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  1. Professor Plumtree
    Ha Ha no seriously it hasn't updated for days...
  2. Professor Plumtree
    Hi All My link to the Network Rail Dawlish camera seems to be frozen. http://lobstervision.s3.amazonaws.com/image/30e4364e_832x468.jpg Any ideas?
  3. Professor Plumtree
    What is the target completion date for this Network Rail managed project? Looking forward to walking the sea wall again soon
  4. Professor Plumtree
    It is fairly clear from the Network Rail camera, that concrete was delivered overnight - note black plastic tube
  5. Professor Plumtree
    Looking on Dawlish beach camera, there now appears to be a new slope down to the beach complete with temporary hand rail?
  6. Professor Plumtree
    Watching the camera for the last few days there doesn't seem to be much going on in terms of finishing off the raising, or is that a false impression?
  7. Professor Plumtree
    I heard a steamer go through about 13:50 today but didn't catch the video & it doesn't appear to be on realtime?
  8. Professor Plumtree
    Hi Any more recent photos?
  9. Professor Plumtree
    whilst you are of course correct on the 70 year rule, there are plenty of "people" who republish old postcards and then claim the copyright. You know who you are
  10. Professor Plumtree
    this is the URL http://lobstervision.s3.amazonaws.com/image/30e4364e_832x468.jpg
  11. Professor Plumtree
    Whilst it is clear there is still much work to be done in phase 2, are there any plans for a phase 3 to improve resilience, e,g. Canadian Railway style covers (mini tunnels) west of Dawlish?
  12. Professor Plumtree
    Looks like a new power distribution scheme has been installed overnight with two 16 amp sockets behind each lighting position. If NR could leave this in place after the work is finished, maybe Dawlish Council could arrange a new weekly market* along the elevated sea wall, and the lights would be useful for walking the sea wall after dark ? * if you've never been to Dawlish in season, you won't necessarily know that car boots and markets are very popular
  13. Professor Plumtree
    I think NR have been very smart, just getting on with second phase of strengthening, which I suggest weakens the case for an alternative route. No doubt some will disagree. Will there be a third phase: maybe putting Dawlish station partly into a concrete box...
  14. Professor Plumtree
    Looking on the DB camera, I would suggest a second pipe has been run under both tracks, complementing the first pipe carrying concrete..
  15. Professor Plumtree
    viewers of Dawlish Beach Cam will note that a temporary wire fence is in place now on the walkaway up to where it starts to slope down. If you walk the seawall after the Red Rock Cafe and look carefully at the path it is clear there used to be some sort of fence at that end years ago because you can see where the posts were. Anybody remember it?
  16. Professor Plumtree
    shame this video has been removed? any other way to see it?
  17. Professor Plumtree
    Great pictures as always What's been decided about how to get the concrete pumped to site? will there be a scaffold bridge over the line?
  18. Professor Plumtree
    looks like four L blocks being craned onto the larger of the two platforms...
  19. Professor Plumtree
    Observed on Dawlish Beach cam, at 12:30 today a barge arrived at the cranes with at least one concrete L section on. Not sure I am allowed to do a screen print of this site? Why are they being brought by barge, why not overnight on the Down line to Dawlish?
  20. Professor Plumtree
    Please excuse my ignorance, but how did the crane move itself?
  21. Professor Plumtree
    sorry, no pictures was doing some work at the time and just glanced at the screen...
  22. Professor Plumtree
    crane appears to be moving a fresh metal container...
  23. Professor Plumtree
    At 8pm GMT this Thursday night, if you live in the UK, TV Channel 5 start a second series of First Great Western, with the Dawlish incident a main item. One report suggests they were actually filming when the "duty officer" received the black warning: "we've never had one of those before"...
  24. Professor Plumtree
    all quiet on the Dawlish front?
  25. Professor Plumtree
    Big column of "steam" currently rising from the beach near the Tower...
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