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« Reply #15 on: November 24, 2009, 22:20:36 » |
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Also Network Rail have made their bridge & structures examiners and civil engineers available the local authorities to assist them.
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Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
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« Reply #16 on: November 25, 2009, 02:59:44 » |
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Interesting that this thread started off giving Network Rail and the government a kicking (mentioning no names  ) for the inability of the modern railway to respond rapidly to this kind of situation, and yet ended up congratulating it for being able to do just that. In fact, that's two cases of exemplary (and rapid) responses to difficult situations I can think of in the last week or so now, the second being the diversion of the line round the gurt hole in the ground near Hounslow! |
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« Reply #17 on: November 25, 2009, 06:44:32 » |
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Guilty as charged, m'lud!! I can only say that I am very pleasantly surprised, and encouraged, by Network Rail's response (to both incidents).
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« Reply #18 on: November 25, 2009, 08:42:40 » |
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Guilty as charged, m'lud!! I can only say that I am very pleasantly surprised, and encouraged, by Network Rail's response (to both incidents).
Yep I'm guilty as charged as well , but who knows somebody my have read this board or other postings on the web and thought. "This is silly why invite a kicking when we know we can do it/" Whoever that person was "Well done". Not wishing to support the BNP▸ but it's in the true British Spirit. |
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« Reply #19 on: November 25, 2009, 11:58:36 » |
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Guilty as charged, m'lud!! I can only say that I am very pleasantly surprised, and encouraged, by Network Rail's response (to both incidents).
Yep I'm guilty as charged as well , but who knows somebody my have read this board or other postings on the web and thought. "This is silly why invite a kicking when we know we can do it/" Whoever that person was "Well done". Not wishing to support the BNP▸ but it's in the true British Spirit. Likewise - as Frankie Howard would have said; "My flabber has never been so gasted !" |
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« Reply #20 on: November 25, 2009, 15:37:03 » |
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Guilty as charged, m'lud!! I can only say that I am very pleasantly surprised, and encouraged, by Network Rail's response (to both incidents).
Yep I'm guilty as charged as well , but who knows somebody my have read this board or other postings on the web and thought. "This is silly why invite a kicking when we know we can do it/" Whoever that person was "Well done". Not wishing to support the BNP▸ but it's in the true British Spirit. My guess is NR» would have been looking at ways to help quite quickly as soon as it was known the extent of the damage done to the roads system, remember the railways set up a support system to help the Army supply water etc in the Glos area a few years ago, lets no knock NR for not responding like Gisele it is a large organisation and emergency relief is not core to its business |
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Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
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« Reply #22 on: November 25, 2009, 18:51:15 » |
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Have to say - I do feel sorry for the inhabitants of Workington (but not as much as those who did not realise they did not HAVE to travel 90 miles around but could use the station a few miles away).
I remember when the 2007 flood took out Burford Bridge in ludlow......small town but as the main route into and out of the town, it caused chaos on the other routes in ......
...... The only knock on effect is the permanent removal of a nice rat run to cut a big corner off. Was always a very narrow street but when the bridge came down, it became the ONLY way to get out that end of town. Council tried making it one way - did not work. Council tried temporary red and white barriers - the locals (not the people who lived in the street) kept moving them or driving over/around them.
They ended up putting up permanent barriers that even now that the brigdge is up, remain to this day
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Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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« Reply #23 on: November 25, 2009, 22:17:21 » |
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Some great positive publicity for NR» for once!
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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« Reply #24 on: November 26, 2009, 20:12:14 » |
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« Reply #25 on: November 26, 2009, 21:24:08 » |
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Part of me wonders if this station is going to become an accidental commercial success and difficult to remove when the time comes...!
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« Reply #26 on: November 28, 2009, 19:34:11 » |
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This is a crazy idea I know, but they could run an extra service with a hire in from ATW▸ as a unit is not required at the moment because of flooding on the Blaenau Ffestiniong line as a result of flooding. I'm sure arms could be twisted for Arriva to sub-lease the unit to Northern to help out until arriva need it for the re-opened line. May befor no more than a few days but in the short term the help could be needed. On a lighter note, the flooding on the Blaenau Fgestiniog line has required a diver to inspect the track at Llanwrst  The Conwy Valley line should re-open on Monday - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8384158.stm |
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Also Network Rail have made their bridge & structures examiners and civil engineers available the local authorities to assist them.
....and they have allowed BT to run temporary telephone cables over the railway bridge until BT gets the premanent replacements for those soon to be lost when the Calva bridge collapses installed (which involves BT "tunnelling" under the river). |
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« Reply #28 on: November 30, 2009, 16:06:27 » |
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« Reply #29 on: November 30, 2009, 16:34:10 » |
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However its not in Live Departures! |
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