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Devonbelle liked acorb's post in the thread Jacobite 2024.
Not sure how well you know the West Highland extension, but the 45mph t/f limit is null and void - overall limit is 40 mph Fort William to Glenfinnan and just 30mph onwards to Mallaig. Where the train came to a halt is just 1/4 mile out of...
Apr 17, 2024 at 2:53 PM -
Devonbelle liked raisborough.smith's post in the thread Jacobite 2024.
I disagree when you go on mainline you need a FTR test and I can remember sanders was one of the things checked by the inspector doing the It may be like that on private line but when on mainline it has to have a FTR test and one of the checks...
Apr 17, 2024 at 2:53 PM -
Devonbelle liked Andy Williams's post in the thread Jacobite 2024.
Checking that the sanders are functioning correctly is actually part of the driver's preparation duties.
Apr 17, 2024 at 2:51 PM -
Devonbelle liked Big Al's post in the thread Jacobite 2024.
Agree except that in the case of a service train operated by WCRC using, shall we say, a loan locomotive then would it not be a shared responsibility involving the TOC to ensure that the locomotive was fit to run on the given route?
Apr 17, 2024 at 2:51 PM -
Devonbelle liked 35B's post in the thread Jacobite 2024.
I don't want WCRC to fail - I welcome their success. But that, like that of any other operator, has to be according to the rules.
Apr 17, 2024 at 2:43 PM -
Devonbelle liked The Green Howards's post in the thread Jacobite 2024.
My view of that pair is much the same as the view I held of a Man Utd v Chelsea match in the days of Ferguson and Mourinho - you wanted both sides to lose. Both Smith and Hosking are obnoxious individuals in their own ways and now we have, to...
Apr 16, 2024 at 1:06 PM -
Devonbelle liked Romsey's post in the thread Jacobite 2024.
Almost certainly WCRC will get the delay attribution for any consequential delays or cancellations. The situation was complicated by wind blown debris caught in the OHLE around Craigendoran Jn. I think rail replacement buses are meant to be paid...
Apr 16, 2024 at 1:05 PM -
Devonbelle replied to the thread Jacobite 2024.
No they dont. But I recollect they get a copy of the national daily log from the Network Rail National Ops Centre. So they will be aware. With regard to delays; yes they (WCR) will pick up the costs of the schedule 8 impact on Scotrail...
Apr 16, 2024 at 8:00 AM -
Devonbelle liked sgthompson's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
34067 at Selside Shaw , 44871 & 45407 at Oxenholme and Westmoor Bridge near Carlisle. [MEDIA]
Apr 15, 2024 at 5:42 PM -
Devonbelle liked GW 5972's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
From RTC managing Director Kelly Osborne.
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Devonbelle liked sgthompson's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
Your second shot is a belter .
Apr 15, 2024 at 10:28 AM -
Devonbelle liked jsm8b's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
Two today from Millmeece and Moore. As Spike already noted the morning sun disappeared progressively as the cloud built up towards midday. But Black 5s on home ground, does it get better than that ? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Apr 15, 2024 at 10:28 AM
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Devonbelle liked Oswald T Wistle's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
Every Sunday afternoon Mrs W calls round to see her mother who lives nearby and so she would not be accompanying me on a trip out. In fairness she did offer, but some rituals are best left untouched. As the train was booked on the slow line...
Apr 15, 2024 at 10:28 AM -
Devonbelle liked Shep Woolley's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
[ATTACH] Ian Riley's Black 5's Nos. 44871 and 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier' make for a fine sight and sound as they work the 'Great Britain XVI day 2 over the six arch bridge at Galgate on the approach to Lancaster with today's Drivers Mick...
Apr 15, 2024 at 10:27 AM
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Devonbelle liked Spike's post in the thread The Great Britain XVI - 13/04/24 to 21/04/24.
After a bright start in north Staffordshire by late morning the clouds had started to roll in before the rare sight of steam on the fast lines between Stafford and Crewe witnessed the Black 5s heading north at Heamies Farm near Norton Bridge....
Apr 15, 2024 at 10:26 AM
