RMweb Premium keefer Posted December 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 27, 2020 Don't have time to check at the 'mo but I'm sure there is a video on YouTube of the cl.115 Shopper's Specials, can't remember the year though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southof1E top tmd Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 a phot from May 93 from the late Tony Ewer of the farewell "Mothball" tour in May 93 crossing an overbridge near Winslow. full tour report at http://leightonlogs.org/Mothballfull.htm cheers NR 11 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 I new I had a couple of photos of Swanbourne so I had a dig in the archive. I would reckon 2013. Bernard 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 How can anyone not be saddened by the loss of such a place? Mind you, it had slipped into such a state of dilapidation that I reckon it would have literally cost a million to arrest the decay and put it back into good order to last another few decades. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerTrainFan2001 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Anyone seen what they have been doing to the water Eaton road bridge for the EWR? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 1E BoY Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, TylerTrainFan2001 said: Anyone seen what they have been doing to the water Eaton road bridge for the EWR? Water Eaton Road is now closed to through traffic to enable the construction of a new access point to the flyover seen here on the 20th December. Edited January 4, 2021 by 1E BoY 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 1E BoY Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 There are road closure and diversion signs on the way to the roundabout that links Buckingham Road, Sherwood Drive and Water Eaton Road. Work started today despite some signs saying closure would take effect from the 11th. Pictures taken this morning.. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 1E BoY Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 The result of not taking notice of the signs is having to do a 10 point turn on a narrow road and going back from whence you started! 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 It would have been quicker to reverse back, but some cars were not fitted with a reverse gear, or it's been disabled. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 On the other hand it is not the 11th yet, so he might have read that sign and thought the others didn't apply yet, especially as he would have seen green lights through the bridge. Not an excuse but maybe a reason. Jonathan 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 1E BoY Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, corneliuslundie said: On the other hand it is not the 11th yet, so he might have read that sign and thought the others didn't apply yet, especially as he would have seen green lights through the bridge. Not an excuse but maybe a reason. Jonathan The Road Closed (red) sign was in advance of the yellow one. There was an opportunity to turn into the small industrial estate on the right to turn round which I saw one other motorist do. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerTrainFan2001 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 I saw a big yellow digger at water eaton bridge whilst driving. I think that they are doing the curbs for the new site entrance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2021 On 04/01/2021 at 18:18, 1E BoY said: The result of not taking notice of the signs is having to do a 10 point turn on a narrow road and going back from whence you started! And idiotic placement of the barriers not at the previous T. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 hours ago, john new said: And idiotic placement of the barriers not at the previous T. They've been learning from Worcestershire CC It's not unknown to arrive at a road closed with no advanced warning There was a fair bit of that a couple of years ago on a route I regularly used. There were alternatives if there was prior warning, also one of the roads used for a signposted diversion was a single track country lane with passing places, hardly ideal for frequent two way traffic, let alone large commercial vehicles. Another WCC trick is to divert you from the closed road but with no follow up signage for the diversion route! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 1E BoY Posted January 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2021 On 15/01/2021 at 17:51, john new said: And idiotic placement of the barriers not at the previous T. They obviously realised the problem early on. However, they need access between the two main works sites one of which is on the right by this junction which is also the access to a small industrial estate (several occupants being involved in the motor industry). The other is the old Telephone Rentals site which is to the left of where the picture was taken from. This picture was taken Saturday 16 January. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 1E BoY Posted January 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) A couple of shots of the main Telephone Rentals worksite. Pictures taken on Saturday 16 January. . Edited January 17, 2021 by 1E BoY images sorted 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerTrainFan2001 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 2 hours ago, 1E BoY said: They obviously realised the problem early on. However, they need access between the two main works sites one of which is on the right by this junction which is also the access to a small industrial estate (several occupants being involved in the motor industry). The other is the old Telephone Rentals site which is to the left of where the picture was taken from. This picture was taken Saturday 16 January. Did you get a picture of new entrance they are making? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerTrainFan2001 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Any updates at the water eaton road bridge? I also saw a new piler where the new high level station will be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Connell Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 BBC News - East West and Northumberland rail lines get £794m boost https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55770529 Gordon 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Gordon Connell said: BBC News - East West and Northumberland rail lines get £794m boost https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55770529 Gordon Complete with APT 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted January 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2021 Obviously the work we have been seeing for the past months was a mirage. Typical government announcing the same "new" projects more than once. Jonathan 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Connell Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 My favourite bit was Grant Shapps reply to the question about why the line wasn't being electrified. My emphasis added. "We're building it in such a way that we can use, probably, the very latest technology, potentially, in the future," he said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 He also said that this money would help ‘left behind areas’ ....... now, correct me if I’m wrong, but the issue with the Cambridge, Bedford, mk, Oxford corridor is not that we are ‘left behind’ so much as overheated, leading to pressure on land for housing and on roads. Spin. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejstubbs Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) On 15/01/2021 at 20:24, melmerby said: They've been learning from Worcestershire CC It's not unknown to arrive at a road closed with no advanced warning Happens in Edinburgh, too, especially at this time of year. It's a well-kept secret, but Edinburgh "the festival city" has an annual winter roadworks festival from mid-January to early February when drivers, cyclists and pedestrians can take time to enjoy the cheerful temporary coloured lights ('coz they ain't going to be going anywhere in a hurry) every 400 yards or so along their journey, and admire the workies in their traditional hi-viz costumes performing the famous "hmm, didn't expect to find that down there" tribal dance in which six of them stand around a bleedin' great hole in the carriageway scratching their heads in puzzlement while a seventh calls head office on his mobile seeking advice on what to do next. That Grant Shapps quote is a classic "dog ate my homework": when you don't want to admit the real reason because it won't go down well, so you make up something that sounds vaguely plausible, more palatable to the audience, and difficult to immediately disprove so you can probably get away with it even though you know the audience is pretty darn certain that it's lie. Edited January 23, 2021 by ejstubbs 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted January 23, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Nearholmer said: He also said that this money would help ‘left behind areas’ ....... now, correct me if I’m wrong, but the issue with the Cambridge, Bedford, mk, Oxford corridor is not that we are ‘left behind’ so much as overheated, leading to pressure on land for housing and on roads. Spin. Sadly in this county the current administration at the "Peoples republic of Central Bedfordshire" have a map that excludes this part of Bedfordshire. For what is a wealthy County Sandy has a worse rate of deprivation per capita than Luton. East West is planned to avoid the area altogether 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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