newton Abbot 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted January 15, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) I left 8 wagons for loading at Teigngrace on 6V54 this evening (14th Jan 2015) and 56078 stabled at Newton Abbot Let's hope that the EA flood warning received for the branch doesn't cause any problems with 6M51 today then, branch currently closed pending mandatory PW inspection... Edit - spoke too soon, Teignbridge site now advised as flooded overnight and wagons there since yesterday affected, not likely to move for a while until waters subside and wagons are inspected. At least the loco is still at Newton Abbot and can work the remaining portion of the train (loading in Riverside)... Edited January 15, 2015 by Captain Kernow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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