Time for a new train line through the south west - train related news

[iscalad]

The first completed section of the Railway Sea Wall at Dawlish has now had lighting installed.

Pic : Annette Miles.

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Was down there on Friday. Looks impressively awful.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Was down there on Friday. Looks impressively awful.

Really Isca ? I think it’s a vast improvement on what was there before.Better/safer access along to Coryton Cove too.

 

[Hants_red]

Found this on the way to Petra. Japanese built. Hasn't run for a few years

 

[DB9]

Found this on the way to Petra. Japanese built. Hasn't run for a few years

Just looks like it's been plonked there, Decent condition?

 

[Hants_red]

Just looks like it's been plonked there, Decent condition?

Covered in sand. I think it was used to bring phosphorus out of the desert but expensive to maintain.

 

[Greyhound]

Steam train scheduled tomorrow, heading north. Arrives St David's 12.08, leaves 12.35. LNER B1 and LMS Jubilee.

 

[DB9]

Steam train scheduled tomorrow, heading north. Arrives St David's 12.08, leaves 12.35. LNER B1 and LMS Jubilee.

Good job it doesn't rely on Diesel!

 

[iscalad]

Steam train scheduled tomorrow, heading north. Arrives St David's 12.08, leaves 12.35. LNER B1 and LMS Jubilee.

Catching the 12.15 to Truro then. Will be an added bonus

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

There are no electric freight rail services in the South West,though this goes to show the madness in the UK energy market at the moment.
I guess the high electric costs will filter down to ticket prices on electric passenger trains directly ?

UPDATED: Freightliner to withdraw entire electric fleet

Freightliner has confirmed that it will be withdrawing its entire fleet of electric locomotives in response to soaring electricity prices.

www.railmagazine.com

 

[DB9]

After telling the franchise last month they will be stripped of it, Southeastern's train services have been taken over by the government today, Why can't they admit that like the utilities in private hands, The companies are only interested in getting their shareholders a decent dividend and not serving the public or interested in their "Customers"