AJCT Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Inspired by the work of Johnny cash above, the imagery of the blissful shore brings to mind the crossing of the Redbridge viaduct and rolling on to the south Tweed shore. With apologies to the late Steve Goodman, the following song, to be sung to the tune of "City of New Orleans" on any appropriate occasion, is being made available exclusively to members and visitors of rmweb.co.uk. TWEEDBANK'S BLISSFUL SHORE Riding on the 158 D M U ... (etc) Oh yes… CONO has long been a staple of my 12-string guitar repertoire, so I’ll have a go at this version, though some of the scansion looks a little tricky…. Cheers! Alasdair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airighdrishaig Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Aw brilliant Alasdair, feel free to improve it as much as you like! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Connell Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-28867301 I'll leave it to those more knowledgable than me to comment on some of the ideas. Gordon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 20, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-28867301 I'll leave it to those more knowledgable than me to comment on some of the ideas. Gordon Anyone would think that Salmond bloke is involved in some sort of political campaign - I mean what answer has anyone else got to 'a steam train experience'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted August 20, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-28867301 I'll leave it to those more knowledgable than me to comment on some of the ideas. Gordon That's the second big announcement from mr Salmond in the last week. The other one was looking at extending to Carlisle once the current scheme is up and running. I refer you to Mike's post above. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 A slightly more interesting photo of the Tweedbank ceremony than the one used by the BBC, here: http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=48413 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Anyone would think that Salmond bloke is involved in some sort of political campaign - I mean what answer has anyone else got to 'a steam train experience'? I doubt the rail fans of Midlothian and the Borders give Salmond much of a constituency, but given how tight the polls are - you never know how vital those few might be! :-) (edit for clarity) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Some pages back we bemoaned the loss of A7 wayside watering holes. Here's the backstory for the demise of the Springbank Inn at Stow three years ago. http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/scum-who-wrecked-pub-for-copper-worth-40-1-1766337 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Fitting-in well to the Hardengreen landscape: http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=48527 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fegguk Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Time lapse footage of slab track lay in Bowshank Tunnel Also my own next video is currently down loading and will appear here in a couple of hours. It features Tweedbank, work at Gala station site and some sites towards Stow. The sleepers piles seems to have reached Bowshank. http://youtu.be/uvb8khgEjUA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted August 31, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31, 2014 Time lapse footage of slab track lay in Bowshank Tunnel Also my own next video is currently down loading and will appear here in a couple of hours. It features Tweedbank, work at Gala station site and some sites towards Stow. The sleepers piles seems to have reached Bowshank. http://youtu.be/uvb8khgEjUA Thanks for that, love the rabbit doing a quick inspection in the middle. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted September 3, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 3, 2014 A new progress video has been posted on You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__PfRtNwLY0 Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Shawfair looks like it means business: http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=48630 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfsup Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Track work at Sherrifhall appears to be coming along nicely. http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=48658 And further down the line near Gala: http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=48638 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfsup Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 And some progress at Tweedbank, with the first point being laid this far along the line. http://waverleyrouteha.wordpress.com/2014/09/16/first-section-of-track-laid-at-tweedbank/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfsup Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Third update for you (I reckon there's going to be a Borders Railway newsletter update in the next few days!). The Borders Railway website has some construction pictures on their timeline, both of the sleepers laid through the new Shawfair station, Newtongrange and Eskbank areas. http://www.bordersrailway.co.uk/progress/timeline.aspx My only gripe with the project still will remain with the single track designed areas to the project, I know it has been done to allow the line to reopen and in some area's for clearance issues but I still find it slightly disappointing to see the sleepers laid centrally through the Eskbank area - especially when there is aspirations of 4 tph to Gorebridge than on toe original double track formation to allow for passive doubling in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Sheriffhall. To the right can be seen the remediated course of the old Waverley route just beyond the culvert, curving off towards the south end of the white elephant known to us as Millerhill Yard. http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=48779 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purley Oaks Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Was quite excited to see the track at Sheriffhall last Friday. One of the railway magazines reckons that Waverley is too chokka to take Alex Salmond's proposed steam specials on the railway. Guess it depends how many there are and whether there's time and space for the loco to run around to the front. Mal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fegguk Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 The latest podcast from Radio Borders http://www.bordersrailway.co.uk/progress/podcasts.aspx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fegguk Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Some light in the darkness First train http://www.donaldstirling.me.uk/ScottishRailways/Borders-Railway/i-M7tMvxs/A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Was quite excited to see the track at Sheriffhall last Friday. One of the railway magazines reckons that Waverley is too chokka to take Alex Salmond's proposed steam specials on the railway. Guess it depends how many there are and whether there's time and space for the loco to run around to the front. Mal I don't see it as a necessity that any steam special would need to work to and from Waverley, the specials could work from Newcraighall, where there is more than adequate parking for anyone wishing to travel by car to use the trains, something that Waverley doesn't have, customers from the city centre would use advertised scheduled connecting Scotrail services. Millerhill yard would be a perfect stabling point for locomotives and stock and there is the nearby triangle for turning steam locomotives. jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purley Oaks Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I don't see it as a necessity that any steam special would need to work to and from Waverley, the specials could work from Newcraighall, where there is more than adequate parking for anyone wishing to travel by car to use the trains, something that Waverley doesn't have, customers from the city centre would use advertised scheduled connecting Scotrail services. Millerhill yard would be a perfect stabling point for locomotives and stock and there is the nearby triangle for turning steam locomotives. jim Agree with you, Jim, but possibly an extra faff for tourists, not adding anything to the ambience. It's a good feeling to board a train at Waverley, imo, not so much at Newcraighall, if you get my drift. Mal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 2, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 2, 2014 According to Railway magazine, tracklaying is due to start this coming Monday. That's great news and hopefulluy fegguk can keep us up to date with where the head of steel has got to. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Ralway Magazine is a week out - First Delivery came in on Tuesday http://www.scot-rail.co.uk/message/393765 Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fegguk Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Agree with you, Jim, but possibly an extra faff for tourists, not adding anything to the ambience. It's a good feeling to board a train at Waverley, imo, not so much at Newcraighall, if you get my drift. Mal The key thing is that regardless of where the train starts once it’s on the single track route with passing places it has to replace one of the half hourly trains, there is just nowhere for it to hide from the trains coming the other way and the one it is following takes the only available path. It’s possible to run a steam train by cancelling or not scheduling 1 off peak train each way each day. Which is possibly not going to make much difference to most off peak passengers. If this were the case Scotrail would need to send 2 DMU's in multiple to Tweedbank to for the service that left Edinburgh before the stream train. One of these would make its normal return journey the other would need to wait at Tweedbank (with a crew) to form the return leg of the train cancelled to make way for the steam train. For the return leg the DMU arriving at Tweedbank before the steam train departed would need to wait at Tweedbank and join the following or later service in mutiple. Alternatively you need to cancel 2 trains each way, the one the steam train replaces and its return. For this to work the DMU for the later working would have to be available in Edinburgh in time to couple to the earlier one, and the one that waits at Tweedbank would need to get back to Edinburgh before its next working. This is probably only going to be true if extra units are provided, which would increase Scotrail's total fleet unless spare units and crews were available off-peak and the excursion covered the extra costs of using them. Hence why they may be included in the franchisee bids There was a piece in Modern Railways a couple of months ago suggesting that what was needed was several double track sections and extra signals, so presumably an excursion could closely precede or follow a service train and trains the other way could pass both on the same double track. However the signals were never in the spec and the double track sections were apparently shortened and several new bridges built for single track so the original configuration is now practically impossible or very expensive. As far as running round at tweed bank is concerned there is no loop and 2 platforms so as far as I can see there are 3 options. 1 have a diesel at the end and drag the train back to Edinburgh 2 have a diesel at the end and use it to shunt the coaches into the other platform at Tweedbank thus releasing the steam loco for it to attach it self back to the other end 3 have a steam loco at both ends, not sure how this effects the 45mph speed limit for tender first operation, the loco on the end would be working as a banker. Bear in mind that the journey needs to be done in 50-55 minutes to avoid mucking up other train timings, the distance is 35 miles, with probably no stops, the DMU have to stop 7-8 times. Discuss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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