jeff mcghie Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Don (et al) The timber is known up here as 'bog mats' and used for on/off tracking plant where no permanent access exists. Given the number possibly used for protecting the concrete walkways from tracked machines Cheers jeff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) Wednesday 8th October 2014 seas have calmed down a bit managed to get down to the top of Rockstone bridge this morning to take pics about 9am Gangway stowed inboard, no longer on sea wall more rough weather due in a couple of hours according to some although tide is dropping low tide is 1.15 pm plant drawn back up as far as possible at Dawlish end Edited October 8, 2014 by Granitechops 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted October 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2014 Hi Don, looking at yesterday's pictures, was the platform was raised up during the rough seas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Hi Don, looking at yesterday's pictures, was the platform was raised up during the rough seas? By the look of it, yes I expect that even if the crew accomadation, Portacabin is well secured the guy left on duty would feel much safer, further up above the waves reach. But today its lower, so activity must be ongoing, or expected got wheelchair problems again, had to push it back to the van, when it died on me, so not been back to Dawlish since but at low tide 1.30 pm ish there was a digger in action by the Old Lifeboat House on the beach saw that via the NWR webcam, but did not do a screen capture 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Thursday 9th October wheelchair returned with new wiring loom, so got to Dawlish this am the rough seas had swept the station end of the seawall walk clean of shingle first time I have seen the concrete there this year! the beach also at that end by the viaduct has dropped about 3 foot and the drift seems to have been NORTH along the shore as by the old lifeboat house where earlier this week there was 6 steps showing down to the beach they have disappeared as the beach level has come up by about 4 ft but the high tide & swell has deposited a fair bit of shingle in the mouth of the Dawlish brook the wind & waves combined to rip this sign off the wall the only plant left by the old lifeboat house now is this little Kubota parked up in front of the hibernating Terex spoke later to the driver of this Llynch swing arm he said today was fix shuttering day, on the walkway between the containers & the Rockstone footbridge tomorrow should be concrete pour, but that will depend on the weather actually caught the crane in use possibly moving shuttering went to the top of Rockstone footbridge got a shot of the crane & digger from the other side got down to the Warren by which time the swing arm that was on the beach had parked up at Redrock beach compound driver said it was a 58 tonne DOOSAN 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Plumtree Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 So what's happening today? I can see men in orange going down to the beach, and the crane moves from time to time. Does somebody sleep on the crane? More info please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I believe that the effect of groynes/jetties on sand levels is still too little understood, in my opinion, Don. Some “bodies” claim to understand but they don’t really - too many variables which in many different combinations cause “confusion”!!! Ask the US Corps of Engineers.... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 So what's happening today? I can see men in orange going down to the beach, and the crane moves from time to time. Does somebody sleep on the crane? More info please was this earlier in the day or just before you posted? during the day, the crane has been in use to move shuttering etc into place & assume ( by presence of concrete shutes with lifting hooks on ) will be/has been used for filling the shuttered foundations Minimum? two men on barge, barge operater from Marine 7 ( or whatever their official name is) plus crane driver two shifts a day. the hibernating Terex dumper that went for a dip has gone HEARSAY from security men, it may have been craned off via the railway overnight or more likely, dragged off to Redrock compound & swiftly out of sight via Dawlish warren compound & off up the motorway to Bristol possibly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 (edited) after the wheelchair problems ( 3 visits from provider in 10 days) loose battery connections, duff battery new wiring loom the van ( with wheelchair ramp & therefore non standard) has to have a new exhaust, 2 days minimum in garage. so a bit restricted at the moment as to travel wheelchair, by public service bus is possible but not easy Edited October 14, 2014 by Granitechops Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I believe that the effect of groynes/jetties on sand levels is still too little understood, in my opinion, Don. Some “bodies” claim to understand but they don’t really - too many variables which in many different combinations cause “confusion”!!! Ask the US Corps of Engineers.... Best, Pete. What appears to be the LOCAL effect on the beach, between the STONE breakwaters , that reach out to at least the low spring tides tideline OBSERVED this last 7 months is that the sand, shingle, small boulders (cobbles?) move back & forth along the 'Captured area' between breakwaters along (roughly) parallel with the shore depending on the direction of the current/swell/wind direction what was noticeable on Saturday after the WAVES swept in from a SOUTH EASTERLY direction was that the beach looked as if it had been graded as in quarry screen grading big cobbles tossed right up in the north corner by the breakwater to the top of the slipway smaller stones shingle sand as you progressed down the beach ( Centrifugal action in the curve of the surf as the waves broke?? ) heaviest flinging furthest?? NOT AN EXPERT just thinking out loud also interestingly little slappy waves on tide turn (top of tide) stir up a fine sand sediment causing a soup of sand & shingle to grind up & down the beach slope presumably producing more sand But as you say Pete too many variables at work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Plumtree Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Big column of "steam" currently rising from the beach near the Tower... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted October 14, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2014 Big column of "steam" currently rising from the beach near the Tower... The atmospheric railway has been reopened then 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Big column of "steam" currently rising from the beach near the Tower... Yes seen that myself, several times appears to be an occasional happening last for just a minute or maybe less could it be the small mounted drills drilling down through the new foundations ready for fitting the precast units when they arrive being dust rather than steam?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 14, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2014 spoke later to the driver of this Llynch swing arm he said today was fix shuttering day, on the walkway between the containers & the Rockstone footbridge tomorrow should be concrete pour, but that will depend on the weather All this is preparatory work, gearing up for more major constructional activity, commencing next month, all being well... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Plumtree Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 all quiet on the Dawlish front? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted October 26, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2014 all quiet on the Dawlish front? I was wondering too. Has there been a storm and they've all been washed away? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 (edited) I was wondering too. Has there been a storm and they've all been washed away? No, they appear to be quietly beavering away, looks like their laying the foundation pad on the low walkway surface at the Warren end like they did at the town end previously, but I cant get close enough to see clearly Photo taken on Friday 24 th Oct crane in action with tide just about 18 inches below the low walkway, but little swell, so work went on. penultimate load of concrete ( for the day ) being transported from Redrock to the crane all the time the crane is in use ( which is not allowed to swing over or a certain distance from the track) a team of signals look out men are at the ready to stop any train in the unlikely event of wind gusting the jib over the line, or jib cable etc., etc. snapping & blocking the line the only time they are not on duty is at night, while engineering has possesion EDIT;- the compound that had all the timber, heavy duty steel piling, & security fencing appears to be linked to work going on at the far end of the Warren & nothing at all to do with the railway, rather Teignbridge District Councils beach reprofiling project Edited October 26, 2014 by Granitechops 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 28, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2014 I was wondering too. Has there been a storm and they've all been washed away? Like I said above in post 4230, there is planned to be more significant activity starting later in November. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Riley Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 The team that carried out the repairs at Dawlish has been awarded the Brunel Medal (for excellence in civil engineering) by the Institution of Civil Engineers. This award was to the whole team comprising Network Rail, Bam, Amco, Dyer & Butler, Sisk and Tony Gee and Partners. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Tony Gee and Partners He gets everywhere, doesn't he? Is it EM, then? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) He gets everywhere, doesn't he? Is it EM, then? Would that not be 28.083mm gauge in this case? Edited October 30, 2014 by Titan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Tony Gee and partners? Bit excessive innit? What happened to monogamy? Ok hat, coat, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 The team that carried out the repairs at Dawlish has been awarded the Brunel Medal (for excellence in civil engineering) by the Institution of Civil Engineers. This award was to the whole team comprising Network Rail, Bam, Amco, Dyer & Butler, Sisk and Tony Gee and Partners. Write-up from the ICE here: http://www.ice.org.uk/News-Public-Affairs/Media-and-press-centre/-Orange-Army”-of-engineers-behind-extraordinary-Da Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 30, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 30, 2014 Well done! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 He gets everywhere, doesn't he? Is it EM, then? Any truth in the rumours that the GW Main Line in the West Country is going to be connected up to the Automatic Crispin? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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