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« on: February 19, 2017, 08:15:21 » |
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From the Bodmin Railway Facebook page:
We are VERY excited to announce that 60163 Tornado will be visiting Bodmin & Wenford Railway from 1st to 4th June 2017.
This will be the first chance for passengers to travel on Tornado on a heritage line west of Taunton. Tickets go on sale soon, and we’re expecting them to be popular. Join our mailing list and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest updates. Don’t miss out!
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PhilWakely
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« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2017, 08:22:55 » |
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From the Bodmin Railway Facebook page:
We are VERY excited to announce that 60163 Tornado will be visiting Bodmin & Wenford Railway from 1st to 4th June 2017.
This will be the first chance for passengers to travel on Tornado on a heritage line west of Taunton. Tickets go on sale soon, and we’re expecting them to be popular. Join our mailing list and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest updates. Don’t miss out!
[pedant mode] My highlighting.............. I think you will find that Tornado has visited Kingswear, so this statement is slightly incorrect. [/pedant mode] |
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grahame
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« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2017, 09:17:30 » |
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My highlighting.............. I think you will find that Tornado has visited Kingswear, so this statement is slightly incorrect.
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grahame
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« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2017, 09:52:45 » |
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This will be the first chance for passengers to travel on Tornado on a heritage line west of Taunton.
Another pedant alert. "On" Tornado. Are they offering footplate rides. Wow! |
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« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2017, 12:43:11 » |
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It has also visited the West Somerset Railway which is west of Taunton....
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JayMac
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« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2017, 12:51:10 » |
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It has also visited the West Somerset Railway which is west of Taunton....
More pedantry... Well, longitudinally its west. However, directionally, the start and end stations are north-west of Taunton. |
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bobm
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« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2017, 12:52:13 » |
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That is still west as opposed to east! |
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« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2017, 13:54:33 » |
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D*mn and Bl*st...
Holiday in Cornwall already booked, from 24th to 31st May, so I'll miss the opportunity of pulling the levers for Tornado during one of my shifts in Bodmin General signalbox.
I wonder if Tornado will arrive via the Bodmin Parkway Exchange siding, or on the back of a lorry? If the former, making sure it's pointing the right way round could be a problem. All steam engines on the B&W run nose-first when climbing from Parkway to General, so Tornado would have to run tender-first from Penzance to Bodmin Parkway. Then, after its stay on B&W, it would then have to run tender-first from Bodmin Parkway to Plymouth, to then turn on the Laira triangle. So the visit to the B&W would, paradoxically, obviate the need to use the newly-renovated St Blazey turntable.
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« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2017, 15:09:33 » |
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From the Bodmin Railway Facebook page:
We are VERY excited to announce that 60163 Tornado will be visiting Bodmin & Wenford Railway from 1st to 4th June 2017.
This will be the first chance for passengers to travel on Tornado on a heritage line west of Taunton. Tickets go on sale soon, and we’re expecting them to be popular. Join our mailing list and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest updates. Don’t miss out!
[pedant mode] My highlighting.............. I think you will find that Tornado has visited Kingswear, so this statement is slightly incorrect. [/pedant mode] I don't think that the PDR is classed as a heritage line. As far as I'm aware Its run as a commercial business and doesn't use volunteers. |
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JayMac
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« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2017, 20:52:58 » |
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Still a heritage railway. Just one that's owned an run by a PLC.
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« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2017, 06:29:49 » |
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D*mn and Bl*st...
Holiday in Cornwall already booked, from 24th to 31st May, so I'll miss the opportunity of pulling the levers for Tornado during one of my shifts in Bodmin General signalbox.
CORRECTION - and in a good way! Tornado is doing some staff-only traction-learning runs on 31st May, and I've been rostered as signalman! This is so that Tornado's crew can learn the B&W route, and the B&W drivers can become familiar with how to work a new engine. |
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« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2017, 20:29:44 » |
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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.
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« Reply #12 on: April 19, 2017, 20:46:50 » |
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They don't have bustards in Cornwall - they are from Wiltshire! |
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« Reply #13 on: April 19, 2017, 20:53:31 » |
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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.
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« Reply #14 on: April 20, 2017, 06:22:47 » |
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So rower40 is now a chough?  |
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