Derailment at Long Rock Depot (Penzance) 20/08/2018

SandTEngineer

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Derailment at Long Rock Depot (Penzance) 20/08/2018

« on: August 21, 2018, 20:54:46 »

Well at least it wasn't a 'new' IET^▸ ....... Roll Eyes

http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/latest-input--news--old-pictures-etc

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bobm

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Re: Derailment at Long Rock Depot (Penzance) 20/08/2018

« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2018, 21:33:48 »

Some good photos but some slight text inaccuracies (ignoring the reference to FGW^▸ ) if you take a wider view than just Cornwall.

The 05:41 was started from Plymouth. The 09:00 was indeed cancelled. The 10:00 took a lot of the strain and was reported full and standing.

The 802 unit failure I assume refers to the 07:30 ex Paddington. As reported elsewhere it was replaced by two 800s which are not cleared over the Devon banks so was swapped for an HST^▸ at Bristol. Whether this was down to a failure, staff shortage or lack of traction knowledge I don’t know.


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Re: Derailment at Long Rock Depot (Penzance) 20/08/2018

« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2018, 03:26:11 »

Derailment still causing problems. This morning’s 09:00 ex Penzance due to start from St Erth instead.


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