Mod4 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Gary Yes, see here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/85985-dawlish-through-the-rectangular-window/?p=1464117 This Dawlish through the rectangular window thread has been started to keep the web cam images separate from this line rebuilding thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I wonder if they are working on the shipping containers, I can hear via the live webcam the digger now on the beach rattling large stones!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Plumtree Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Back from my annual Whitsun visit to Dawlish with the following observation - don't bother to make a special trip in the hope of seeing the repair as there is little you can see - security is too tight. As reported earlier in this thread, at Dawlish Warren you still cannot get past the footbridge west towards Red Rock Cafe, or walk through the contractors compound in the car park between the Langston Cliff Hotel and the line. At Dawlish you can only walk a short distance east towards the containers (or onto that part of the beach). You can also see the containers from the footbridge at Dawlish station. In the lobby at the hotel is a large (12 foot wide maybe) high quality colour digital print, presumably taken from an aircraft, approx half way through the repair with the spider in use. An article alongside reports an estimated reopening date for the sea front path of September. From what I saw, many punters were disappointed that the path is still closed - but they have to accept it's a big job. Security is definitely needed. What you can see briefly from the train is a lot of damage to the footpath awaiting repair, and if you look carefully the Dawlish beach webcam and the huge NR camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Back from my annual Whitsun visit to Dawlish with the following observation - don't bother to make a special trip in the hope of seeing the repair as there is little you can see - security is too tight. As reported earlier in this thread, at Dawlish Warren you still cannot get past the footbridge west towards Red Rock Cafe, or walk through the contractors compound in the car park between the Langston Cliff Hotel and the line. At Dawlish you can only walk a short distance east towards the containers (or onto that part of the beach). You can also see the containers from the footbridge at Dawlish station. In the lobby at the hotel is a large (12 foot wide maybe) high quality colour digital print, presumably taken from an aircraft, approx half way through the repair with the spider in use. An article alongside reports an estimated reopening date for the sea front path of September. From what I saw, many punters were disappointed that the path is still closed - but they have to accept it's a big job. Security is definitely needed. What you can see briefly from the train is a lot of damage to the footpath awaiting repair, and if you look carefully the Dawlish beach webcam and the huge NR camera. The only accurate answer as to when will footpaths be open again, is when you see it, after its happened But if you have followed Network Rail publicity output you may have noticed that they have several times given expected times for completion of certain stages of recovery and then fullfilled them early by days or even weeks Which of course does allow some leeway for the unexpected to occur & still, hopefully keep to schedule And of course when on, or near a beach never turn your back on a wave the first 5-6 may look harmless but sometimes the 7th or so may be a LOT larger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Much work is still ongoing over night from the Dawlish beach live webcam work was in progress with track possesion at least from midnight till past 3 am inspection taking place with discussions Tracked road railer with flat trailer collecting full dumply bags, wheel barrow etc looks like the dumpy bag was being filled with plastic sheet or empty bags 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 29, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2014 The containers are not going anywhere in the very short term, so the noise that Don heard would not have been connected to that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 The containers are not going anywhere in the very short term, so the noise that Don heard would not have been connected to that. When I got down to the old life boat house barrier today it looked as if MAYBE the digger had been clearing debris from the flat toe section infront of the seawall and some way in front of it MAYBE seeing how secure and/or how far down it goes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Managed to get my beach buggy wheel chair down the steep (very) slipway at Boat Cove today And more importantly back up again!! Took several photos of the sea wall & the end breakwater which I will try to upload tomorrow the end of the breakwater is in a real sorry condition two gents in this seasons distinctive orange garments were inspecting at low tide its lost more than one piece of masonry in the last month Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 30, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 30, 2014 Managed to get my beach buggy wheel chair down the steep (very) slipway at Boat Cove today And more importantly back up again!! Took several photos of the sea wall & the end breakwater which I will try to upload tomorrow the end of the breakwater is in a real sorry condition two gents in this seasons distinctive orange garments were inspecting at low tide its lost more than one piece of masonry in the last month Link doesn't work? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted May 30, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2014 Low section of footpath is to be raised. http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/News-Releases/Network-Rail-announces-follow-up-work-to-Dawlish-Sea-Wall-following-successful-reinstatement-of-trai-209c.aspx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 30, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2014 Low section of footpath is to be raised. http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/News-Releases/Network-Rail-announces-follow-up-work-to-Dawlish-Sea-Wall-following-successful-reinstatement-of-trai-209c.aspx So now we know what will happen to the containers and their contents - they'll be built into the raised wall, clever stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Low section of footpath is to be raised. http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/News-Releases/Network-Rail-announces-follow-up-work-to-Dawlish-Sea-Wall-following-successful-reinstatement-of-trai-209c.aspx From the network rail statement: Wherever we can we will be bringing in material by sea. Someone should perhaps mention that the site is quite convenient from a railway too.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 30, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2014 From the network rail statement: Someone should perhaps mention that the site is quite convenient from a railway too.... Er yes, but NR have just gone to an awful lot of trouble to reopen the railway so I doubt they'll be over keen to block it with trains unloading materials to go on the other side of the wal! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Or as an alternative means of delivery,two Lancaster bombers will be flying over Dawlish in mid-August! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcriout Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Or as an alternative means of delivery,two Lancaster bombers will be flying over Dawlish in mid-August! As long they dont have dam buster bouncing bombs on board Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Thursday 29th May went down the Dawlish beach between the main breakwater & Boat Cove on my beach buggy wheel chair Breakwater at Boat Cove that white dot at the end is a view of the sea looking right through a hole in the masonary side view two men in orange were later seen inspecting at low water & the next day Friday erected warning notices & a barrier 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcriout Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Working on the wall last night Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 (edited) Walking along the seawall on Dawlish beach to the right under the viaduct there is still a lot of loose paving slabs & cracks needing attention Some of it was being given attention the week before last using hammer & bolster to chase out the cracks & then partially filled with mastic but the guys were only allowed to work upto 10.30 ish am before it got busy they also filled in beneath the new steel fence along the inside & outside of the railway between the post base plates (6" square) & the masonry base Anti corrosion? & wave damage?? I noticed that past the repaired steps there was a wider section with 2 manhole covers and assumed that maybe there was an overflow chamber beneath But NO 2 different locals told me that there used to be a tunnel under the railway with steps going down parrallell & inside the seawall ,through a tunnel & out & up the other side interestingly on the road side of the tracks there is a small gate where there are two different lines of fences EDIT add Photo Must visit the Dawlish Museum ( closed Mon & Tuesday) & see what I can find out Logically the tunnel would predate the overbridge right by Kennaway Tunnel It probably filled with seawater in rough weather, & would probably suffered with poor drainage whenever the sand levels rose & blocked the drain outlets Blanked off about 1950 so I was told Edited June 1, 2014 by Granitechops 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 The first groyne on Dawlish town Beach continues to disintegrate with loose planks finding their was to Dawlish Warren Beach Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 (edited) Back down on the beach at Boat Cove (Thursday 29 May) up near the slip way is an ancient pair of steps dissapearing into the wall long since dissused & blocked off, very weather/sand worn nearby a very rough patch of wall from a previous repair looks like concrete blocks wedged in endways on repaired steps from the beach with lower section on concretye panel that is very rarely seen except when the sand level is as low as it is now someone (Nuttall Bam?) has lost two of their galvanised stanchions with the large 4" holes in used to hold up shoring for concrete, half buried in the sand by the steps view of Marine Parade from low tide mark by main Breakwater The undermining of the Main Breakwater appears to be due to a broken pipe in the concrete ledge pouring out a fair bit of water like a small brook & washing out the sand from under There seems to have been previous concerns here as above there are several bolts through the wall with accompanying steel crosses to spread the stress if you look closely there still seems to be more wall going down below the concrete enclosed pipe so in close up it does not seem so bad as it does from a distance Further along main seawall broken concrete with old reinforcing exposed Edited June 1, 2014 by Granitechops 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Another view of repaired steps with concrete fillet along base of wall and it looks like they used the fibreglass moulds previously used on the seawall further along near Red rock when the repaired the top section some of that concrete fillet has a concrete slab under it looks like some of the base is old bedrock but there is such a growth of seaweed its difficult to tell and it looks like at some time rock/concrete samples have been taken 1" holes are apparent Rock outcrop old masonry from previous storms litter the beach Drain hole below where the tunnel under the railway was Soft bit of rock in the centre, spalled/eroded away over the years 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Bedrock uncovered in these low tides fortunately was able to thread my way between the rocks with my wheelchair you might just see the circle left in the sand by my chair doing a pirouette more masonry 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Looking back at the Main Breakwater from the other side the path is fairly clear for about a third of the way thick layer of shingle where the platform overhang goes narrower looking back to the Station from base of overbridge (open) near the Old Lifeboat House 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Er yes, but NR have just gone to an awful lot of trouble to reopen the railway so I doubt they'll be over keen to block it with trains unloading materials to go on the other side of the wal! very true but at the moment they have been closing the line midnight to about 3am ish for road railers to work but large volumes would take time & also possible litter the track with dropsies Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie_pudd Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 cracking photo`s there Don and uncovered a bit of Dawlish history in process. Again Thanks for taking the time and posting here so others can read, learn and enjoy Dawlish in a great way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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