|
PhilWakely
|
 |
« on: January 19, 2017, 16:19:17 » |
|
I haven't seen anything about this other than a post on Facebook referring to a(n unidentified) newspaper article.......  Can anybody shed any light on this? |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
ChrisB
|
|
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2017, 16:45:12 » |
|
Nothing in the last UK▸ Railtours e-newsletter. £40 does seem rather cheap. The paper is the Cornish & Devon Post, and another reference appears online here in a different article Edit note: Rather long hyperlink inserted within text, purely for ease of reference. CfN. |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: February 25, 2017, 16:56:14 by Chris from Nailsea »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
bobm
|
|
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2017, 17:11:58 » |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
trainbuff
|
|
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2017, 22:19:53 » |
|
I would urge anyone interested in this train to check out the facebook page of OkeRAIL here:- https://www.facebook.com/events/1133731563370177/permalink/1163580573718609/I believe that priority will be given to those people living within the Okehampton catchment are. This also includes Bude and Holsworthy I believe. Patience is required here Chris |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Invest in Railways in Devon and Cornwall!
|
|
|
|
RichardB
|
|
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2017, 15:04:51 » |
|
Now fully booked. It took just a week to sell all the seats.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Chris from Nailsea
|
|
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2017, 03:11:39 » |
|
Thanks for that update, RichardB.  I'm rather surprised it took as long as a week, frankly!  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
|
|
|
|
PhilWakely
|
|
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2017, 11:06:15 » |
|
Now fully booked. It took just a week to sell all the seats.
Purely as a matter of interest....as the original advertising included an Exeter pick-up, how many are expected to join the train there? |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
RichardB
|
|
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2017, 13:08:03 » |
|
Now fully booked. It took just a week to sell all the seats.
Purely as a matter of interest....as the original advertising included an Exeter pick-up, how many are expected to join the train there? I don't know I'm afraid but I doubt it'll be many. The train has been underwritten by Okehampton United Charities and they were keen to make sure it is mainly people in the wider Okehampton catchment area on the train, as Chris (trainbuff) alluded to above. Such publicity as there was was mainly in that area. Everyone is delighted that it has sold so quickly and there is already talk of another train later in the year. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
LiskeardRich
|
|
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2017, 09:41:04 » |
|
Up Terminated at Exeter due to wheel flats incurred on slippery rails early in the journey.
The 0918 from Paignton has been cancelled with that HST▸ taking the passengers onwards from Exeter.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
All posts are my own personal believes, opinions and understandings!
|
|
|
|
JayMac
|
|
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2017, 10:11:57 » |
|
Power car 43194, newly re-liveried in GWR▸ green and only returned to traffic in recent days, was the one that suffered WSP problems resulting in severe wheel flats.
0918 from Paignton is now starting at Bristol TM‡, presumably with some set juggling there.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Sir Terry Pratchett.
|
|
|
|
TaplowGreen
|
|
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2017, 11:09:48 » |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
bobm
|
|
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2017, 11:25:07 » |
|
The replacement train has the wrong kitchen so they couldn't do the silver service breakfast as planned either.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
stuving
|
|
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2017, 11:36:37 » |
|
The false impression created by "scrapped" and "slipped down a bank" may be intentional on the part of the "journalist(s)" involved. But what about "the train slipped down the rails as it left Dawlish, leaving it with 'a flat'"? A bank? On leaving Dawlish? |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
JayMac
|
|
« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2017, 11:56:17 » |
|
All told, not a great advertisement for either OkeRail or GWR▸ .
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Sir Terry Pratchett.
|
|
|
|
PhilWakely
|
|
« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2017, 13:44:04 » |
|
All told, not a great advertisement for either OkeRail or GWR▸ .
A tad unfair methinks as neither was at fault for the wheel flat - think of it as you having a puncture on a bicycle. A little unfortunate that the only available replacement was a 2+7 HST▸ . I had heard that the train was full and standing from Okehampton, but whether that was true or not I do not know. And as for the latest on the BBC» Website   A historic train journey had to be abandoned minutes after setting off when the train slipped from the rails.
|
|
|
|
« Last Edit: March 18, 2017, 13:50:32 by PhilWakely »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
