Donington Road Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Some heavy machinery has moved into a very boggy area east of Lincoln Road. The view is looking towards the eventual junction with the Joint line just before Foxcovert Wood in background. The temporary footbridge in the foreground which was due to open on Monday is still not open. Unfortunately not being able to get it out of the frame it has blurred the background somewhat. Tresspasser on the Up Slow at Hurn Road. Where's your hi-vis? 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Donington Road said: The view is looking towards the eventual junction with the Joint line just before Foxcovert Wood in background. Tresspasser on the Up Slow at Hurn Road. Where's your hi-vis? Well you did mention Foxcovert Wood Edited January 9, 2020 by melmerby 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 That fox should have safety gear on ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Donington Road said: Some heavy machinery has moved into a very boggy area east of Lincoln Road. The view is looking towards the eventual junction with the Joint line just before Foxcovert Wood in background. The temporary footbridge in the foreground which was due to open on Monday is still not open. Unfortunately not being able to get it out of the frame it has blurred the background somewhat. Tresspasser on the Up Slow at Hurn Road. Where's your hi-vis? Fox on the run! I saw one on the western side of the ECML heading south as the Fitzwilliam hunt headed north! This was around Christmas time 2018. Edited January 9, 2020 by Crun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Donington Road said: Some heavy machinery has moved into a very boggy area east of Lincoln Road. The view is looking towards the eventual junction with the Joint line just before Foxcovert Wood in background. The temporary footbridge in the foreground which was due to open on Monday is still not open. Unfortunately not being able to get it out of the frame it has blurred the background somewhat. Tresspasser on the Up Slow at Hurn Road. Where's your hi-vis? He is fully compliant, site colour is orange 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) The large piece of machinery looks like a compactor, used to consolidate material in embankments. Edited January 9, 2020 by Fat Controller Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Fat Controller said: The large piece of machinery looks like a compactor, used to consolidate material in embankments. Not sure what it was. It looked like one of those machines that rip up tarmac roads. Large rotating drum in the centre. It wasn't getting on very well whatever it was doing by sinking in the wet ground up to its axles. .......and was that lime they were putting down? Could just see a large tanker the other side of the footbridge which was delivering something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted January 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2020 13 hours ago, Donington Road said: .......and was that lime they were putting down? Could just see a large tanker the other side of the footbridge which was delivering something. Lime or quicklime is used to dry out ground and modify clay soils making them easier to compact on, for example, embankments and similar formations. It actually makes clay less slippery, apparently the reaction can go on for years ending up with an almost concrete like end result depending on the chemical composition of the soil. It acts by heating the soil (quicklime + water = heat, up to 100ºC) and also binding up to 30% of the water content. The heat causes evaporation of course. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Ground consolidation using cement and lime. Often used as a temporary road base for site haul roads. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 17 hours ago, lmsforever said: That fox should have safety gear on ! It’s in Orange 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 This was the plan of Werrington junction as I drew it out in 1979/80, when I was at Kings Cross. We always knew it as the Down Slow, the Down Stamford not starting until Helspston Junction. Paul J. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 7 hours ago, rockershovel said: Ground consolidation using cement and lime. Often used as a temporary road base for site haul roads. That is exactly what they are doing. They are making a solid access road down to the junction with the Joint. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 3 hours ago, Swindon 123 said: This was the plan of Werrington junction as I drew it out in 1979/80, when I was at Kings Cross. We always knew it as the Down Slow, the Down Stamford not starting until Helspston Junction. Paul J. That is an interesting drawing Paul. What I find remarkable are those speed limits, which 40 years on are still the same. The Stamford lines to us 'old locals' are just that, built by the Midland Railway eons ago and always serparate from the ECML (Great Northern) The only connection to the ECML was at Wisbech Junction just before Westfield Road bridge. Do you know when the Down Stamford was redesignated as the Down Slow (ECML) ? My guess would be around the early 1970's 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Cocks Junction Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 12 hours ago, Donington Road said: Do you know when the Down Stamford was redesignated as the Down Slow (ECML) ? My guess would be around the early 1970's You can read all about it here: https://www.s-r-s.org.uk/pullfree.asp?FilePath=ArchiveSignals\Downloads\brer&FileName=1971-22.pdf And here: https://www.s-r-s.org.uk/pullfree.asp?FilePath=ArchiveSignals\Downloads\brer&FileName=1971-23.pdf Enjoy! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Three Cocks Junction said: You can read all about it here: https://www.s-r-s.org.uk/pullfree.asp?FilePath=ArchiveSignals\Downloads\brer&FileName=1971-22.pdf And here: https://www.s-r-s.org.uk/pullfree.asp?FilePath=ArchiveSignals\Downloads\brer&FileName=1971-23.pdf Enjoy! Thank you TCJ for those interesting and informative pieces of information. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Any more up to date news and photographs welcome. Are there to be more line closures from Kings Cross northwards this month and beyond? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 On 09/01/2020 at 20:37, lmsforever said: That fox should have safety gear on ! It's already wearing orange with white stripes. Pretty compliant aside from the hard hat and safety boots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Crun said: Any more up to date news and photographs welcome. Are there to be more line closures from Kings Cross northwards this month and beyond? Nothing much happening. These photos were taken last Friday. A bit more flooding and the small dump truck (to the left in the second photo) was accessing the centre area using the underbridge. I haven't been out since due to yet another cold. As for closures, I have no info. 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted January 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13, 2020 Had a look today, two workers sat in their nice warm tractor cabs doing absolutely nothing over by Lincoln Road and a couple of diggers (unmanned) at the access underpass on the western side and that was the sum total of what I could see. Hardly worth getting the camera out ... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted January 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13, 2020 4 hours ago, Donington Road said: Nothing much happening. These photos were taken last Friday. A bit more flooding and the small dump truck (to the left in the second photo) was accessing the centre area using the underbridge. I haven't been out since due to yet another cold. As for closures, I have no info. Nice Class 70 caught there by the look of it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Richard E said: Had a look today, two workers sat in their nice warm tractor cabs doing absolutely nothing over by Lincoln Road and a couple of diggers (unmanned) at the access underpass on the western side and that was the sum total of what I could see. Hardly worth getting the camera out ... Things of note from your photo Richard. It looks as though they are putting in a hard surface to access the underbridge better. Wooden fence posts around the new curve have been put in all the way back to the access scaffolding on Hurn Road footbridge. Still no safety fencing on the ECML side. Lazers (those red things), have been attached to some of the gantry masts of the ECML presumably in leiu of the ones that were originally on the pyramids. Bit clearer image below. Edited January 13, 2020 by Donington Road 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Richard E said: Nice Class 70 caught there by the look of it. Yeah, it crept up on me unannounced. I see a few have been brought back into traffic recently. The last one I saw was way back in September, dead, in a container train going south on the Joint with a 66 at the front. Edited January 13, 2020 by Donington Road Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted January 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13, 2020 31 minutes ago, Donington Road said: Things of note from your photo Richard. It looks as though they are putting in a hard surface to access the underbridge better. Wooden fence posts around the new curve have been put in all the way back to the access scaffolding on Hurn Road footbridge. Still no safety fencing on the ECML side. Lazers (those red things), have been attached to some of the gantry masts of the ECML presumably in leiu of the ones that were originally on the pyramids. Bit clearer image below. Mentioning lasers there are laser targets in the four foot along the down line on the joint. Apologies for the quality of my picture, it really isn't that good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Richard E said: Mentioning lasers there are laser targets in the four foot along the down line on the joint. INFORMATIVE Apologies for the quality of my picture, it really isn't that good. If you are referring to the one you posted earlier then it's fine. I could spot the differences since Friday. If you are referring to the picture you mean't to include with this post it's invisible so I can't possibly comment on the quality You see, I couldn't possibly rate your last post without some conflict Edited January 13, 2020 by Donington Road 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Donington Road said: Things of note from your photo Richard. It looks as though they are putting in a hard surface to access the underbridge better. Wooden fence posts around the new curve have been put in all the way back to the access scaffolding on Hurn Road footbridge. Still no safety fencing on the ECML side. Lazers (those red things), have been attached to some of the gantry masts of the ECML presumably in leiu of the ones that were originally on the pyramids. Bit clearer image below. Trimble servo Total Station, probably an S10, conducting track monitoring. Results appear in (almost) real time in the survey office, or on whatever delay is set (base readings and routine monitoring are not checked in real time, because it isn’t necessary or useful). During the actual Tunnelling the results will be monitored in real time and fed through to the tunnel team and NR Engineering, typically during Daily Planning Meeting. This is a typical setup for this kind of task. There will be a regime for predicted settlement vs tunnel advance, with trigger values for speed restrictions and remedial works. I didn’t see the Monitoring Plan yet but that’s the way it usually operates. Edited January 13, 2020 by rockershovel 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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