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« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2010, 09:05:27 » |
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i'd bet is was (attempted) cable theft ("someone has stolen the wires") which could be interpreted as vandalism or misinterpreted as overhead line problems.
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« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2010, 10:49:33 » |
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Currently showing on FGW▸ site as an obstruction on the line, while National Rail (and assorted online travel news providers) are going for vandalism. May well be signal cable theft, which wold make it at least the fourth such incident in the area since last Spetember or October.
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« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2010, 12:55:24 » |
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2010, 20:04:09 » |
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I was told later in the day that it was an attempted cable theft. One modus operandi is to pull cables across the rails and have a passing train sever them, sometimes with unpredicatable results. The front two coaches were damaged.
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« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2010, 20:12:58 » |
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Is it the same problem thats been affecting the line all day? I've just been thinking I'm glad I decided to go to the office yesterday and not today
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"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2010, 22:03:55 » |
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The first down service to go through was the 1020ish Hereford off Padd. Problem was of course that there were no trains West of Moreton - the up HSTs▸ in the morning were diverted via Swindon. So, it took longer to get the up service restored. Coaches were used for the early afternoon service off Worcester.
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Broken Rail between Ledbury and Colwall. LM▸ ran coaches between GMV and Hereford. FGW▸ Hereford services this evening terminated at WSH. Must have been a bad break - they are usually clamped and a 20mph speed restiction imposed within an hour or so.
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« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2010, 22:21:44 » |
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FGW▸ Hereford services this evening terminated at WSH.
WSH? Quite some diversion - 15 miles south-east of Glasgow!    (Correct location code for Worcester Shrub Hill is WOS» ) |
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« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2010, 22:36:39 » |
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A fair point, bignosemac - but we do tend to be quite flexible here on the forum, allowing the use of either BRI» or BTM▸ for Bristol Temple Meads, for example. |
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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 #9 on: June 03, 2010, 22:40:32 » |
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I will endeavour to be pedantic as well as informative, in future.
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« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2010, 22:43:15 » |
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I always want to refer to Birmginhams main station as an orange vegetable with strangely phallic resemblance
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« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2010, 23:12:55 » |
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Birmginhams
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« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2010, 23:13:34 » |
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« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2010, 23:57:13 » |
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A fair point, bignosemac - but we do tend to be quite flexible here on the forum, allowing the use of either BRI» or BTM▸ for Bristol Temple Meads, for example. My post was also a way of informing others what WSH may've stood for. You've seen me ask what abbreviations stand for on other threads when I've had no idea. I think it's good form to include the full unabbreviated text once in a post before subsequently using the abbreviation. Admittedly, I'm guilty occasionally of not doing this....... IYKWIM <slaps wrist> Sorry!! My pedantry radar has now had a software upgrade and should let minor location code infringements pass without comment in the future. |
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