RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted December 1, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2012 Work has started to take up redundant sidings in Exeter Old Yard, adjacent to the old goods shed, and replace them with two new sidings for tamper stabling and maintenance. The photos were taken a week ago yesterday, on Friday 23/11/12: A new set of switches for the set of points controlling access to the new sidings: As far as I understand it, there are no plans to re-lay track into the listed goods shed, the new tamper sidings will be in front of, and to the side of the old goods shed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Great to see more over gown track being bought back to life, shame 'they' cannot find a use for the goods shed, or tart it up a bit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I suspect to Network Rail the goods shed is more in the way than something they want to use - not much call for spot traffic these days. If they used it to store the tampers then they would have to sympathetically do it up to be at modern standards and that would cost, much simpler demolish and put up something modern but that wouldn't be allowed. Can listed buildings be taken down and moved? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted December 1, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2012 Can listed buildings be taken down and moved? It rather looks as though they're waiting for the ivy to make it structurally unsafe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Good to see. Seems to be more of this happening recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted December 2, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2012 Can listed buildings be taken down and moved? Listing only increases the protection that a building has. With the right reasoning they can still be altered, moved or demolished. It just becomes harder to do any of these things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoovering_crompton Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Great to see more of the yard being brought back into use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 2, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2012 Can listed buildings be taken down and moved? With consent, yes. There is a water tower at St Pancras that isn't where it used to be...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
devondynosoar118 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I'd have that shed to replace my concrete one. Where is that flatbed.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 12, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 12, 2013 I went out to Old Yard (aka 'Waggoners Way') again the other day, and took some photos of the new tamper sidings. The new sidings haven't been commissioned yet, as there is a small bit of signalling to reconnect and some 'due process' to go through, to ensure that those using this location observe the proper Method of Working instructions, which have had to be amended, as these sidings haven't been used since around 1999. To recap from my previous visit last year. Looking towards the old goods shed: Similar view last week (the new sidings are to the right of this view): Last year (looking back towards the main yard at Riverside): Similar view recently: Some more views of the three new sidings: Should they perhaps have used epoxy to attach the reflective red surface to this buffer beam, or superglue? The remains of two of the old sidings are still extant here, next to the old goods shed, and this area will probably be used for parking and materials storage: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 The track could do with a little weathering to make it more realistic..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 12, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 12, 2013 The track could do with a little weathering to make it more realistic..... I know! You can see in photo 7405 where I've run out of rust-coloured paint....! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted May 12, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2013 I think this is where the freight 'avoiding' lines used to run in steam days? P (ex 72A) @ 36E Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 12, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 12, 2013 I think this is where the freight 'avoiding' lines used to run in steam days? P (ex 72A) @ 36E Yes, close to the alignment of the two new sidings, I believe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted May 12, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2013 Great pics by the way (missed them first time around). P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Is the idea to free up more stabling space for FGW? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Is that sleeper-built enclosure to be used to store stone for the 'Stoneblower'? I've seen a similar structure at Ashford. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 13, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2013 Is the idea to free up more stabling space for FGW? Not particularly! It's part of a much larger, national plan for OTM stabling, but will free up No.1 Road, Exeter West Yard (the siding adjacent to platform 6) for more operational use. Is that sleeper-built enclosure to be used to store stone for the 'Stoneblower'? I've seen a similar structure at Ashford. Yes, it's a stone bin. Identical structures have been built at a number of other locations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted May 13, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2013 S'funny, I thought I posted in this last night.... Thanks for posting the images, Tim. Any further info on what will happen to the old goods shed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 13, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2013 Any further info on what will happen to the old goods shed? Negative, Caller, it's listed, but there's no specific proposal for it's future use known at the moment... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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