RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted March 24, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2014 Hmmmm, mixed feelings about this one. The Railway way of doing things is fine until the COSS is also the ES and the PICOP. Not saying this would be the case at Dawlish, but it does happen elsewhere and the lads on the ground never know which "hat" the bloke in charge is wearing at amy given time ... For some years before Honiton box closed, we always knew exactly where the PICOP was, Eastleigh! John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted March 24, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2014 Thank you for that, most touching! As it happens, my I request a slight amendment to the award - namely a 50 year free subscription to all burger vans throughout the country for all of the Orange Army, plus free (or reduced rate) holding pens for our sheep, when we wish to use the burger vans (this may entail the construction or re-building of certain sheep facilities in a number of Devon villages), plus free and early access to the Warley and Ally Pally shows in perpetuity! Oh, and free parking for all Big Red/Yellow Spidery/Tracky Things on every weekend in March for the next 100 years. That should do it! OK, so if we reserve you a minute pasty at Taunton next April, that'll be OK, will it?! I mean - they call 1 inch long Mars Bars as 'Fun Size'.... to me a fun size Mars Bar will be at leat 2 feet in length! All that sea air has obviously affected your appetite! John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted March 24, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2014 Published on Network Rail's intranet today. On Friday we sent in a second battalion of the 'orange army' (a phrase coined by members of the public to describe our frontline people) to tackle a huge new landslip that is threatening the Great Western Main Line, roughly a mile west of Dawlish. Completion of this work will determine when we can hand back the railway following the nearby and near-complete recovery works at Dawlish station and the seawall. 'Encouraging' a landslip As these remarkable photos show (cannot post NR's photos here: ed) about 20,000 tonnes of a cliff face near Teignmouth has sheared away and slumped about 20m onto the toe of the railway, which sits at the bottom of the cliff at this point. With the help of Devon & Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service, engineers have been spraying thousands of litres of water per minute onto the slip to wash away the earth and encourage the slip to complete its fall to the railway below. A high pressure water cannon has been very effective at turning the slip's red earth into a slurry that is now running off into the sea at a tremendous rate. Once more of this unsafe land has been washed away, we may need assistance from specialist army equipment and excavators. Preparing to reopen Dawlish Patrick Hallgate, Western route director, explained: "With our work at Dawlish nearing completion ahead of schedule, the Teignmouth site has become the orange army's new frontline. We have made good progress but the coming days will be critical if we are to meet our planned reopening date of 4 April. Everyone is working flat-out and are determined to clear this new obstacle to enable us to reopen this vital route for the people of Devon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted March 24, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2014 I've been meaning to ask the question about the slip, but I forget about it when I'm online. Many thanks for the update on what well be the deciding factor on the re-opening of the line. Thanks SS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 It might have been more aesthetically pleasing at Dawlish to have put some curved pieces instead of all straight track. Like this? (Now we know who NR got to lay the track so quickly!) 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Judging from the number of ratings, I wonder how many people have missed or overlooked the two splendid NR videos taken by a R/C Drone, that appear on this thread (page 78 post 1932, repeated in post 79 post 1969 and this page - page 84 post 2084). Clicking the YouTube icon enables playing on the YouTube website, rather than the small embedded version on here. It can then be re-sized to full page and a higher resolution (720p so called HD) can be selected for a "better viewer experience" [sic]. These videos really do give a much better perspective of what is happening down there on the Devon coast. Many thanks to Gary H and Dutch_Master for flagging those up. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
24grange Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Coming home on the Exmouth train today, at St Davids, at 17:18 was surprised and pleased to see 2 Freightliner 66's with a massive load of Railtrack ballast wagons heading west down the mainline - really weird to see an actual train heading west, rather than the units, which sulk on the otherside of the bridge before being let back into the depot. Guess this is new ballast for the breach? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Baaaaa!! Next time you are in Teignmouth and in search of a pasty I can recommend Carols Cupcake Bakery (obviously other bakers are available to sell other cup cakes). They are 2nd to none. Coming from a pasty connoiseur that is praise indeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 24, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2014 Dunno if it's been posted before, here's the Teignmouth landslip on video, on March 21st: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW2B8pv0rKg Usual disclaimers! Wouldn't it have been easier to bring it down with some carefully placed charges. And the spoil would have been dry(ish) Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 There is a Special Train Path in the system for 05.14 Teignmouth to Exeter tomorrow morning. Will this be the first train to pass the site of the breach on the new track panels? Geoff Endacott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) Wouldn't it have been easier to bring it down with some carefully placed charges. And the spoil would have been dry(ish) Keith With blasting you could open up new slip surfaces, so your problem gets worse. And dry spoil you have to dig out. With this method you're bringing down that which slipped, and not potentially half the cliff between Teignmouth and Dawlish. Making a wet slurry pouring into the sea you're not having to do the digging operation as a separate exercise, loosening and disposal all in one. Edited March 26, 2014 by Coombe Barton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulderspants Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 An early morning working. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted March 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2014 Is that DC (Dawlish Connected) or DCC (Dawlish Currently Connected but only by two wires) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2014 There is a Special Train Path in the system for 05.14 Teignmouth to Exeter tomorrow morning. Will this be the first train to pass the site of the breach on the new track panels? Geoff Endacott I think it will have something of a job getting past the slip site - alas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith George Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Next time you are in Teignmouth and in search of a pasty I can recommend Carols Cupcake Bakery (obviously other bakers are available to sell other cup cakes). They are 2nd to none. Coming from a pasty connoiseur that is praise indeed. Where abouts in Teignmouth is that.? Keith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 There is a Special Train Path in the system for 05.14 Teignmouth to Exeter tomorrow morning. Will this be the first train to pass the site of the breach on the new track panels? Geoff Endacott There was an engineers train working across the breach last night, ballasting it from autoballasters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfsup Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 There was an engineers train working across the breach last night, ballasting it from autoballasters. Here's a video from one of the Dawlish residents on Facebook - consist included 66552 at the Teignmouth end, although whether or not it went as far as the slip site is unlikely. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151927494446529 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Where abouts in Teignmouth is that.? Keith. In the same road as the sadly now defunct South Pacific Bar, just head towards the beach direction, last shop before the Kings Arms pub Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie_pudd Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted March 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2014 Look like there's third rail on one line in that photo above!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith George Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 In the same road as the sadly now defunct South Pacific Bar, just head towards the beach direction, last shop before the Kings Arms pub The South Pacific Bar, was that what used to be the 1960s american type bar/cafe, just along from the bookshop that sell a lot of transport and local history books.? Keith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 The South Pacific Bar, was that what used to be the 1960s american type bar/cafe, just along from the bookshop that sell a lot of transport and local history books.? Keith. No. Complete wrong direction. That shop is still there selling the books. Out of station, straight ahead, left at end of station road and 50-60 metres along there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Dunno if it's been posted before, here's the Teignmouth landslip on video, on March 21st: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW2B8pv0rKg Usual disclaimers! If it was me on the end of the hose, I'd've been tempted to hose the camera-copter down... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith George Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 No. Complete wrong direction. That shop is still there selling the books. Out of station, straight ahead, left at end of station road and 50-60 metres along there. Thankyou, know where you mean. We are down there again in under two weeks, for a week in Dawlish Warren camping coaches. So will try their Pasties and let you know the verdict.! I spent all my working life out on the road selling Pasties among other fresh foods. Regards, Keith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT42CWRDriver Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Coming home on the Exmouth train today, at St Davids, at 17:18 was surprised and pleased to see 2 Freightliner 66's with a massive load of Railtrack ballast wagons heading west down the mainline - really weird to see an actual train heading west, rather than the units, which sulk on the otherside of the bridge before being let back into the depot. Guess this is new ballast for the breach? Guilty as charged. 20 Autoballasters from Westbury top 'n tailed, 1200 tons of ballast in 20 wagons. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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