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Both Pill and Portishead designed to be 126m operational length

@Annetts key Medium Wide, Medium Narrow & Large Lineside are the three WR loc types. We also tried heat reflective white paint on the locs containing the CCTV repeaters for Silk Mill to try and maintain picture quality although 26 odd miles of Type A Co-Ax, and rabbits chewing the outer...

Thanks @swidnod

Any idea whats allocated to 1S37 tomorrow (0525 PLY-EDI) want to avoid a refurbed Voyager if I can TIA

Singularly unimpressed with the seats in 1st. The old ones were far better IMHO

Line is closed between Totnes and Plymouth until the weekend for Engineering work, Cross Country trains from the north turning round at Exeter and a bus replacement service running directly to Plymouth from Tiverton Parkway

Postcards?

Castle Cary similarly done with brown totems/notices and large black/white running in boards GWR style. Was done in 2025 I understand

Cancelled due to signal failure!

1E63 from Exeter on Friday was a double 221 (previous 3 XC services having been cancelled) but for some reason the rear 1st class coach was locked out of use. Trolley was in the front half and TM dispatching from the aforementioned coach!

Yes and bus stops at Station Bus times My bus times above were slightly out as I hadn't realised that the timetable defaulted to today! You could get the 0621 from Stafford change at Brum and Taunton and make the first departure from Bishops Lydeard (6 min connection if bus on time!) Just...

Both booked HST

Its do able 0822 STA to BHM 0912 BHM to TAU 1126 TAU to BLS 1225 BLS to MHD arr 1350 (could be steam or diesel) 1635 MHD to BLS (booked steam) 1759 BLS to TAU 1853 TAU to BHM 2107 BHM to STA arr 2151 Alternatively you could do 0709 STA to BHM 0812 BHM to TAU 1026 TAU to MHD by bus...

Edited to remove pics that weren't of 2 x 58 on the iron ore!

Loop will be roughly where you state, scheme designed on maximum train length of 10 car IET. Loop will be signalled in both directions so similar to Tisbury