James Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Thanks :-) I wonder why they're operating like that... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 24, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2011 Been past today and timber is now appearing on the roof. Of course I didn't have a camera with me... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I take it they have no round round with the work ongoing, hence the DMU? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted February 24, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2011 round round ???? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed-farms Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Think James means run round, makes sense though.The 101 is short and will keep out the way of the work going on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Think James means run round, I did, sorry! Tiredness and dyslexia are a recipe for disaster! lol! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidH Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Unless they're going to dismantle the scaffolding on the platform edge every weekend, to allow people to open coach doors ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemeg Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 Been past today and timber is now appearing on the roof. Of course I didn't have a camera with me... Very remiss of you . I might pass that way (especially if it's a better day, weather and light wise) this afternoon, so if there's 'owt ter phertergraph', I'll try and 'phertergraph' it. Anyone know when the Falsgrave signal bridge has/will appear at Grosmont? Cheers Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Anyone know when the Falsgrave signal bridge has/will appear at Grosmont? Probably when they fish the foundations out of the mine tunnel that they have fallen in to! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Rest day today so went up to Pickering with my parents and little boy. The roof is coming along very nicely! Though I wonder if they should have maybe waited to restart running this year until the station could be used properly? Either way nice to see a DMU running on the line! What surprised us was it was using Platform 2 which made it very hard for those, like us, with prams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Quote: "Unless they're going to dismantle the scaffolding on the platform edge every weekend," Just for the record, down here in London on the Underground, this happens somewhere EVERY night. After the last train has gone, Engineering Hours start. Time of this varies from station to station but typically 0100-0130. Any work done on the station (or worse still, in the tunnels, which involves extra time walking to & from site) overnight, including scaffold erection and movement of all materials in (by hand), and the reverse procedure to clear up afterwards, has to be done in Engineering Hours. Over-runs of time are VERY expensive (if we close a ststion, and thats not a whole line, we get fined £1000+ per minute). As first trains can leave the depots around 0400, work is planned to finish well before this "just in case" of a delay. Typically workers are out of the stations by 0300 most nights. And yes, that is ONLY perhaps 1-1/2 hrs from start to finish of job! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poindexter Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Excellent thread. Thank you to all who contribute. I'm looking forward to the yearly retreat to a cottage in Cropton so I can pop down and view the roof. hopfully The daughter who is now 3 wont be as scared of the "Thomas's" and we'll actually get on one!! Guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 A number of GrantRail/VolkerRail lads I worked with who with the GTJV used to like LU work as they had such short shifts! Some of them loved it, but some found after a while they wanted to be outside more! WOuld liked to have seen the work there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemeg Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 Think James means run round, makes sense though.The 101 is short and will keep out the way of the work going on. The 101 isn't left with much option but to stay out of the way. Photo taken last week during half term. There was a surprising number of people alighted from this train, just prior to the photo being taken. Cheers Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 i've seen a video about this project on NYMR TV. definitely got to take my camera when i'm there in about three weeks ( it'll probably be finished by then) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemeg Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 When I started this thread, I hadn't envisaged becoming 'our man on the spot, in Pickering', nor had I envisaged the interest which there would be in this project. Anyway, another quick visit yesterday, March 2nd at around 4.00 pm. It is becoming increasingly difficult to photograph the work on the roof, as the scaffolding and staging now covers the entire extent of the roof. When looking at the costs of a project like this, it is very easy to overlook the considerable cost of providing this scaffolding and staging - there are literally many hundreds of metal poles, clamps and wooden planks all of which must be erected safely and securely. This work is being undertaken by a specialist scaffolding contractor. Work on the wooden skin of the roof is proceeding at the south end of the station and, I am told, the plan now (may always have been the plan) is to 'ripple' the work towards the north end of the station, so that the scaffolding and staging can be progressively removed as the work progresses. Note how the wooden skin is fitted diagonally across the supporting steelwork; this to allow the wooden strips to each overlap the maximum number of steel supports. The underside of the woodwork on the roof, as with the steel roof supports, though not the main trusses, is all painted a chrome yellow. So a couple of photos, again taken yesterday, showing the extent of the staging and the view from the south end of the station. I wonder if the NYMR will lop some branches (will they be allowed to?) off that tree (second photo below) which overhangs the southern hip of the roof. Every pigeon, for miles around, will sit on that tree and 'adorn' the station roof with their calling card, if they don't!! This is 'mikemeg' returning you to News at RMWeb! Cheers Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poindexter Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 This is 'mikemeg' returning you to News at RMWeb! Hee Hee nice one. I almost expect someone to say 'And now for the rest of the days news' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 7, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2011 Was through Pickering today and remembered to take a camera! Work has started on the woodwork for the roof vent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemeg Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 Was through Pickering today and remembered to take a camera! Work has started on the woodwork for the roof vent. Tell you what, this roof is going to be quite something to see. I wonder what will be the first steam locomotive to pass under it? Cheers Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 7, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2011 Kinda hope it'll be something North Eastern... Probably some bit of junk from doncaster... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I'm hoping the Moors 101 goes under the roof first, it used to run on the line in the 60s. Failing that if 65894 was a runner that would be good for the same reason. Failing that something exciting like an 08 or a 24. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 8, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 8, 2011 No we don't want any deseesls, none of them went under the original roof anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 some bit of junk from doncaster Have they found a Thompson Pacific, then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 No we don't want any deseesls, none of them went under the original roof anyway. Doesn't matter, I can have happy dreams can't I? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemeg Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Yet another despatch from 'our correspondent in Pickering'? No, actually I pass through Pickering every wednesday, on my way to Scarborough, so no great chore to stop and photograph the work as it proceeds. There are some weeks when the progress made, over the previous week, appears to be enormous with new steelwork, new staging, etc. Now as the project is well advanced then progress, though considerable, is more incremental. So these photos were taken late yesterday afternoon, Wednesday March 9th, at around 5.30 pm. Great that one can now take photos at 5.30 pm, still in daylight; heralds the end, hopefully, of another long, dark winter. Anyway, as can be seen from the photos below almost all of the steelwork is now up, right up to the northern hip of the roof. This photo also shows the colour of the underside of the roof - the same colour as the steelwork. Work on the wooden ventilator continues and the glazing at the top of the ventilator. The wooden skin of the southern hip of the roof is now complete and around one third (I'm guessing here) to one half of the timbering of the sides is now also complete. Almost seems a shame to cover this lovely piece of woodwork (note how the direction of the planks varies with each half) with tiles. The railway is due to re-open for the 2011 season at the end of March, so I'm guessing that the various contractors and NYMR employees and volunteers will be working to achieve the removal of all of the internal staging and scaffolding by that date. I imagine that the tiling of the roof will be done with only the external scaffolding and staging in place. Who said that craftmanship has disappeared, the work done on this roof is just superb and a worthy testament to the design of the NER's architect in the mid 19th century - G. T. Andrews. So ' back to the studio, this is mikemeg returning ...........' Cheers Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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