Donington Road

Superb photos, thank you for posting. If ever a picture spoke a thousand words, these certainly do.

We could string a cable car between our two mountains and have scenic rides viewing the ECML from the station to Werrington, with a bit of the NVR thrown in for good measure.

The main site is becoming a dumping ground for yet more spoil. These full size photo's can be had from here https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1-A1162n04x6xDXVyuQbf-am4O8ps52qy

I am ok at 11 metres above sea level so it will be a nice cliff top view.

I nipped out to Hurn Road in the evening as it was a little bit cooler but it soon gets dark now. In the temperatures we have had this week Cock Lane is out of bounds, all that metal of the footbridge acts like an oven and should have a health warning, seriously!

Armco fencing is being finished off along the top of the embankment at Lincoln Road. Interesting how the posts are put in. An excavator with a large diameter augar drills down, then a length of drainage pipe is inserted, the post is positioned and the pipe filled with cement. The adjacent field has been cultivated and probably seeded too. Changes on the west side of the dive under. The field has been levelled and top soil is being pushed further towards the main site. Brook Drain North is clearly visible curving around from Cock Lane to go under the ECML north of the dive under. The roadway on its west bank is access for the Environment Agency.

That is why we are the Soke of Peterborough https://wikishire.co.uk/wiki/Soke_of_Peterborough According to to doom mongers it will be Peterborough-on-Sea in 50 years time

Around the access at Walton. We are not sure what is going on here as nothing seems to have altered since the end of May. The Utility cables are still strewn all over the place, these are in the area that was once Marholm Road which led to the level crossing that was closed in the late seventies. Looking towards Cock Lane footbridge, the fencing appears more complete. We have noticed that every so often there is a lighter green fence panel. It is only the vertical bits that are a different colour, from what we have seen at Cock Lane these verticals give the appearance that they could be made of fibreglass as they have that straw like structure on the back unlike the smooth steel finish.

What a transformation of the Lincoln Road area this week.

Yes, there is a lot fencing still to be done all over the site. The Cock Lane footbridge is also closing for seven weeks according to this notice that Trackside ECML sent me this morning.

The fence has been removed between the two fields (near the dumper) at Lincoln Road. The dumper was off to collect another load of weeds and undergrowth that is being grubbed out from where the fence was. It was being dumped near to the site entrance. The concrete barriers where being removed. Waving goodbye to the large dumper at Lincoln Road. The S&T gang having a break at Hurn Road.

End of August update video.

Something going on where the land bridge was removed across Brook Drain North. Some hardcore has been put down the embankment and some long beams and flat sections were being placed near the bottom edge of the drain. Unfortunately I could not see very well as the reeds were obscuring a good view. A lot of dumpy bags full of materials and plenty of those concrete barriers. The new Brook Drain is looking far better than the old drain which was stagnent for most of the time. Plant life is thriving and wildlife seems to be enjoying the new environment. Well done Network Rail for creating a nice habitat.

Thank you for that info. No wonder I was way out at 1:80 . I guesstimated the distance as 800 metres from Marholm Junction to the dive under south portal from Cock Lane bridge, 600metres north + 200metres south. That was 500 metres short of the actual distance. I must stop viewing it through the telephoto lens and get a better perspctive.

Lincoln Road/Glinton Junction today. Working on the electrical cabinets at Glinton Junction. A lot of electrics in the six foot. The back of the 60mph sign for entering the Junction is on the extreme right. The green bridge top centre is Foxcovert Road footbridge, the brick one beyond it carries the A15 southern bypass from Glinton to the Paston Parkway. The new signal which is nearer to the brick bridge than Foxcovert Bridge controls the existing Up Line from Spalding and entry to Glinton junction for the dive under. This now comes under Peterborough PSB control, whereas previously this stretch was controlled by Lincoln. Lincoln control now starts just this side of Foxcovert Road for the Down Line (the signal is hidden just beyond the Junction by the trees). Lincoln controls the Up Line as far as Folly Bank (Peakirk). The re-instated field is getting wire mesh fencing alongside the reduced width access road. More black drainage pipes have appeared this week, a truck loaded with smaller diameter pipes was delivered this afternoon. Not sure where they are intended to go. Near to Lincoln Road extra drainage channels were put in to the embankment last week, where the soil has been laid bare. The top soil creeps ever closer. The extent of the fence posts put in so far, along the access road can be seen in the background. Under the A15 bridge (the northern A15 route from Glinton into Peterborough, Werrington Parkway), showing the back of the new signal that controls the Down Line from the dive under to Glinton Junction. Interesting how the ground ducting terminates and the wires then carried on the deflection wall. All that room under the bridge and someone forgot to allow enough room in the cess for the ducting.

No not the actual gradients, but I estimate the southern ramp to be around 1:75/80

Forgot about this one. Up line at Glinton Junction to the dive under rated at 60mph.

I only pose in the local dive (under) Modelling is too expensive, I need a new camera first.

Here is another example, this chap was measuring the soil height next to Brook Drain this afternoon.

A trip back in time at the main site. 13 December 2019 29 December 2019 01 February 2020 Today 24 August 2021

The second land bridge over Brook Drain north that was used for bringing out spoil from the reception pit and south ramp of the dive under has been removed. the only access now to the maintenance tunnel is via the haul road to the west and over Brook Drain to the north of the reception pit or via the new spillway to the south. Photo taken in February this year, the bridge is behind the pylon where the red and white barriers are. July this year Today. The land bridge has gone. The northern access to the maintenance tunnel (where the second person is higher up the roadway) is now accessed to the right of the yellow pump on the right hand side of the photo. It follows the edge of the Down Stamford line. We can now see the farm buildings again on the truncated Hurn Road that goes to Marholm.

Some one not too far away said something along those lines as she was cooking the tea, I suddenly went deaf.

We are going to give Simon George's Heaton Lodge Junction a bit of competition. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/110677-heaton-lodge-junction/ We are trying to negotiate the purchase of the small immaculately mown field at Hurn Road to construct an 'O' gauge replica of Werrington Junction. The difficulty we are having is sourcing enough 'O' gauge robotic plant equipment, 'O' gauge piling machines are also booked up until 2030. Water, like the real thing is also a concern, meaning we have to separate the natural stuff from the horse pee that floods the field before it can be re-used in the Great Crested Newt pond that we have to construct. At the moment the lady who owns the field is rather reluctant to sell fearing her horse may twist an ankle in the proposed dive under or trip over the large mounds of earth that will be created. I think I'm already at a bit of a loss....................

The Lincoln Road site continues to shrink. The only building left standing is John's gate house. The car park and hard standing behind has been ripped out and pushed up to the edge of the new access road that runs parallel with Lincoln Road. The post and wire mesh fence in the background that goes all the way down to Glinton Junction is soon to be taken out. The access road for Glinton Junction that runs parallel to the new railway has been reduced in width from six metres to three metres hence the large amount of tarmac that is being removed. The dozer is pushing out all the hardcore and substrate to a predefined depth then gradually infilling with topsoil, all done by GPS in the cab to the exact contours of the original field. No concrete breaker on site, not a problem, just drop it from height.

That doesn't matter Richard. In fact I was waiting for you to post first so it would have cut my work load after a tiring day tramping ballast. Yep, like a cat thats just got the cream although Terry looks as though he is about to reign me in. A superb day. Now that I have seen all the different aspects of it I want to go back and spend a leisurely day taking photos of those more intricate details and some nice steady video.