East Coast Mainline Blockade for Werrington Junction diveunder

[melmerby]

14 hours ago, stivesnick said:

 

 I saw the 37 lurking behind another train, so good to know what it was.

 

Nick 

 

It's previously been posted in "Prototype for Everything thread"

2 ex DRS, ex Loram coaches followed by 5 ex Arriva Trains Wales coaches.

 

[highpeakman]

20 hours ago, Donington Road said:

 

A freight did indeed fail whilst crossing from the Up Stamford to New England yard fouling the Down Fast, Up Fast, Up Slow and entrance/exit from the yards.  The only route not blocked was the Down Stamford/Down ECML so north bound ECML services were using that as far as Helpston Junction.

I was lucky to be at Cock Lane for a while to video the resulting chaos.

If you read the comments section you will see one of my regular subscribers Ben GBRf had something to do with it all.😄

 

 

I really enjoyed watching that. Thank you for taking the time to film it.

 

It showed just how much traffic there is on that line. I was a bit surprised (and disappointed) to see so many empty container wagons though as I feel it shows an underused resource for moving freight around the country especially when fuel costs are so high.

[stivesnick]

34 minutes ago, highpeakman said:

It showed just how much traffic there is on that line. I was a bit surprised (and disappointed) to see so many empty container wagons though as I feel it shows an underused resource for moving freight around the country especially when fuel costs are so high.

 

Empty container wagons are often a result of problems at the ports in getting goods through customs so no containers ready to load. The trains run to a tight schedule so will often depart half loaded.

 

Regards 

 

Nick 

 

 

[Donington Road]

There has been about a dozen nine page notices from Network Rail attached to the fencing at Lincoln Road and Hurn Road (near the underpass of the A15 bridge)

They relate to the compulsory purchase of land around Lincoln Road and the north end of Hurn Road.  Each has a plan with a marked area of the parcel of land in question.  The maps are old, showing the area before the new railway was built.  They show Hurn Road when it was a road, single bridge at Lincoln Road and just the old Joint Line.

 

It seems to me that Network Rail forgot to purchase the land to build the new railway, or maybe it is officially tying up loose ends with Peterborough City Council.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Donington Road]

Could it be that the bungalow built in 2018 to replace the old gatekeepers house at Hurn Road finally be coming on the market after being unlived in since 2019?

The front and back gardens were cleared a few months ago and now some high soundproof fencing has been erected on the west side facing the railway.

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

2022

 

 

[melmerby]

Get yer bids in👍

 

EDIT

You could host a Railcam UK camera in that location.

Edited July 22, 2022 by melmerby

[Donington Road]

41 minutes ago, melmerby said:

Get yer bids in👍

EDIT

You could host a Railcam UK camera in that location.

 

It won't be cheap, but once I get a viewing gallery attached to those robust fencing posts and start charging an entrance fee the cash will be rolling in.😀

Railcam, what a great idea.👍

Edited July 22, 2022 by Donington Road

[Crun]

7 minutes ago, Donington Road said:

 

It won't be cheap, but once I get a viewing gallery attached to those robust fencing posts and start charging an entrance fee the cash will be rolling in.😀

You'd do a roaring trade in hot chocolate and bacon rolls in the winter! 😉😀

Edited July 22, 2022 by Crun

[Donington Road]

I think this is the last piece of the jigsaw.  We have had a few photos and video from Foxcovert footbridge of the back of the new signal P864 but I think this is the first from the front.

The signal which is situated between Foxcovert Road and the southern A15 Glinton bypass controls the Joint Up line for Glinton Junction.  The old signal which was opposite the new Glinton Junction was removed and the new one installed with quite a lot more electrical cabinets further back towards Folly Bank(Peakirk).  It remains the first signal under the control of Peterborough Power Signal Box.  The preceeding ones are controlled by Lincoln.

 

The new P864 and associated cabinets.

 

The old signal P864

 

Not part of the Werrington Upgrade but a landmark that has featured in many photos of the past.  The old farmhouse and buildings on the west side of Hurn Road have been demolished.

 

 

The two buildings in the foreground are in a field much nearer the camera.

[Richard E]

On 21/08/2022 at 14:23, Donington Road said:

Not part of the Werrington Upgrade but a landmark that has featured in many photos of the past.  The old farmhouse and buildings on the west side of Hurn Road have been demolished.

 

 

The two buildings in the foreground are in a field much nearer the camera.

Long wondered what might happen to that, remember it being inhabited. I suspect someone has a rather nice project on the go judging by that scaffolding and fencing.

[Donington Road]

2 hours ago, Richard E said:

Long wondered what might happen to that, remember it being inhabited. I suspect someone has a rather nice project on the go judging by that scaffolding and fencing.

 

Holiday lets for railway enthusiasts?

[John Tomlinson]

On 17/07/2022 at 12:38, highpeakman said:

I really enjoyed watching that. Thank you for taking the time to film it.

 

It showed just how much traffic there is on that line. I was a bit surprised (and disappointed) to see so many empty container wagons though as I feel it shows an underused resource for moving freight around the country especially when fuel costs are so high.

 

Another reason you sometimes see trains of empty flats is when there are gales at Felixstowe, that are strong enough to prevent safe loading and off loading. The trains still run to path to keep the stock in the right place.

 

John.

[Fat Controller]

26 minutes ago, John Tomlinson said:

 

Another reason you sometimes see trains of empty flats is when there are gales at Felixstowe, that are strong enough to prevent safe loading and off loading. The trains still run to path to keep the stock in the right place.

 

John.

Empty wagons are also a consequence of containers not returning directly to the port, but being used to collect loads from other places. For instance, empty boxes from the multitude of terminals around the Daventry/ East Midlands area may go to the West Midlands to be loaded with scrap for export to China.

[Richard E]

And, over the next fortnight, lots of empty wagons due to the dockers  being on strike.

[melmerby]

3 hours ago, Richard E said:

And, over the next fortnight, lots of empty wagons due to the dockers  being on strike.

Many of the to & from Felixstowe services have been cancelled.:

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:GLNTNJN/2022-08-23/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=freight&order=wtt

[Donington Road]

8 minutes ago, melmerby said:

Many of the to & from Felixstowe services have been cancelled.:

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:GLNTNJN/2022-08-23/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=freight&order=wtt

 

You are actually better off doing a search for Spalding on RTT as anything going by the overground route at Werrington Junction doesn't get recorded at Glinton Junction.

Also just recently on RTT a lot of services on the ECML are only being recorded at Peterborough and Tallington Junction.  Timings at the junctions at New England Nth, Werrington and Helpston are not being recorded.

[Mike Storey]

6 hours ago, Richard E said:

And, over the next fortnight, lots of empty wagons due to the dockers  being on strike.

 

I wonder just how many ships are being diverted elsewhere - there are reports but with no figures. Some to other UK ports, some to the Netherlands.

 

I would guess the FOCs are seeking to serve at least some of these flows.

 

[Donington Road]

16 minutes ago, Mike Storey said:

 

I wonder just how many ships are being diverted elsewhere - there are reports but with no figures. Some to other UK ports, some to the Netherlands.

 

I would guess the FOCs are seeking to serve at least some of these flows.

 

 

I did read somewhere that some will be going to Tilbury and Immingham.

[melmerby]

5 hours ago, Mike Storey said:

 

I wonder just how many ships are being diverted elsewhere - there are reports but with no figures. Some to other UK ports, some to the Netherlands.

 

 

 

Many of the from China container ships already include other Europen ports in their itenary, with boxes unloaded at various places.

e.g. the Ever Alot, currently docked in Felixstowe (on the 18th), came via Rotterdam.

[Crun]

Activity at the end of the road off Bretton Way. Taken at the entrance to the field adjacent to the ECML. There were metal beams next to the crane and a metal bridge.

 

Lifting of concrete blocks:

 

 

 

Views from the Cock Lane bridge:

 

 

 

Edited October 22, 2022 by Crun

[Crun]

Views north from the Cock Lane bridge of some distant activity on or next to the ECML, plus a couple of machines:

 

 

 

Edited October 22, 2022 by Crun

[jamie92208]

Are they by any chance starting to add portal beams to thecOHLE to get rid of the troublesome headspans.

 

Jamie

[Crun]

2 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

Are they by any chance starting to add portal beams to the OHLE to get rid of the troublesome headspans.

 

Jamie

Nothing seen stacked up next to the ECML. Only two or three from the orange army present by the distant  vans. The two machines could use the tracks if needs be. They both had wide bulldozer attachments on their fronts that I saw from the other side of the Cock Lane bridge.

Edited October 22, 2022 by Crun

[Crun]

On 22/10/2022 at 02:10, Crun said:

Activity at the end of the road off Bretton Way. Taken at the entrance to the field adjacent to the ECML. There were metal beams next to the crane and a metal bridge.

 

Lifting of concrete blocks:

 

 

 

Views from the Cock Lane bridge:

 

 

 

 

More images from today 26/10/2022. Looks like a new bridge is being constructed out of the box girders etc:

 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2022 by Crun

[Crun]

On 22/10/2022 at 02:28, Crun said:

Views north from the Cock Lane bridge of some distant activity on or next to the ECML, plus a couple of machines:

 

 

 

 

More images from today 26/10/2022:

 

Edited October 26, 2022 by Crun