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« Reply #90 on: February 08, 2021, 06:54:45 pm »
BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) spotlight had a small news item on the re-opening.
Stated it cost 3 million pounds for the one and half mile improvement?HuhHuhHuhHuhHuhHuhHuh
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« Reply #91 on: February 08, 2021, 07:01:58 pm »
Quote from: infoman on February 08, 2021, 06:54:45 pm
BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) spotlight had a small news item on the re-opening.
Stated it cost 3 million pounds for the one and half mile improvement?HuhHuhHuhHuhHuhHuhHuh

Sounds about right
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« Reply #92 on: February 18, 2021, 02:23:45 pm »
The last time anything of this scale was done on the St Ives branch was when one of the rails was moved towards the other one by two feet, three and three quarter inches. 
At least this time it's both rails that have been replaced.
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« Reply #93 on: February 21, 2021, 11:00:02 am »
Quote from: Thatcham Crossing on January 21, 2021, 08:12:37 am
On their Twitter feed Network Rail Western have denied that this work is taking place so that "Amtrak Joe" can have a ride on the new rails when he visits in June.

Apparently it's a coincidence of timing!

I'd be thi9nking if this relaying job was "on the back of the G7" the middle section of track around the golf links would have also be relaid.
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« Reply #94 on: February 21, 2021, 06:24:23 pm »
I agree. It would also imply a leveleof "joined up government" which is sadly almost always absent in this country. Foreign Office talk to Transport? I doubt it.
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« Reply #95 on: February 22, 2021, 05:26:42 pm »
I am sure that the track renewal was scheduled some time before the G7. It could be that the venue was chosen because the line had been relaid. Smiley
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« Reply #96 on: April 28, 2021, 06:44:00 pm »
Visited St Ives today, took these pics of the new track, and have tried to resize them before posting. (Can a mod check that this has been done correctly).
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« Reply #97 on: April 28, 2021, 07:01:45 pm »
Just wanna say, Thank you.
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« Reply #98 on: April 29, 2021, 02:36:46 pm »
Quote from: RailCornwall on April 28, 2021, 06:44:00 pm
Visited St Ives today, took these pics of the new track, and have tried to resize them before posting. (Can a mod check that this has been done correctly).


Looks pretty good to me, RailCornwall - thanks!

There are a number of ways of posting pictures. Anything that results in a clear picture for us to see, of an appropriate size and not breaching copyright, is the right way. In this instance, I rather like the content too, entirely appropriate to the thread.
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« Reply #99 on: April 29, 2021, 03:01:04 pm »
No. 4 is, I presume, the terminus speed limiting TPWS▸ (Train Protection and Warning System) and associated Diddy box.
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« Reply #100 on: May 15, 2021, 05:40:48 pm »
CRS website reporting that the materiel recovered from St Ives for the Helston Railway is largely, apart from some of the furnishings, to be used for scrap purposes. It is unsuitable for reuse in service. 
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