jukebox Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Pity we've moved on to colour light signalling, otherwise you might have been able to message them with semaphores... I'll get my coat. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 An answer to the concrete problem would be to replace the wall with granite stones with a membrane behind them and have the new wall at an angle so as the sea rolls up and down it and does not crash into it .If you look at the Cumbrian coast line there are many walls like this and they stand up to the Irish Sea which is far more destructive than the Channel ,the area behind the wall could do with strengthing with concrete beams and proper infill but who am I just an enthusiast. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Shewed you this, the other day, the chalk/land slip. by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr This what it looks like through the blades of grass, in a downward direction,, forgot to fit my short lens. You say, zoom. by ferriesdover, on Flickr 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 The site, standing at 310 feet,up the cliff. by ferriesdover, on Flickr On the lower path,in the field. by ferriesdover, on Flickr 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Soon to be ........................ Shewed you this, the other day, the chalk/land slip. by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr This what it looks like through the blades of grass, in a downward direction,, forgot to fit my short lens. You say, zoom. by ferriesdover, on Flickr ............... renamed .................................... Shakespeare Cutting ... J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Yesterday's pit, cleaned out. by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Some of the marker's,on the seawall. by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 As You say Scott, the prism markers,on the seawall,go past the dog leg,to the East and to the divergence,at the groyne. by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Perfect sign for my layout room... ...not so perfect for anyone wanting to catch one to Deal right now. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 20, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2016 I wonder if those red lines mark where piles are going to be sunk (not adjacent to the wall I presume but track side of the new barrier fence and along the line where the soundings lorry has been doing its geophys stuff? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 So - we have assigned the red; and what about the blue, the green, the white and the yellow? It reminds me of how I boldly mark out things.... then I stand back, half shut my eyes, weigh it all up and come back to have another go with another colour ...and then another...and yet another one still... Then I go for a coffee and (still undecided) wonder whether to go on RMweb till lunchtime instead dh 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Hi Mike - I'm now pretty sure those wall markings are to help the crew locate (or avoid, if piling) the historic structutre. In one of dt's view from today, you can see they align with beams that have been exposed (though why there are beams that brace back downward toward the old viaduct, I'm not sure; props for forming the concrete seawall? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) Downwards and backwards,In your last post Scott.My theory, compression.Look at where the point s are, lots of weight rolling over the years. Edited March 21, 2016 by David Todd 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Not much going on this morning, (to a casual spectator). Only 20 minutes spent,having a look. Will upload photos later. Here's Derrick,for now. http://youtu.be/kLbccpGwfVE 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) by David Todd 2012, on Flickr N07/]David Todd 2012, on Flickr Red squares denote the pit's. Edited March 21, 2016 by David Todd 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Nice photo; I've never seen that many STS covered hoppers together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Today's photo's. Am having problems with my Flickr account. so, have had to resize, to 1k, and load as attachments. The site is rather quite, maybe the run up to the holiday's, no doubt there is lot's behind the scene work. The scraped out pit,is being layered. The last of the stone chippings is being sat on by the machine. Grading, Working over the new infill. Derrick. Still here. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 ................................................................. ................................................................................... no sign of the Caravan yet, then?? ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 (edited) It's like an Agatha Christie novel, waiting to solve this mystery! No hurry - but next time you visit, can you see if you can get a close shot of the work circled in this photo: I'm curious what is being barracaded using concrete bollards there - the track (if so why only there?) or was it a pit that was dug... You think they'd set up an on site web cam so we can check it all out when we need to, wouldn't you? Edited March 22, 2016 by jukebox 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 It's like an Agatha Christie novel, waiting to solve this mystery! No hurry - but next time you visit, can you see if you can get a close shot of the work circled in this photo: post-13585-0-27700500-1458585402.jpg I'm curious what is being barracaded using concrete bollards there - the track (if so why only there?) or was it a pit that was dug... You think they'd set up an on site web cam so we can check it all out when we need to, wouldn't you? Have checked the data site, no listed material trains are due on site, before the Easter holidays. Scott, I have a couple of photos of that concrete bay,under construction last Saturday. Maybe it is for storage of expensive materials ? Or to contain "loss" of materials, into the roadway. I should be doing a quick there and back,around 1000. This morning. Have a boiler survey,sometime after noon today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted March 22, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22, 2016 You think they'd set up an on site web cam so we can check it all out when we need to, wouldn't you? They don't have a Captain Kernow and his Merry Men I'm still mystified as to what is actually going on and why nothing seems to be done so far to repair or rebuild the outer wall. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 I was wondering if they were thinking of building some sort of Inner Wall/Structure this would account for not repairing the sea wall - Just a thought that I had. Many thanks for the updates David. Cheers, Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Previously. by ferriesdover, on Flickr Bay, under construction. by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr Site camera. by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 I was wondering if they were thinking of building some sort of Inner Wall/Structure this would account for not repairing the sea wall - Just a thought that I had. Many thanks for the updates David. Cheers, Bob My thought for about a week now, it would provide a solid barrier to all the layering and compacting for the main track's roadbed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 (edited) It's like an Agatha Christie novel, waiting to solve this mystery! No hurry - but next time you visit, can you see if you can get a close shot of the work circled in this photo: post-13585-0-27700500-1458585402.jpg I'm curious what is being barracaded using concrete bollards there - the track (if so why only there?) or was it a pit that was dug... You think they'd set up an on site web cam so we can check it all out when we need to, wouldn't you? Not for Joe public. The last update on Network Rail/news. was on the 3rd of Feb. No new's is good news, so they say. Railway detectives piece together history of Dover sea wall Wednesday 3 Feb 2016 Edited March 22, 2016 by David Todd 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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