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« Reply #30 on: February 28, 2018, 11:13:26 »
Quote from: bobm on February 28, 2018, 11:03:25
Steam Dreams have had to cancel their annual St David's Day trip from Paddington to Cardiff tomorrow (1st March) due to the weather.   

The scheduled loco 70013 Oliver Cromwell is stuck in Norfolk after being successfully repaired but the conditions in East Anglia meant it was unlikely to it could be moved to London in time.  The option of diesel haulage was considered but in view of the weather forecast the decision has been taken to postpone the trip until 14th June.  Oliver Cromwell will have been retired by then so another steam loco will be found.

Perhaps King Charles II?  Smiley
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« Reply #31 on: February 28, 2018, 11:29:57 »
‘Blizzard conditions in London’ currently according to my local correspondent...
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« Reply #32 on: February 28, 2018, 12:03:23 »
Certainly doesn't look very pleasant on Westminster Bridge

http://www.trafficdelays.co.uk/westminster-bridge-york-road-london-cctv-traffic-camera/
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« Reply #33 on: February 28, 2018, 12:11:18 »
Yep coming down heavily in West London. The Amazon man still delivered a few minutes ago though.
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« Reply #34 on: February 28, 2018, 14:22:09 »
Blizzard in City of London most of the morning - sunny spells now

NR» (Network Rail - home page) have pulled their roadshows along the Berks & Hants for the rest of this week.
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« Reply #35 on: February 28, 2018, 14:28:39 »
Line of showers going westwards, more or less following the GWML▸ (Great Western Main Line). Half way between Didcot and Swindon presently Smiley
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« Reply #36 on: February 28, 2018, 16:45:59 »
Very light snow at Taplow earlier
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« Reply #37 on: February 28, 2018, 18:09:19 »
http://newsthump.com/2018/02/28/trans-siberian-express-cancelled-due-to-pissing-itself-laughing-at-british-trains/
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« Reply #38 on: February 28, 2018, 19:20:40 »
802 101 ran through Cornwall today. Westbound was ok but the return developed a 'horn fault' due to the freezing/snow conditions. 20 mph Camborne to Truro. A request to put it into the sidings at Truro was declined so it stayed on the mainline at platform 3 at Truro for 20 minutes whilst they attempted to defrost it! I wonder who pays for the delay to the 12.19, Hitachi or GB▸ (Great Britain) Railfreight?
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« Reply #39 on: February 28, 2018, 20:20:33 »
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802 101 ran through Cornwall today. Westbound was ok but the return developed a 'horn fault' due to the freezing/snow conditions. 20 mph Camborne to Truro. A request to put it into the sidings at Truro was declined so it stayed on the mainline at platform 3 at Truro for 20 minutes whilst they attempted to defrost it! I wonder who pays for the delay to the 12.19, Hitachi or GB▸ (Great Britain) Railfreight?

I'd put that down to Hitachi, as a train failure. The IEP▸ (Intercity Express Program / Project.) requirement is for climatic zone T1, which for trains means (in the LOC & PAS TSI) (-25°C to +40°C; nominal. The TSI makes the operation of audible warnings an explicit "must-do" for the whole climatic range.

The IEP reference is actually to BS EN 501251:1999 “Railway Applications - Environmental Conditions for Equipment – Part 1:Equipment on board rolling stock”, but I suspect the latest version of the TSI also calls that up as they have been replacing these explicit requirements by indirect references.
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« Reply #40 on: March 01, 2018, 08:31:26 »
PADDINGTON STATION IS CLOSED

Paddington station is now closed due to severe weather, trains will terminate at Reading but also as far west as Bristol.
GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) advice: DO NOT TRAVEL
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« Reply #41 on: March 01, 2018, 09:23:27 »
I can't actually get the GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) website to load but not sure if that's me or problems with my ISP?

Anyway assumed it wasn't a good day to travel Smiley
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« Reply #42 on: March 01, 2018, 09:27:10 »
Quote from: Sixty3Closure on March 01, 2018, 09:23:27
I can't actually get the GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) website to load but not sure if that's me or problems with my ISP?

Presumably the server has been swamped. The home page may get a lot of hits from new visitors.
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« Reply #43 on: March 01, 2018, 09:43:44 »
Quote from: stuving on March 01, 2018, 09:27:10
Quote from: Sixty3Closure on March 01, 2018, 09:23:27
I can't actually get the GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) website to load but not sure if that's me or problems with my ISP?

Presumably the server has been swamped. The home page may get a lot of hits from new visitors.

I got there but very s-l-o-w ... suspect "More passengers than usual requiring information at the same time".  As the server gets busy, some may get through, others not accepted onto a queue, and others may be queued and timed out either at server, intermediate relay or client (browser) level.
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« Reply #44 on: March 01, 2018, 09:57:37 »
Paddington has been closed owing simply to slippery floor!!!

Very little snow....
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