RMweb Premium Kris Posted April 28, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 28, 2018 A couple more photos from Camborne today. A little different to Kernowtim's. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co-tr-Paul Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 On depot as I post ! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 On depot as I post ! Some great detail photos there for anyone looking to model the depot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted April 29, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 29, 2018 Last time I bunked round a depot (Stratford circa 1985) it was nowhere near as clean as that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co-tr-Paul Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Clean because its new.... ! Waiting for the rumours to start about 67s on the Night Riviera ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted April 29, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 29, 2018 Clean because its new.... ! Waiting for the rumours to start about 67s on the Night Riviera ! Would they be any more reliable than present traction????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co-tr-Paul Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 What ARE you insinuating...? !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted April 29, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 29, 2018 Would they be any more reliable than present traction????? Possibly a little less reliable. But then there are lies, darned lies and statistics and locomotive availability is a statistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Clean because its new.... ! Waiting for the rumours to start about 67s on the Night Riviera ! Oh please please pretty please not that old chestnut again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Would they be any more reliable than present traction????? Please list all class 57 failures over the last 12 months, and yes I do know the answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted April 30, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2018 Please list all class 57 failures over the last 12 months, and yes I do know the answer! Sorry, couldn't find the tongue in cheek emoticon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted April 30, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2018 (edited) 43016 (43187 rear) approaching Bodmin Parkway on a Newton Abbot service today. Edited April 30, 2018 by Hal Nail 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Not only have the trains gone green, the track is going green as well. Geoff Endacott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted April 30, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2018 Not only have the trains gone green, the track is going green as well. Geoff Endacott Mouldy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Mouldy The trains or the track? Geoff Endacott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 The acceleration on those HST’s must be even quicker now they have half the load to get going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Every time we've returned to the B & W, the tracks at Bodmin Road station have always been in need of the weedsprayer train, going back many years. Can't comment on the rest of the railway obviously but this is what the average passenger sees. A far cry from when the neatly ballasted track was raised and a cess alongside. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted May 1, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 1, 2018 The acceleration on those HST’s must be even quicker now they have half the load to get going. Didn't notice how quickly it left but they do still have to come up the hill with a fair bit of power on, then stop fairly abruptly when it levels off pretty much at the end of the platforms - same at Liskeard. Wasn't just Bodmin looking green - was the same pretty much everywhere I went in Cornwall over the weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted May 1, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 1, 2018 A far cry from when the neatly ballasted track was raised and a cess alongside. Brian And we routinely spayed toxic chemicals about with little thought to their effect on wildlife or the carcinogenic proprieties they posed to staff involved in their handling. That said a dose of weedkiller now that there is leaf growth to absorb it wouldn't go amiss at Bodmin, etc - but then again for it to be effective you do need a period of dry weather, not lots of rail to wash away the water soluble and non polluting active agent before it can be absorbed through the leaf structure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Every time we've returned to the B & W, the tracks at Bodmin Road station have always been in need of the weedsprayer train, going back many years. Can't comment on the rest of the railway obviously but this is what the average passenger sees. A far cry from when the neatly ballasted track was raised and a cess alongside. Brian Unfortunately the weedkillers (using the term very loosely) that Network Rail are allowed to use are next to useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted May 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) Unfortunately the weedkillers (using the term very loosely) that Network Rail are allowed to use are next to useless. Indeed. I'm not sure they work at all TBH. Think ive written similar before about weed killer, but with the litigious society we now live in, it'll take a very brave man to spray anything that does work on Network Rail infrastructure. Think water courses, streams, rivers, neighbouring gardens etc etc. Edited May 2, 2018 by Gary H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted May 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 2, 2018 Kernow tomorrow? The summer timetable is now available which includes the VegEx St. Erth - Exeter - Penzance. But will it be 57+NR sitters or the 2+4 HST? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Don't know now about back home, but over here country roads are sprayed routinely at appropriate time to control weeds, etc. Also volunteers take care of litter tossed out of cars etc, while on the railways, weed killers are employed and in most cases seem to do a better job which may depend on the type and brand used. While every care should be taken to protect the countryside, the railways themselves need protection also, otherwise the alternative is to employ gangers as in days of old but very expensive today! Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Kernow tomorrow? The summer timetable is now available which includes the VegEx St. Erth - Exeter - Penzance. But will it be 57+NR sitters or the 2+4 HST? I will give you a clue- It wont be the GTI because that will be under exam at Laira. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted May 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2018 I will give you a clue- It wont be the GTI because that will be under exam at Laira. Have seen the 4 car out impressive sight. Seems strange only seeing short form. Good for the difference it’s gonna make to local services I guess. Is gti 2 on the horizon yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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