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1	Journey by Journey / Heart of Wessex / Re: Obstruction at Yeovil 18/10/2011	on: October 18, 2011, 12:12:06
This was caused by power cables across the line near Bruton. The 07.24 off Trowbridge is the 05.33 Weymouth - Bristol Parkway, which was terminated at Castle Cary.

2	Journey by Journey / London to the West / Re: HST hits tree at Lavington today - 10 July 2010	on: February 20, 2011, 01:07:40
Saw 43041 at Bristol T.M. yesterday, now back in service with new cab.

3	Journey by Journey / London to South Wales / Re: Emergency engineering in the tunnel	on: February 09, 2011, 23:35:13
Quote from: eightf48544 on January 28, 2011, 10:54:12 Isn't it slab track in the tunnel? No, just normal concrete sleepers

4	Journey by Journey / Heart of Wessex / Re: Early Morning Service Formation	on: January 20, 2011, 23:22:55
Quote from: Timmer on January 13, 2011, 17:03:27 Are the two FGW^▸ (First Great Western) units stabled at the platforms at Weymouth overnight or are they moved to Jersey sidings? They are stabled in platform overnight

5	Journey by Journey / TransWilts line / Re: Police appeal over railway line death at Warminster (Wiltshire Times 28/09/2010)	on: September 28, 2010, 17:48:38
Due to this incident trains between Salisbury & Westbury were diverted via Yeovil Junction.

6	All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Eighteen hurt in train and lorry crash in Suffolk - 17 August 2010	on: August 18, 2010, 09:43:27
Quote from: grahame on August 18, 2010, 06:28:45 Should it turn out - in the case of any road / rail collision - that someone was criminally negligent, then - yes - the full weight of the law should be thrown at them. But there isn't always a negligent road driver - I'm sure regulars here will recall at least one incident in the last couple of years where causes turned out to be very different. I also note that there's a contradiction (perhaps just a technical one) even in the reports so far - it's even unclear to me if the train ran into the road vehicle, or the road vehicle ran into the train. It would appear that the train ran into the road vehicle due to the damage to the front cab of the train.

7	Journey by Journey / Portsmouth to Cardiff / Re: New Turbostars for FGW?	on: July 21, 2010, 16:44:53
unlikely in my opinion,the current west sets will be around for some time yet but with some additions from LM^▸ (London Midland - recent franchise) and LO.understand one of them is coming in next few weeks 150124 i heard anyone confirm??? also expect the HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) fleet to get another refresh as recent refresh was designed to get them through til 2013. [/quote] 150125 entered service with FGW^▸ (First Great Western) at beginning of this week

8	Journey by Journey / TransWilts line / Re: Man hit by train near Warminster - 14 July 2010	on: July 21, 2010, 16:27:44
Quote from: dmutony on July 18, 2010, 06:41:38 like everyone has said there is no way i can see a 158/159 doing 120mph tops it would be doing 90/95 mph Train would probably have been travelling between 65 & 75mph. Linespeed at Sherrington is 75 with a 65 restriction just after crossing

9	All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Terror arrest threat for taking photos on overcrowded train. (Mail 07/07/10)	on: July 13, 2010, 12:30:42
This guard is either ill-informed or more likely is one of an increasing number of individuals who are in a position of authority who abuse that power to intimidate members of the public. Sadly incidents like this gives the railway a bad name in the eyes of the public.

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