RMweb Premium Kris Posted January 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2 Just seen some photos on Facebook showing the roof from the footbridge at Okehampton has been blown off and is strewn over the platforms and the track. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted January 2 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2 Found some photos online that are sharable now. https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-roof-ripped-bridge-blown-9009482 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 How it should look Okehampton station 21/7/2019 cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2 The story made the local BBC News Spotlight, with brief shots of the pieces of roof scattered on the track and platforms, as part of a regional round-up of weather damage etc. More time was spent on news of the imminent demise of Par, Lostwithiel and Truro signalboxes, with sometime RMwebber Craig Munday MOM explaining what, why and when. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted January 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2 Will it get its roof back again is the question. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 2 hours ago, Rivercider said: How it should look ... .... though some might prefer it framing a Bulleid Pacific on a through train ......... ! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 2 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: .... though some might prefer it framing a Bulleid Pacific on a through train ......... ! I was born a bit too late for that. If the SR plan to dieselise the Western District had come to fruition this might have become an everyday sight in the 1960s Okehampton looking west 27/8/2017 cheers 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted January 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3 (edited) August 8th 2023 We travelled from Okehampton… to ok ok… admittedly it wasn't a direct train… but Maybe some day… Edited January 3 by adb968008 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium Kylestrome Posted January 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7 On 02/01/2024 at 17:38, Kris said: https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-roof-ripped-bridge-blown-9009482 I see, from that article, that we now have "train lines" to go with "train stations". 🙄 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Oh dear! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 3 hours ago, Kylestrome said: I see, from that article, that we now have "train lines" to go with "train stations". 🙄 Clearly not paying attention at the back ! ................................... nothing new, unfortunately, but yes, Oh Dear ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted January 7 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7 4 hours ago, Kylestrome said: I see, from that article, that we now have "train lines" to go with "train stations". 🙄 Sadly anything "live" would be better off if chimps wrote the articles. I think they use AI - Artificial Idiots. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buckner Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) Is Real Stupidity any better than Artificial Stupidity? Edited January 7 by Mike Buckner 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted January 7 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7 5 minutes ago, Mike Buckner said: Is Real Stupidity any better than Artificial Stupidity? Lower moral dilemma over pulling the plug? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted January 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7 6 hours ago, Kylestrome said: I see, from that article, that we now have "train lines" to go with "train stations". 🙄 Sadly an awful lot of ordinary folk (and not just youngsters) now call railways ‘train lioness’ in everyday speech. Attempts to suppress words that enter common usage are futile…. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted January 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7 On 02/01/2024 at 20:02, adb968008 said: Will it get its roof back again is the question. Probably not (why would NR put something back that serves no useful purpose for fare paying passengers and which is not integral to providing access to platforms 1 / 2). Although I believe the station is listed I don’t think the law compels owners to reinstate things which have been damaged by ‘force mejure’ type events as opposed to deliberate acts of damage (be it deliberately undertaken by the owners or vandalism) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 28 minutes ago, phil-b259 said: Probably not (why would NR put something back that serves no useful purpose for fare paying passengers and which is not integral to providing access to platforms 1 / 2). Although I believe the station is listed I don’t think the law compels owners to reinstate things which have been damaged by ‘force mejure’ type events as opposed to deliberate acts of damage (be it deliberately undertaken by the owners or vandalism) I believe when New St PSB was cleaned as part of The Mailbox development, English Heritage got a bit uppity about the building becoming a concrete white colour rather than the brown grade 2 listed structure that we had all come to love.(?). Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium rab Posted January 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7 4 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: Clearly not paying attention at the back ! ................................... nothing new, unfortunately, but yes, Oh Dear ! From what I remember the argument went something like buses/coaches stop at bus/coach stations not road stations, so trains must stop at a train station not a railway station. (Oh dear, have I just opened the worm can lid again) :( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 buses/coaches stop at bus/coach stations not road stations ........ in order to differentiate their calling points from places where any other road traffic can stop. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 7 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7 A railway station is a station ona railway. So presumably a train station must be a station on a train. In a different meaning of the word station a police station is a place where police officers are stationed sp that usage can't app;y because stationed and stationary have different meanings. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinRS Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 5 hours ago, phil-b259 said: Probably not (why would NR put something back that serves no useful purpose for fare paying passengers and which is not integral to providing access to platforms 1 / 2). Although I believe the station is listed I don’t think the law compels owners to reinstate things which have been damaged by ‘force mejure’ type events as opposed to deliberate acts of damage (be it deliberately undertaken by the owners or vandalism) Wikipedia, citing RailAdvent, says, 'The council retains control of the rest of the station (platforms 1 and 2) and is responsible for maintenance of the footbridge'. 1 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 10 hours ago, The Stationmaster said: A railway station is a station on a railway. So presumably a train station must be a station on a train. In a different meaning of the word station a police station is a place where police officers are stationed so that usage can't apply because stationed and stationary have different meanings. Of course you could complicate matters further by writing it down on stationery bought at the stationers ! 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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