'CHARD Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Unusual 4X40 working at Gorebridge: http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=45135 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Falahill saga grinds on... http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2013/11/01/476563-falahill-rail-plans-up-for-approval/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fegguk Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 The new gore glen bridge now has a deck http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=45251 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted November 11, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 11, 2013 The new gore glen bridge now has a deck http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=45251 I take that that's still only secured at one end otherwise the gradient looks like the one where the Lickey incline crosses the M42. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I take that that's still only secured at one end otherwise the gradient looks like the one where the Lickey incline crosses the M42. Jamie That's part incline, part optical illusion I reckon. The line is climbing on its approach to Gorebridge here, in a rightwards direction on the photograph. I can't recall the gradient at this point. However, the right hand end is nearer to the viewer than the left, as it crosses the A7 on a generous skew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 That's part incline, part optical illusion I reckon. The line is climbing on its approach to Gorebridge here, in a rightwards direction on the photograph. I can't recall the gradient at this point. However, the right hand end is nearer to the viewer than the left, as it crosses the A7 on a generous skew. Using http://www.bordersra...G-MD-000017.pdf I've done a quick check via Photoshop's "rotate" tool, and it looks like between the beams of the bridge and the road there's a skew of approx 25° I think it's a 1 in 70 gradient here as well, quite severe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Lucky lads! http://www.itv.com/news/border/update/2013-11-21/full-report-new-borders-rail-drivers-picked/ "The successful candidates include a blacksmith, a welder, an airport postman, a mechanic and a former Lance Corporal in the Armed Forces amongst others and hail from a variety of Borders towns including Galashiels, Hawick, Melrose and Selkirk. They will work alongside eight existing ScotRail drivers on the service." Look at those illustrious towns - names of Waverley lore every one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted November 25, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2013 I wonder if they will work some of the construction trains to build up route knowledge. I don't expect there will still be many drivers available who used to sign the route. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I wonder if they will work some of the construction trains to build up route knowledge. I don't expect there will still be many drivers available who used to sign the route. Jamie Sadly in one sense, there's nothing of the old route left to 'sign,' every aspect of the drivers' interface, be it sightings, signals, stopping distances, track layout, platform details etc have changed. The only thing nominally the same will be the gradient profile. As for working construction trains, similarly, apart from maybe 'observing' from the footplate, I doubt there will be a huge amount of relevance, notwithstanding that the contract for drivers will be with one of the freight companies, leading to all manner of employer complications. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 "The road will continue to run close to its current route, with the railway passing underneath the road to the south of Falahill. Residents had voiced concerns about being sandwiched between the A7 and the new railway but Scottish Borders Council agreed to the revised layout. The planning committee was also asked to ensure the rail bridge over the A7 at Falahill could carry double tracks." From this confused bunch: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24818271 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawick_1987 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Galashiels new Transport Hub is taking shape: The site of Galashiels new railway station as it looks today: After witnessing the still fiery and passionate Waverley Route supporter Madge Elliot tonight at the CBR's AGM, we sincerely hope that one day this board will read 'Departures 18:00 Carlisle, via Hawick...' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fegguk Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Draft Time table sparks anger in the Edinbvrgh Evening Troll. And the line is not even electrified http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/borders-rail-hour-long-commute-sparks-anger-1-3221610 Most of the replies are surprisingly quite sensible. No one has even mentioned the trams yet. Anybody fancy getting on the first 5.25AM service from Tweedbank in 2015. When is the soonest we can book group ticket. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawick_1987 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 The latest episode of 'From Start To Finish'. If you fast-forward to 05:00, you can hear the co-founder of Project Hawick, Alastair Redpath, give his views on the Borders Railway and the possibility of a future extension to Hawick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDGcFbsOqqo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Eskbank scrubbing-up well: http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=45717 Shame this station couldn't be reused. Such is the price of progress.... Millerhill nae muir: http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=45709 http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=45703 What's hard 'n' green? http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=45688 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 All's quiet (and neat and tidy) at Tweedbank.... http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=45753 And looking towards the junction for the Peebles loop, the scale of the original earthworks are evident, after 40 years of trees have been chipped and shipped.... http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=45757 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted January 9, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2014 New video update part 4 just released. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TksRKuvMgc Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fegguk Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Draft timetable for those planning there first trip in Spetember 2015. It would appear to suggest the trains will mostly terminate at Waverley, though it may simply not be showing where the train goes after Waverley. I was under the impression they would form the end of the Fife circle service. http://e.groupspaces.com/click/45646...oup-mail-43985 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62440 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Just read on the BBC website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-25982048) : A 12,000 tonne crane will be used to hoist the bridge's four beams into place, with each beam weighing the equivalent of about 55 cars. What, simply, is a 12,000 tonne crane? Bruce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted February 1, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2014 Just read on the BBC website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-25982048) : A 12,000 tonne crane will be used to hoist the bridge's four beams into place, with each beam weighing the equivalent of about 55 cars. What, simply, is a 12,000 tonne crane? Bruce. I suspect they've got 1 too many zero's there's no mobile crane that big in existence apart from possibly a floating one. The main problem will probably be reach. If each main girder weighs about 55 tons and they are doing it over 2 weekends they will probably put two spans in place each weekend and then move the crane in between. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted February 2, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2014 There's a new update from Borders rail, a radio programme, well worth listening to. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 It's a 1200-tonner as Jamie says. I was on duty when we used this one (possibly the same machine) to place Shoreditch High Street bridge six years ago: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/static/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/7800.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted February 10, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2014 Another episode of Start to Finish has just been posted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiaqr4-mJsE Much discussion about the single track structures and the cut back in the amount of double track. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O. Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 (Sorry if off topic) Hi, if it's Britain's biggest crane (according to google), it must be the Terex AC1000, for which there's a kit! http://www.fritzesmodellboerse.co/en/Models-1-50/2108-01-Terex-AC-1000-Mobilkran-Steil.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cessna152towser Posted February 16, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2014 There's some new pics on Flickr this evening of the new bridge going in at Hardengreen. Looks like they've been taken by an "insider" who was able to get up close to the action. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fegguk Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 The late Dr Beeching must be turning in his grave as someone has been busy at the weekend undoing one of the more notorious works in his modernisation plan. http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=46329 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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