Donington Road Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, melmerby said: With the amount of platework going up on the footbridge, you'll soon need a periscope to see the trains. They should've moved the down Stamford across towards the diveunder, then there wouldn't need to be any plating. We'll just end up taking bigger stepladders. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted March 14, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2022 I knew I should have invested in some fencing companies. Probably too late now. Jonathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 On 13/03/2022 at 23:04, melmerby said: With the amount of platework going up on the footbridge, you'll soon need a periscope to see the trains. They should've moved the down Stamford across towards the diveunder, then there wouldn't need to be any plating. It's going to be even darker too. Some lights needed IMO. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) After all the rain on Wednesday it is good to see the spillway is working allowing the excess water to flow from Marholm Brook into Brook Drain. Some work going on on the west side. The excavator is pulling hardcore away from the green fence and it is being taken and dumped further back along the access road. Not sure what the purpose of that is. The dozer looks as though it has been grading the top surface and pushing hardcore to the right side of the road. This chap was up to something around all the bore holes in the field. Where the blue tubes are sticking up. All photos courtesy of Trackside ECML Edited April 7, 2022 by Donington Road 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted March 18, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 18, 2022 Hoping for oil perhaps? Jonathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) New gradient sign at the foot of Lincoln Road bridge. 117 up to Glinton Junction, 155 down to the north portal of the dive under. Edited April 6, 2022 by Donington Road 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) Update from Cock Lane. The access road next to the Down Stamford line was scraped level last week and the surplus spoil deposited alongside. It was then shaped up and compacted into bunds. A cheaper option than erecting Armco barriers like they did at Lincoln Road to Glinton Junction I suppose? It does look an afterthought and a bit messy too. I think the one beyond the cone was a Friday afternoon job.🙄 Just levelling the area near the outfall of Brook Drain. The sun made for a pleasant few days out last week and I managed to get this view from below the A15 bridge through the new Lincoln Road bridge of the 1:117 rise from Lincoln Road to Glinton Junction. Edited March 31, 2022 by Donington Road 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) As the last post uploaded properly this time and didn't fail as it did a few hours ago, here is another. I do miss the old emojis though. Looking at a video clip of a train I took yesterday from Cock Lane I thought I could see new gates being put up at the end of the farm track at Hurn Road. My good friend Trackside ECML who is dedicated to finding out more then decided to brave the bitterly cold wind this afternoon and came back with these photos. The mesh fence at the end of the farm track is still inplace but a new gate has been installed beyond it for access to the field. Wire mesh fencing has been installed around the perimeter of the field and inside that hedging whips have been planted. It was stated at the beginning of the project that there would be in excess of 25,000 trees planted once the project came to fruition. I would hardly call hedging whips trees.😀 Remains to be seen if we will be able to get further down the farm track and nearer to the lineside where we previously had access once the these mesh gates are removed, somehow I am not feeling hopeful.🙁 The field north of Hurn Road which housed the last remnants of the Morgan Sindall offices until their temporary movement to Lincoln Road is now clear and having the topsoil levelled out. These views are from the gateway that was on the corner of Hurn Road through which many thousands of lorries removed spoil to fill local quarries. Edited March 31, 2022 by Donington Road 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 (edited) One year on and the mess at the bottom of the footbridge at Walton is still there. Cables everywhere and no access for Network Rail through their gates. Nice concrete slab for the entrance on the railway side which is starting to collect some rubbish. Then this thing was turned up after being escorted down the access road from Cock lane. Quite why they thought it necessary to come and clean the slab that has never been or cannot be used just seems a waste of time and resources to me. An overall view of the dive under from the footbridge at Walton with the green Cock Lane footbridge above. It would be nice to get more photos and video from this location but unfortunately it is not very user friendly, too much broken glass and rubbish around and not the most desirable people passing through. Then there is this problem. The whole footbridge is covered with this mesh, the gaps only being 20mm wide by 45mm high so on any photo taken through it there tends to be two vertical dark stripes, not so bad with a telephoto lens as they get lost in the focusing like the photo above. Edited April 6, 2022 by Donington Road 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 (edited) Sunday 10th April. Views from Hurn Road of a ballast train: Views from the Hurn Road bridge of activity around the eastern end of the dive-under: Edited April 11, 2022 by Crun 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 (edited) Views from the Cock Lane bridge of a small mound amidst a re-profiled field: Edited April 10, 2022 by Crun 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 (edited) Views from the Cock Lane bridge of the activity around the dive-under: Edited April 10, 2022 by Crun 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted April 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2022 A giant mole? Jonathan 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 1 hour ago, corneliuslundie said: A giant mole? Jonathan Nope, you have heard about the Nascar Lines of Peru and the alignment of the Great Pyramids of Giza, well, this is the Werrington Alignment bisecting the dive under at signal P497 which does have a pyramid shape above the number. The Werrington Alignment takes in the The Great Spoil Heap in the west, The Little Spoil Heap, Signal P497, Cock Lane Footbridge and Screwfix to the east. Screwfix? I saw a slogan for them the other day, "You want to Fix something, We can Screw it up for you!" and thought it was quite apt for a few of the odd things that had happened during the construction of the dive under, such as the chap using a 24 inch long Screwfix level to align a 10 metre steel pile as it was being driven in. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Donington Road said: the odd things that had happened during the construction of the dive under, such as the chap using a 24 inch long Screwfix level to align a 10 metre steel pile as it was being driven in. Well there's the problem. You should never use an Imperial level on a metric pile.👍 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Replacing the fence at Cock Lane. With one of the correct height? 🤔 photo by Trackside ECML 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted April 14, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 14, 2022 3 hours ago, Donington Road said: Replacing the fence at Cock Lane. With one of the correct height? 🤔 photo by Trackside ECML Wow, what are they using to remove those panels to bend them like that? And what a waste of money too, I hope the blame for the incorrect panels results in the organisation responsible footing the bill especially if they are a sub-contractor. Probably down to NR though. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 3 hours ago, Richard E said: Wow, what are they using to remove those panels to bend them like that? And what a waste of money too, I hope the blame for the incorrect panels results in the organisation responsible footing the bill especially if they are a sub-contractor. Probably down to NR though. I'm lost for words, nothing is making any sense with this. I guess they didn't have the right tools to remove the panels as everything is secured with those captive nuts and bolts, probably ripping things out with a chain and excavator. I went to have a look today but there was nobody working on the fence, they are probably doing it under cover of darkness to hide their embarrassment. It is a job to say from such a long distance but those new panels and posts only look to be about six inches lower. In my experience Network Rail always want the highest fence possible to keep people off the railway, so why the reduction in height? The other question is why did it ever need that sort of fencing there in the first place as adjacent to it is wire mesh fencing all the way down to Hurn Road? These photos were from about two weeks ago. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stivesnick Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 On 10/04/2022 at 18:17, corneliuslundie said: A giant mole? Jonathan I have seen similar "mini hills" alongside other recent infrastructure projects as well. I believe they are part of the biodiversity improvements by providing a suitable place for small animals to burrow into whilst keeping them above any flooding that might occur. Nick 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 What's this all about too? Up at Lincoln Road a lot of old concrete trunking has been discarded behind the Armco barrier atop of the embankment. No indication of where it has come from and why it was dumped there rather than stacked up in the compound next to the bridge. Surely a safety hazard as well. I always think that if the railway can't be bothered to make itself presentable then those who use it are not going to respect it either. Photo is a screen grab from a video I took yesterday. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crun Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) Sunday 17th April Views from Cock Lane bridge. What a carry on! On reflection I think the mound hasn't grown. I wonder if it's a refuge for newts? 🦎 Edited April 20, 2022 by Crun 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Crun said: I'm sure the mound is bigger! I wonder if it's a refuge for newts? Maybe someone has buried a wheelbarrow... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted April 18, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 18, 2022 9 hours ago, billbedford said: Maybe someone has buried a wheelbarrow... Does that make it a Barrow and not a mound? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted April 18, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Richard E said: Does that make it a Barrow and not a mound? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Adding some nice new gravel around the base of Cock Lane footbridge. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now