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« Reply #30 on: November 14, 2010, 14:23:09 » |
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From the BBC» : A heritage railway is working with the Environment Agency (EA) to move rock in order to repair coastal flood defences in Somerset.
West Somerset Railway will take stone-carrying trains from the mainline network to Minehead.
The EA is installing a 130-metre (427ft) section of rock in front of an existing ridge to protect homes and businesses in the town.
A spokesman said the trains would reduce the need for lorries.
Headed by diesel locomotives, the trains will begin their journey with stone from the Mendip quarries.
Paul Conibeare, general manager of West Somerset Railway, said: "We were pleased to see heavy freight trains back on the branch line and being worked by us in what over the years has become a well-tuned operation. We will always be pleased to help in the future and where possible reduce the number of lorry movements on the local road network."
Councillor Chris Morgan, from West Somerset Council, commended the partnership, which he said "significantly reduces the need for heavy lorries to use our narrow country roads".
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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 #35 on: January 02, 2011, 17:51:00 » |
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Oy! Stop pinching my jokes!!!   Haha, didn't realise you were on here as well!  Edit note: Gentle adjustment of quote marks - just to make the joke clear! Chris. |
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« Reply #36 on: April 12, 2011, 13:33:04 » |
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From the BBC» : A new service is launched to bring more tourists to Dunster Castle in west Somerset by steam train.
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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 #37 on: April 12, 2011, 13:47:02 » |
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i was going to criticize this, until i read the part about the bus from dunster station to the castle  .... its a-bit of a trek ! the a39 is a nightmare its a shame that the wsr can't also offer a faster service between the steam service |
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« Reply #38 on: April 12, 2011, 17:16:51 » |
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the a39 is a nightmare its a shame that the wsr can't also offer a faster service between the steam service
It's a shame they can't offer a service from Taunton station.  |
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« Reply #39 on: April 12, 2011, 17:28:48 » |
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Indeed - that Minehead bay platform at Taunton is still there (with a bit of digging out, obviously!):  |
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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 #41 on: April 12, 2011, 19:01:56 » |
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well there is the triangle at norton fitzwarren
Ting ting sorry could not resist Has WSR got any asperations to run to a mainline station or is it in the too difficult for NR» to deal with folder |
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Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
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« Reply #42 on: April 12, 2011, 19:42:31 » |
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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 #43 on: April 12, 2011, 19:46:49 » |
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Has WSR got any asperations to run to a mainline station or is it in the too difficult for NR» to deal with folder
Living in Taunton, as I did until my mid twenties, there were regular stories in the Somerset County Gazette about WSR's aspirations to run regular scheduled services to/from Taunton station. Hardly a year passed without some story about WSR's latest plans to do so. Usually backed by various traffic studies showing that the market was there. When the line to Minehead was re-opened by the WSR in the mid to late 1970s they initially faced objections running into Taunton not from BR▸ but from the local bus operator, Western National. Today, the major stumbling block does indeed appear to be Network Rail. |
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"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."
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