Donington Road Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Crun said: Sunday 27th November Views south from Hurn Road bridge. Speed limit signs for the newly laid points at Werrington Junction. Presumably there to allow the new points and ballast to settle in: The newly ballasted track at the junction was re-tamped during early Sunday morning. The Up Slow has been out of use since last weekend so it has had nothing running over it to bed it in. During the week a section of track on the Up Slow south of Walton footbridge (somewhere opposite the old Sage's tower) has been lifted to replace a sinking trackbed. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 37 minutes ago, Crun said: I saw a Grand Central Class 180 emerge from the dive-under heading south. Are the new points not yet fully usable or is this a one off? Diversions of ECML traffic have been in place via the Joint Line all weekend due to engineering work at Grantham. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted November 27, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Richard E said: That is certainly my understanding. T for Termination 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Quite a substantial ramp going in for the (temporary bridge?) to access the field. It seems an expensive way to bridge over what is only a small brook. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 More photos of the new bridge install across Marholm Brook off Stirling Way. Entrance gate at the end of Stirling Way. Steel footbridge in the background. Ramp to the main bridge on the Stirling Way side. View from Cock Lane footbridge. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 13 minutes ago, Donington Road said: More photos of the new bridge install across Marholm Brook off Stirling Way. Entrance gate at the end of Stirling Way. Steel footbridge in the background. Ramp to the main bridge on the Stirling Way side. View from Cock Lane footbridge. They must intend to move some large and heavy machinery across that size of bridge. Perhaps preparing the ground for a building of some kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted December 14, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2022 20 minutes ago, Donington Road said: The "Prototype for Everything" Lego Bricks! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Crun said: They must intend to move some large and heavy machinery across that size of bridge. Perhaps preparing the ground for a building of some kind. It's just for the obligatory burger van as far as I know. I have not seen any planning applications for the land, the only hearsay is that Lloyds are developing the site. Edited December 14, 2022 by Donington Road 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 1 hour ago, melmerby said: The "Prototype for Everything" Lego Bricks! Interesting that they have a plain top one on the end but don't have a fortyfive degree one to make the end of the second row pretty. I'll have a look in my granddaughters Lego box to see if there are some going spare that I could donate.😀 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted December 15, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2022 (edited) 20 hours ago, Donington Road said: It's just for the obligatory burger van as far as I know. I have not seen any planning applications for the land, the only hearsay is that Lloyds are developing the site. Ahem, it's been in the awaiting decision box for about 8 months - https://planpa.peterborough.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=RAMOZLMLLZP00&activeTab=summary And it is Lloyds. Edited December 15, 2022 by Richard E 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 4 hours ago, Richard E said: Ahem, it's been in the awaiting decision box for about 8 months - https://planpa.peterborough.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=RAMOZLMLLZP00&activeTab=summary And it is Lloyds. Thank you for the link Richard. I was too far in the past looking from a different angle. In 2007 my son was tasked with selling that land on behalf of his client for the use of warehousing. Nothing became of the sale and his prospective customer bought the old Freemans distribution centre at Westwood instead. In 2008 the field had acquired planning for a cold storage distribution centre but nothing ever materialised. If that had been built then it would have been debatable if the new dive under could have been constructed. Looking at the new plans, the proposed data centre building and layout is not dissimilar to the original cold storage building although the land area for the former is somewhat less now since Brook Drain and the railway have been re-aligned. It is also of interest reading the accompanied documents in the planning of how much more detail is put into the different surveys compared to only a few years ago. The Great Crested Newts rear their head again along with tree planting but no one mentions the deer who will lose their grazing grounds. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 19 hours ago, Richard E said: Ahem, it's been in the awaiting decision box for about 8 months - https://planpa.peterborough.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=RAMOZLMLLZP00&activeTab=summary And it is Lloyds. To be trusted then...NOT. They built here on green land when our steelworks "downsized", along with Citizen printers. As soon as the subsidies finished, they both upped and ran. Hundreds of jobs lost. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted December 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 17, 2022 On 16/12/2022 at 10:00, JeffP said: To be trusted then...NOT. They built here on green land when our steelworks "downsized", along with Citizen printers. As soon as the subsidies finished, they both upped and ran. Hundreds of jobs lost. Back in 1994 my then employer 'centralised' one part of their UK operations in Peterborough. They cited cheap premises (the same type of offices in the city I lived in at the time were cheaper), skilled staff (Peterborough was, and still is, primarily a dormitory town to London for staff with the skill set they sought), improved quality of life for staff (I went from working 35 hour weeks to working anything up to 60 hour weeks) and good North, South, East and West links. I'd tend to agree with North/South but East/West??? As soon as the 'deal' they'd negotiated with the building 'owners' expired they closed down the operation and relocated it to Glasgow/Brentford. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Still messing around with getting the bridge installed. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 It is now over two years ago that work started near Walton footbridge to install an access gate to the roadway that was installed along the west side of the Stamford Lines from Cock Lane. Some before and after photos from my friend Trackside ECML of how things have progressed since. The paved area fenced off, this is 12 March 2021 a few months into the start. The brick wall has been demolished and work is underway to construct a concrete slab. By May 2021 the work had been completed, just tidying up to do. By 12th January 2023, just the tidying up to do! September 2021 12th January 2023, what a mess. September 2021, gravel, hardcore and new kerbstones ready to go in. The only change has been the rubbish bin falling off the gravel heap 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 You can’t rush these things 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 36 minutes ago, ess1uk said: You can’t rush these things 😁 There really is no excuse while this is taking so long to finish. It is not setting a good example of keeping your surroundings nice and tidy to the local citizens either, especially when there is flytipping issues in the area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 It’s like this trackside all over the country, not good for safe access 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/levelling-funding-hits-midlands-improve-rail-links?utm_source=Rail Technology Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13739659_RTM Newsletter 20th January 2023&dm_i=IJS,86HL7,8I5R3T,XJ0BJ,1 mentioned before on this thread as it is related to Peterborough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 (edited) https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/politics/council/peterborough-city-council-did-not-spot-conservative-party-logo-on-oversized-cheque-celebrating-ps48m-station-quarter-fund-3995041 Quick change on £48 million cheque for station area improvements. Edited January 20, 2023 by Crun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 (edited) Peterborough Telegraph article on the £48 million station improvements: https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/politics/green-light-for-ps48-million-grant-to-create-new-rail-station-gateway-into-peterborough-3992495 Edited January 20, 2023 by Crun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 A bit of déjà vu going on here. Different contractors but the same old story, the bridge is in and the topsoil is being moved out. The whole site is covered by camera's in all corners of the field 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted January 31, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2023 That's definitely Lloyds expanding their site, main contractor fits nicely ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 31, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2023 With a name like McLaren you'd think they might go faster.😄 Hat, coat etc. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted January 31, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 hour ago, melmerby said: With a name like McLaren you'd think they might go faster.😄 Hat, coat etc. What I found amusing recently was Mercedes F1 were extending their facilities in the UK and the main contactor was McLaren (the builders, not the F1 team). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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