Phil Traxson Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) 18 hours ago, RJS1977 said: Maybe the Corporation had resurfaced the road without telling the bus operators? They were the bus operators!! Of course that wouldn't help, the two different departments wouldn't be in the same building or communicate with one another. Edited December 18, 2020 by Phil Traxson 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2020 Is it absolutely certain it was a corporation bus? It appears to be a high bridge bus which someone stated was not operated by Reading. Many near identical liveries abounded until about 1970 and it could have been from one of the independent operators of the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike_Walker Posted December 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2020 35 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Is it absolutely certain it was a corporation bus? It appears to be a high bridge bus which someone stated was not operated by Reading. Many near identical liveries abounded until about 1970 and it could have been from one of the independent operators of the time. Looking more closely I think perhaps it isn't a RCT vehicle and does appear to be a high bridge. As to who's it could be I can't think - I can't place the livery. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2020 Smiths Coaches of Reading had a similar livery to the corporation. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busmansholiday Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 minute ago, PhilJ W said: Smiths Coaches of Reading had a similar livery to the corporation. Beat me to it, appears to say Smith's on the back. Mainly operated coaches but had a few deckers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2020 Yes, they were a slightly lighter shade than the corporation buses with a greater area of cream. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Rochdale tonight 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 On 06/12/2020 at 17:52, peanuts said: looks like bridge bashing is not a new phenomenon ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT NEWBOLD STREET, ROCHDALE. 24 JUNE 1967 "POLICE MANNING A ROAD BLOCK AT THE JUNCTION OF MILNROW ROAD AND ALBERT ROYDS STREET [CALAMITY CORNER] WERE AMAZED TO SEE A LARGE PANTECHNICON TURN DOWN NEWBOLD STREET JUST SHORT OF THE ROAD BLOCK. A FEW SECONDS LATER THEY HEARD THE BANG AS THE VEHICLE JAMMED ITSELF UNDER THE LOW STONE ARCHWAY OF THE RAILWAY BRIDGE ON NEWBOLD STREET. ONE OF THE THREE OCCUPANTS OF THE CAB WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER BEING THROWN THROUGH THE WINDSCREEN, BUT WAS DISCHARGED AFTER TREATMENT." not certain but could be same location as above 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 8 minutes ago, peanuts said: not certain but could be same location as above No, that part of Newbold Street has been closed off and is now only a footpath. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Actually I'm struggling to find this particular bridge. Most of the bridges in Rochdale are girder bridges. The only two arch bridges I've managed to find so far are Newbold Street (now footpath only and consequently no height signs on it) and Belfield Lane (height signs partly concealed by foliage but appears to be 6'3") 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted December 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 19, 2020 20 hours ago, peanuts said: Rochdale tonight So now I guess the discussion will change from the accuracy of the height indication to the accuracy of the width indicators. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I know Greater Manchester Police have other things to worry about just now, but hopefully at some stage they will review their policy on the correct use of apostrophes (or rather, apostrophe's). 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 (edited) It's a tweet, correct spelling and grammar isn't required. Edited December 20, 2020 by Hobby 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 3 hours ago, rab said: So now I guess the discussion will change from the accuracy of the height indication to the accuracy of the width indicators. The warning sign is still a height indicator, not width. The white lines are there because it's an arch, and they show where the height indication applies. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 14 hours ago, Hobby said: It's a tweet, correct spelling and grammar isn't required. Nor necessarily (not in this case I hasten to add) is the truth ! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted December 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2020 14 hours ago, F-UnitMad said: The warning sign is still a height indicator, not width. The white lines are there because it's an arch, and they show where the height indication applies. The lorry appears to be within them (just), so the question is whether or not the lorry's over 8' 9" tall. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 19 minutes ago, Reorte said: The lorry appears to be within them (just), so the question is whether or not the lorry's over 8' 9" tall. As it got stuck, that'll be a "Yes", then... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted December 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2020 32 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: As it got stuck, that'll be a "Yes", then... Probably, although I believe that there have been examples where there's been less clearance than signed, hence I assume the quesitoning about the accuracy of the width markings (either the lorry's too tall, the height marking is wrong, or the width marking is wrong). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 On 19/12/2020 at 14:46, RJS1977 said: Actually I'm struggling to find this particular bridge. Most of the bridges in Rochdale are girder bridges. The only two arch bridges I've managed to find so far are Newbold Street (now footpath only and consequently no height signs on it) and Belfield Lane (height signs partly concealed by foliage but appears to be 6'3") think it may be clough mill at wallsden would just about count as rochdale 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 When I was a boy I managed to bash an arched bridge over the Trent & Mersey Canal with a boat before I'd got hang of its slow response to steering - and no, we didn't report it to the owners of the bridge. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Didn't we all! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted December 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2020 As, thankfully, this thread has been fairly quiet lately, I thought it opportune to post this one. Not a bridge bash but definitely a bridge with a problem. “The most significant feature on the Ogmore Valleys Extension Railway was the bridge over the GWR main line at Margam Moors. Cleaver, in his report to the directors as engineer in 1905, noted that this bridge had been sinking slowly ever since construction, with the result that the clearance over the GWR rail level was now five inches less than their requirements.” From “A history of the Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company and the South Wales Mineral Railway Volume 1: 1853-1907” by Robin Simmonds (Lightmoor Press, 2012) At this point the bridge was raised a foot by jacking up the girders and inserting extra supports on the abutments. It doers not say in the book whether the bridge then stopped sinking. Jonathan PS The Swansea case has got to court, with the driver on bail. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55430912 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/camelon-crash-road-closed-after-lorry-hits-bridge-3078350?fbclid=IwAR2Br7F0YWr4TsExTPrZkrtdI1I4RgooeptfpsjIkN7irjK80vPRq-hr_v4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 39 minutes ago, ajwffc said: https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/camelon-crash-road-closed-after-lorry-hits-bridge-3078350?fbclid=IwAR2Br7F0YWr4TsExTPrZkrtdI1I4RgooeptfpsjIkN7irjK80vPRq-hr_v4 A double-deck trailer again. On average these are about 15'6" tall. On a personal note, I'm very glad I'm out of road haulage these days - if I still was I'd be at work right now, right up to about 10 or 11pm on Xmas eve. Spare a thought for all the drivers who won't be at home for the holidays, especially those caught up at Dover. Just remember that EVERYTHING on your dinner table tomorow spent some of it's time on a truck, to get to you. Yet driving them is an utterly thankless task. 2 4 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2021 No, not a new bash. Really good news that it has been a month since the last post. But the court case re the Swansea bash: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55771892 No mention of whether the Council was told the signage was inadequate. Jonathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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