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My first guess is that the cabling and sheaves for lowering the jib have been removed and replaced by fixed chains(?) for simplicity of maintenance. A quick image search for dock crane shows this sort of arrangement in similar working cranes. If I find a better picture I will post it, but this is what I mean, http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/old-dock-cranes-13364215.jpg Dave

Have you considered coning off part of the road, (would mean closing the zebra crossing,) with the crane across the pavement, unloading something suitably big? Dave

Previous thread, http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/67286-the-stuff-we-collect-what-have-you-got-in-your-railway-memorabilia-collection/ I think there may be another thread on ephemera, but could be wrong Thanks Dave

I've not found it after a few quick searches, but there is a similar thread from a few years back which got quite a few posts. It might be worth finding and adding to. I'll post here if I find it. Thanks Dave

A couple of new albums from 1969. First Neasden https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157667558170090 Second a visit to Croxley Tip https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157668236106215 Now some more recent ones. These are also posted in the Crossrail thread, added here for completeness Works South of the river around Abbey wood and Plumstead https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157632675037925 These albums are a bit more general, butincludes pictures of the Tunnel segment plant at Old Oak common, and the works on the new crossrail lones to the depot. https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157632340072352 https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157649127792926 Ones I havent updated recently Canary Wharf Station https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157652736290601 Pudding Mill lane site, including DLR station rebuilding https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157634126038538 Tottenham Court Rd when viewable https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157629172665293 I hope they are of interest Dave

I seem to have missed out on this thread so far. I hope readers won't mind me posting some links to my relevant Flickr albums. Some of them are all but closed to new additions, as viewpoints have been closed, or the visiblework completed. To start with the currently active ones. Works South of the river around Abbey wood and Plumstead https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157632675037925 Works along the North Woolwich line https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157628656429811 Thesealbu m are a bit more general, butincludes pictures of the Tunnel segment plant at Old Oak common, and the works on the new crossrail lones to the depot. https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157632340072352 https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157649127792926 Ones I havent updated recently Canary Wharf Station https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157652736290601 Pudding Mill lane site, including DLR station rebuilding https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157634126038538 Tottenham Court Rd when viewable https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157629172665293 I hope they are of interest Dave

I wonder if there is a curve to the right coinciding with the change in gradient? With no sleepers to help the eye determine the direction, we are interpreting it as a sudden change in gradient. The track does seem to be angling towards the right and getting closer to the piling on the right. Dave

Late last night I was looking for more info in the Middleton press book covering Woolwich. I found that there was a plate footbridge linking the platforms, seemingly taken out when the sttion was reduced to a single platform. The current bridge is just visible in the distance in one shot dated 1971. What surprised me is that it joined end on to another plate footbridge taking the public path over the southern sets of tracks , coming down in Factory Rd It actually shows up in one of the disused stations pictutes, http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/silvertown/ look for the last black and white shot looking West. It shows the continuation plate footbridge over the tramway. Dave

This is the current footbridge at the silvertown station site. Looks about 60s to me. Crossrail works Factory Road by David Harvey, on Flickr As you can see it somewhat intrudes into the crossrail right of way, as they would like it, but it obviously clears everything as the track is in and they have has class 66s runningunder it, at least on one track. My guess is that it's worth retaining, as any replacement would have to be fully accessible, probably with ramped access. I expect space for a replacement will be protected. I guess with the ohle it will have to gain higher railings at some point. I Also coincidentally photographed last week, this is the underside of the Silvertown flyover, well the pavement bays at least. Canning Town by David Harvey, on Flickr Dave

Another album just uploaded, Isle of wight 1965/6. https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157668045998255 Isle of Wight 1965 by David Harvey, on Flickr And another recent one, updated 5/5/2016 of Crossrail works on the North Woolwich line. https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/6609503937/in/album-72157628656429811/ Crossrail works Prince Regent by David Harvey, on Flickr Thanks Dave

A few more added to this album of photos taken at Didcot in 1964/5. https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/sets/72157623097430894 Didcot 1964/5 by David Harvey, on Flickr A relink to a set taken when Flying Scotsman was at Paddington in 1963. https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157627553074679 This one is also linked elsewhere. Sandy in 1963 https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157632593868526 Thanks Dave

To more modern albums. This is my ongoing record of works at the Bermondsey diveunder site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157633053354298 And Crossrail works South of the river, Plumstead to Abbey Wood. I really should have linked these to the crossrail thread, will do so soon. https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157632675037925 Last for now, London Bridge station rebulding works: https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157631598692631 Thanks Dave

This will be a thread where I will try to post progress on my various Flickr albums. I will continue to post links/pictures in topic related threads, but I will also post some new links as I upload old photos. For a start, this is an album of mostly new uploads of pictures along the Golden Valley route, from Gloucester to Chalford. I haven't sorted them into date order yet, but will hope to do so at some point. https://www.flickr.com/photos/unravelled/albums/72157667262759960 Chalford and Golden Valley line by David Harvey, on Flickr Watch this space... Thanks Dave

You never see the end of a bridge span unsupported. It is always over a pier. When the flydown at St Johns, left of picture, was doubled, a new pier was built, seen here. The existing single track concrete span and pier were demolished, and a new girder span installed. It still looks wrong to me. Dave

Not a lot of progress recently, mainly thinking and planning. Part of the problem is that there will be 00 storage sidings above, and I wanted to disguise them in some way. My solution is to set a row of columns adjacent to the third track, which will seem to support a series of girders hiding a yard above. This is the trial assembly. The idea is that the bottom section is the support girder, with what are effectively screening/fence panels above. The top panels really should be shallower, so I might just cut filler pieces to give this effect. The columns, which aren't clear in the photos, are adapted from kitchen unit legs and are actively keeping the 00 yard level. The girders are made from scavenged venetian blind slats. I'm trying to capture the spirit of tinplate, and think it works OK as a first run. My next step is to get the 00 sidings wired up and point motors working, then the girders can be finished and platforms built. Thanks Dave

A few more (out of focus) pics, and a few more items. No more kibri found although I have more boxes and instructions than I have models at the moment. I'm sure they'll turn up one day when I'm looking for something else... Additional non kibri discoveries are a knightwing double portakabin, and fork lift kit, also a crew bus. The modern truck is just for scale. The box art shows that the trucks were part of the piledriver set Dave

OK, a couple of pics of my first Kibri finds, still with the dust on them. Kitmaster Mk1 for scale. I've looked at the instructions I can find, but they don't give any date info. The pile driver looks an older design, but could be long lived. The smaller crane might do, but the JCB is probably too modern. The tractor units do look too small, but you might get away with some of the trailers, if there's no 4mm stuff to show them up. I have to say that they were a pleasure to build. The detail and fit are remarkable. There are more somewhere, put away safely... Dave

I have a bunch of 10 year old Kibri construction equipment kits which I enjoyed building, but won't ever finish or use. If they might be of use, I'll post a list. They weren't the latest designs then, so might be suitable. Free to a good home! Dave

I may be well out of date, but in the early days of memory cards it was suggested that there was a limit to the number of rewrites that could be made. Card use was supposed to be governed by some complex algorithms which evened out the use of memory, and could identify and avoid dodgy memory cells. I'm not sure how this helps, but my feeling has always been not to reformat unnecessarily. Perhaps a reformat when changing to a new camera would be sensible, to match storage to the new hardware. Dave

There are some good pc apps around for retreiving lost data from cards gone bad. It can be worth trying a couple of the free ones to see if you can get anything back. No current recommendations as I haven't had to do this for some time. But I wonder if the camera just sends data and just "trusts " the card to record it with no feedback.If so it may be that noting got to the card, whatever the camera sent As to cause, didn't your kit get a soaking recently? I guess you'd need a special tool to get at and clean the card slot contacts. Good luck with sorting te problem Dave

I have loads of spare 5 pin 180 degree latching din plugs and sockets. This is the rs link, I think the version I have is now obsolete http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/din-connectors/0478239/ They are ex equipment and would need the existing leads removed before use. I also have 25 pin rs232 connectors if preferred. If they would suit, let me know how many, and I'll send them, (PM me an address). Thanks Dave

Sometimes testing with a simple bulb and two bits of wire makes it easier to see what's going on. A voltmeter might give a bit more information if you have one to hand. I'd want to check what's happening across the Insulated rail joiners when it's switched to the crossover route. Dave

Spotted while walking along the canal past Old Oak common last week: Old Oak Common area by David Harvey, on Flickr Dave

Fascinating pictures. I watched some of the crossrail piling operations at Abbey wood, which used a similar process, though on a slightly smaller scale. Crossrail works, Abbey Wood area by David Harvey, on Flickr The works I watched at Custom House didn't use an outer tube, they were just augered out, though I think with a bentonite slurry. After boring the rebar cages were pushed in , and filled with concrete. RIMG2226 by David Harvey, on Flickr I wonder if the two different techniques depend on whether they are friction piles or reach down to some more solid layer? Thanks Dave

One of my favourite discoveries was that BA screw threads were in fact metric. This fact was so well hidden in their imperial specification that we ended up with a metric replacement for a metric product. Dave