General Discussion
Anyone know Mike Gallop (NR man) well enough to clarify this point? Also on a H&S note, I hope the worker directing the high pressure hose standing at the top of the slip had a line attached to him!! Sorry, clip is also relevant at 11.30mins for first feature.
Nice one Roberta, thanks. Yes skip to the 48min mark for main feature. Not technically correct in the clip to say it withstood 'hell and high water for 170 years'. Landslide - Could say it was very lucky to have happened when the railway was closed anyway. Amazing what £15million buys! Even 'water bombing' helicoptors. One of the interesting points is that the NR man quoted ...
You may yet be in luck ... judging by European events there could be new opportunities for 'Cold War' experts
...and helpfully it looks as though the weather will actually be fine on Friday...
Sound effects are great if someone could stretch to a couple of speakers as well
And if I haven't bored you all yet, here's something a little more local. This is a most impressive video that someone has made of the best and worst of times of truely iconic Dawlish. The steamers shown here really should be shown up on a big TV display to impress on the visitors on Friday just how important the railway is as a tourist draw to Dawlish. ...
...or if really desparate to keep the HSTs going for ever this might be one solution...!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDS6DNtVWSk&feature=player_detailpage#t=8
...but what you will probably get at best is a 'loco drag' from Plymouth...something like this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXrW0ATCfcQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=154 ...but please let's hope we don't just carry on making and doing as we are we ever aging HSTs... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Bhp5i1EITxc#t=2
...and for what the SW really needs... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usHD1shuOFs&feature=player_detailpage#t=7
To illustrate my point about the rubbish acceleration of HSTs from standing starts first try watching this lumbering HST clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=mpxsHwotuMI#t=253 You will see that from the moment of the driver reving up the engine at 4.16 in the clip it takes until 5.16 a full one minute later for the train to clear its front end starting point. ...
