Dawlish - wither the GW mainline?

Gosh, just gosh!



A question to all the clever engineers and climate scientists out there.

Is maintaining this route sustainable?

Or at least acceptable to the voters and business people of Devon and Cornwall, without the provision of an alternative reliable rail route to the rest of the country?

Meanwhile eyes are turning once again to the Withered Arm...

Twitter fans may wish to look at #reopentheLSW

UPDATE: This from a Western Man...

I can assure you we have no interest in visiting the rest of Britain.

And we are delighted that we now have our own, self contained, CornishRail.



We look forward to raising a glass from Kernow to you all on St Piran's day.

South West Trains expands onto West Coast?

This from Driver Potter...

I refer to the July 2010 edition of Modern Railways (Page 22 if you're interested) wherein is made mention of incidents with ice-bound Bendydildos:

"Ice also built up on and under the train. in one incident, a lump of ice was dislodged as a Class 390 was passing a Class 450 EMU. The ice bounced between the vehicles, breaking half a dozen windows on each train."

Us SWT boys aren't known for hanging about, but there is a limit to how far you can coast - Waterloo to the West Coast Main Line is probably asking a bit.

Can I claim my prize for "Pedant of the Month" now, or do I have to wait?

UPDATE: This from Captain Deltic...

That should be Smart*rs* of the month and I can only blame the Editor for not covering up my deteriorating faculties for once.

Natural selection in action - Southern style

Herring Gulls have taken up residence in the 4 foot near Dover.

View the Kent on-line video here...

Needless to day the muesli munchers are already whinging that the shiite hawks are protected.

Not from 750v they're not.

UPDATE: Oh dear. The Fact Compiler is in trouble with Driver Potter...

Our southern man is much upset that this post has been tagged "God's wonderful railway".

Duly corrected.