East Coast Mainline Blockade for Werrington Junction diveunder

[melmerby]

4 hours ago, woodenhead said:

Because the maps & images will be stored on more than one server across the world, depending on which server has served your visit to Google Maps will determine which images you may see - Google will replicate data across servers but how quickly it spreads will depend how important they deem it to be right up to date.

Both the images are derived from the same satellite photos, so why should they be different?

 

Google Earth Pro does seem to have better quality images though.

[woodenhead]

They are not quite the same, there is a time difference, in the one with the IEP

and without the IEP

 

Two different images, the resolution looks sharper on the second image, perhaps that is the issue, what resolution was served to each device.

 

Maps are constantly updating the imagery, it may be that two sets were produced at different resolutions.

 

There was a google car round my neighbourhood today updating the images for streetview.

[woodenhead]

The satellite imagery used in mapping software isn't made by the providers - Google, Microsoft or Apple, it is bought from professional companies who use the images for all sorts of purposes.

 

Only learnt recently that Israel was and has remained with fuzzy imagery for many years because companies like Google were until very recently outlawed in the US from using higher resolution images as Israel were concerned such images would be used against them.

 

Plenty of bits of other countries are also missing or in low resolution I would hazard.

[jamie92208]

55 minutes ago, woodenhead said:

The satellite imagery used in mapping software isn't made by the providers - Google, Microsoft or Apple, it is bought from professional companies who use the images for all sorts of purposes.

 

Only learnt recently that Israel was and has remained with fuzzy imagery for many years because companies like Google were until very recently outlawed in the US from using higher resolution images as Israel were concerned such images would be used against them.

 

Plenty of bits of other countries are also missing or in low resolution I would hazard.

Yes, for some peculiar reason, nuclear deterent submarine bases tend to be fuzzy. Certainly France and the US.

 

Jamie

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[melmerby]

59 minutes ago, woodenhead said:

The satellite imagery used in mapping software isn't made by the providers - Google, Microsoft or Apple, it is bought from professional companies who use the images for all sorts of purposes.

 

Only learnt recently that Israel was and has remained with fuzzy imagery for many years because companies like Google were until very recently outlawed in the US from using higher resolution images as Israel were concerned such images would be used against them.

 

Plenty of bits of other countries are also missing or in low resolution I would hazard.

There's a lot of poor Streetview coverage in certain countries.

e.g. There is little or no coverage of German cities however St Petersburg in Russia is well covered.

 

Streetview is a different system to the aerial views and is just tacked onto them, sometimes they don't agree.

[Donington Road]

Back to work on a Sunday.

 

Starting to move the rails on to the trackbed from Glinton Junction to Lincoln Road.  It is a slow process dragging those rails for quite a distance.  Still cannot see any sleepers around the site.

 

 

 

 

time for a tea break.

 

 

View from Foxcover Road end.

[Donington Road]

The temporary Lincoln Road footbridge is being jacked up off the concrete plinths and placed on to timbers.   There is a lot of auxillary equipment being removed from the bridge.  Removal of the bridge itself is due next weekend according to those working on site today.

 

 

 

 

 

Someone has made a mess of the new tramac at the south end of the new bridges.

 

 

 

 

 

[Donington Road]

It didn't take long for the flytippers to spawn their anti-social habits

 

 

 

[Donington Road]

On a brighter note the dive under is starting to become more visible from Hurn Road now that the landbridge is being removed.

 

 

[Crun]

Sunday 30th May.

 

Views of rails being worked on:

 

 

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[Crun]

Views East from Lincoln Road footbridge:

 

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[Crun]

Views west showing progress on removing land bridge:

 

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[Crun]

Views south from Hurn Road bridge showing the new drain covers:

 

 

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[Trackside ECML]

On 28/05/2021 at 22:05, Donington Road said:

 

They're ghost trains specific to your device as they not on the latest Google maps.  Perhaps your device needs a reboot

 

Just looked at my google earth, I have the Tardis on mine.

[corneliuslundie]

I'm glad they are straightening those rails. They made my tracklaying look good. OK, I know it was the effect of a very long lens.

Jonathan

[Donington Road]

18 minutes ago, corneliuslundie said:

I'm glad they are straightening those rails. They made my tracklaying look good. OK, I know it was the effect of a very long lens.

Jonathan

 

Even so, it is quite surprising how flexible rail is

[JeffP]

16 hours ago, Donington Road said:

 

Even so, it is quite surprising how flexible rail is

There used to be a video clip of a guy flame cutting a piece of rail half buried in earth.

When he completes the cut the rail springs straight catching him under the jaw. Looked nasty.

[Crun]

Monday 31st May.

 

Views of more rails after being curved:

 

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[Crun]

Views of further details under the temporary Lincoln Road bridge:

 

 

 

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[Crun]

Views west of the earth bridge:

 

 

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[melmerby]

21 hours ago, Donington Road said:

 

Even so, it is quite surprising how flexible rail is

If you look on the Virtual Railfan website grab bags there are videos of trains of long rails going around the chord lines at Deshler OH.

You would think they were made of rubber!

 

 

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[woodenhead]

12 minutes ago, melmerby said:

You would think they were made of rubber!

 

 

Certainly don't sound rubber!!!

[Richard E]

18 minutes ago, Crun said:

Views of further details under the temporary Lincoln Road bridge:

 

 

 

 

Ah, that tells me how they are removing at least part of the bridge, it will be run back onto the field to the north over the rollers put in place. Despite appearances the bridge is very stiff vertically when in a cantilever situation and can carry it's own weight easily.

[Donington Road]

5 hours ago, melmerby said:

If you look on the Virtual Railfan website grab bags there are videos of trains of long rails going around the chord lines at Deshler OH.

You would think they were made of rubber!

 

 

4 hours ago, woodenhead said:

Certainly don't sound rubber!!!

 

It is probably the lateral forces of the rails on the wagons causing the flange squeal.

On the last wagon I expected quite a difference in how the rail ends were aligned, expecting the inner rails to be extended more then the outer rails but they all looked to be fairly equal.

[melmerby]

5 minutes ago, Donington Road said:

 

 

It is probably the lateral forces of the rails on the wagons causing the flange squeal.

On the last wagon I expected quite a difference in how the rail ends were aligned, expecting the inner rails to be extended more then the outer rails but they all looked to be fairly equal.

When it first hits the curve you can see quite a few rail end moving laterally within the confines of their supports.

The main noise I would agree is flange squeal although you can just about hear a bit of clunking noise as the rails move up against the vertical restraints