Osimabu

iTrader: (2)

The repairs to the railway line at Dawlish, which has re-opened this morning only a few weeks since it was wrecked by the sea, just go to prove we can still step up to the mark in this country if the need arises.

Something to be proud of for a change.

Funkii Munkii

Saw this on the news this morning and thought the very same thing, after all we did invent the railways we should still be good at it

neil-h

Yeah it's quite something to see how quickly you can get things done when there's a sizable sum of money riding on it.

Graz

Probably a load of eastern europeans that did all the work

neil-h

Nooooooooo you can't do that, that's almost a positive for immigration

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

Absolutely, it was great to hear some good news for once

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Railway line cut down south: all stops pulled out, repaired in under three months.

Railway line cut up north, which carries ten times the freight......took nine months.

David Lock

Isambard Kingdom would be proud of them all

dl

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

I'm never sure why everyone quotes that guy....a LOT of his stuff was poor at best. The Stephensons, Trevithick etc were better engineers.

IMHO

Chip

Go on...............

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

dig holes, insert reinforcement, pour concrete. Job done

The Spanish have been doing that for years, just as fast.

David Lock

Well not too shabby. And he covered quite a lot in his 53 years.

http://primaryfacts.com/797/20-isamb...-brunel-facts/

dl

Graz

Not only this but a fine purveyor of the stove pipe hat which should make a comeback IMO

CrisPDuk

The Clifton Suspension Bridge,
The Royal Albert Bridge,
Maidenhead Bridge,
The SS Great Eastern,
The SS Great Britain,
The SS Great Western,
The Broad Gauge Great Western Railway,
Paddington Station,
Box Tunnel

All amateurish at best

Cpt Jack Sparrow

iTrader: (14)

There is more than one way to get rail frieght to the north.

This is the ONLY rail route into the south west.

Simples.

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Brunel:
the air/vacuum railway.
Broad gauge.

And yes, there IS now only one route into Cornwall....but that's the fault of government.

David Lock

Love that suit

dl

joz8968

iTrader: (13)

56 days 56 nights.

Sounds like a second sequel.

joz8968

iTrader: (13)

Ahhh, my ol' mate, IKB.

Or 'achey bay' as I accidentally said when reading a passage in History.


Although not as bad as when I said corset instead of Consett in Geography. Much to the merriment of my peers, sitting either side. It was torture trying to get through it when they were giggling and kicking my leg under the desk lol.

dnc

A fine piece of chainery there. Fiddy would be proud

CrisPDuk

The atmospheric railway was probably a step too far with the technology of the time. But Broad Gauge died because of politics, there was nothing wrong with the engineering

Osimabu

iTrader: (2)

And the locomotives were nothing short of beautiful too.

Chip

Made just a few miles North of me in Pontypridd.