Trog Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 20 hours ago, Pannier Tank said: I noticed today that the Police Station appears to be vacated; no vehicles to be seen in the front or rear car parks. That is perhaps a shame as it must have been one of the longer runs of continuous stations with the Railway Station, Fire Station, BT Poilice Station and TV? Police Stations all lined up in a row. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VarsityJim Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Evening all, does anyone have any more photos to show how the work is progressing? Much appreciated! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted March 4, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2022 18 minutes ago, VarsityJim said: Evening all, does anyone have any more photos to show how the work is progressing? Much appreciated! Now the days are getting longer, I might be able to take a few soon. But with so many roads closed at the moment, it isn't just a case of grabbing a shot while passing through..... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post 1E BoY Posted March 9, 2022 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2022 Whilst out walking today I heard a locomotive horn and went to Selbourne Avenue bridge to investigate. Not the best picture I have ever taken but this is a long distance shot on a phone - if nothing else it gives the idea that trains are now reaching beyond Bletchley flyover. View taken from the end of the footpath by the allotments and cemetery. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 1E BoY Posted March 9, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2022 This view from the Selbourne Avenue bridge shows the sound barriers that have been installed from the end of the flyover along the length of the Poets Estate in Bletchley and beyond to the Newton Road bridge. Don't think it will feature in a scenic railways programme in the future! The view is facing back towards the flyover. 8 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted March 9, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2022 25 minutes ago, 1E BoY said: This view from the Selbourne Avenue bridge shows the sound barriers that have been installed from the end of the flyover along the length of the Poets Estate in Bletchley and beyond to the Newton Road bridge. Don't think it will feature in a scenic railways programme in the future! The view is facing back towards the flyover. That looks similar to the bridge on Little Horwood Road in Winslow, except they haven't got any sound barriers,.....yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 14 hours ago, 1E BoY said: Whilst out walking today I heard a locomotive horn and went to Selbourne Avenue bridge to investigate. Not the best picture I have ever taken but this is a long distance shot on a phone - if nothing else it gives the idea that trains are now reaching beyond Bletchley flyover. View taken from the end of the footpath by the allotments and cemetery. My mate and I were up there a few days ago with 6Y60 and 6Y61, things are progressing nicely at Bletchley. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingEdwardII Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 15 hours ago, 1E BoY said: Don't think it will feature in a scenic railways programme in the future! This is one of those cases where you fervently hope that the graffiti artists will turn up to liven up the blank greyness. A few artful Banksies could change the outlook completely! Yours, Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nearholmer Posted March 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2022 I do find it strange that people want to look at that, rather than hear the odd train, yet are happy to live alongside fairly busy roads. 4 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Nearholmer said: I do find it strange that people want to look at that, rather than hear the odd train, yet are happy to live alongside fairly busy roads. Having grown up with the sound of trains at all times, day and night, and noisy hard working steam locos at that, I never hear them nowadays. The sound has never bothered me. I would much rather have the sight and dound of the railway rather than an ugly wall. Jamie Edited March 10, 2022 by jamie92208 2 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted March 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2022 I used to go to sleep to the sound of a steam engine shunting and the clash of buffers, it was the only time of day that I noticed it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 10/03/2022 at 14:28, Nearholmer said: I do find it strange that people want to look at that, rather than hear the odd train, yet are happy to live alongside fairly busy roads. Agreed, and I wonder why the barriers are even deemed necessary, given that the railway has been there far longer than the houses ? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Not sure about the legal position with reviving a long-dormant railway, but I do know that locals raised a great deal of concern about noise during the consultation process, so these may have been provided simply to keep people happy, rather than get tangled-up in a fight. My BiL and SiL, who live just on the Newton Longville side of the bridge, facing across the road to the embankment are still twitchy about the noise question (the barriers stop at that bridge) despite me gently trying to persuade them that the trains will probably be less disturbing than the road. I wonder whether people hear the word “train” and think “one every two minutes, belting through at 125mph” as they do at Bletchley station. 7 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted March 15, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15, 2022 Passed an artic with what looked like a footbridge on the back this morning heading from Mursley towards the Swanbourne station compound. For the footpath that crosses the line by the old aquaduct I wonder??? 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted March 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) Well this evening there was a stunning almost full moon, and as I had the camera with me, I stopped at Swanbourne (ex) station. This is the view in each direction, taken with the camera resting on a fence post at around 7.15pm illuminated only by the moon. Towards Bletchley Towards Winslow Edited March 31, 2022 by Davexoc Photo restored 15 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 19, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 19, 2022 On 11/03/2022 at 16:53, Nearholmer said: Not sure about the legal position with reviving a long-dormant railway, but I do know that locals raised a great deal of concern about noise during the consultation process, so these may have been provided simply to keep people happy, rather than get tangled-up in a fight. Unfortunately the law seems to favour those that complain about noise, rather than something pre-existing. A classic example (non railway) that comes to mind is the Fiddle & Bone pub in Birmingham. It was very succesful & had regular music nights (jazz bands etc.) and there was no residential housing within earshot. A new block of flats was built on land nearby, the new residents complained about the noise from the pub, an injunction was served, it ultimately led to the demise of the pub. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted March 20, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 20, 2022 I also know of at least one case where new housing was built near a farm and the purchasers then took action against the farm for nuisance (I can't remember whether noise or smells). Jonathan 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VarsityJim Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Much like what’s (probably) going to happen to the massive, listed airship sheds (hangars) at Cardington, which are gradually being totally surrounded by housing. Some of the houses will be in near-perpetual shadow and such is the condition of one of the sheds, during storms some of its pieces have been known to fly off. So won’t be long before they’re deemed to be a safety hazard, too expensive to maintain, an eyesore and generating health conditions due to lack of sunlight! Didn’t something similar happen to the Stewartby brickworks chimneys which recently came down, even though they were listed too? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Pannier Tank Posted March 20, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 20, 2022 (edited) On 09/03/2022 at 20:35, 1E BoY said: This view from the Selbourne Avenue bridge shows the sound barriers that have been installed from the end of the flyover along the length of the Poets Estate in Bletchley and beyond to the Newton Road bridge. Don't think it will feature in a scenic railways programme in the future! A nice backdrop for the Graffiti artist. Edited March 20, 2022 by Pannier Tank 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted March 20, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2022 1 hour ago, VarsityJim said: Much like what’s (probably) going to happen to the massive, listed airship sheds (hangars) at Cardington, which are gradually being totally surrounded by housing. Some of the houses will be in near-perpetual shadow and such is the condition of one of the sheds, during storms some of its pieces have been known to fly off. So won’t be long before they’re deemed to be a safety hazard, too expensive to maintain, an eyesore and generating health conditions due to lack of sunlight! Didn’t something similar happen to the Stewartby brickworks chimneys which recently came down, even though they were listed too? One of the sheds was repaired and refurbished as part of the planning permission. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 20, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 20, 2022 3 hours ago, corneliuslundie said: I also know of at least one case where new housing was built near a farm and the purchasers then took action against the farm for nuisance (I can't remember whether noise or smells). Jonathan There was one farmer near where I used to live who had had planning permission for building on his farmland refused. The smell from his pig sheds got worse and worse till eventually the opposition started campaigning to have the farm shut down. The site is now all housing. I cannot comment on the rumour that he made the smell worse deliberately. Jamie 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ryde-on-time Posted March 20, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2022 Out and about near Mursley today on the bike so took a few photos. The bridge over Salden Lane is progressing with the tarmac laid and joining up with the existing road. Looking west: They are working on the safety railing and fencing . The old bridge is in the fore ground showing one of the cracks Looking east this time. Three photos showing the old bridge on the right and the new roadway aligned with the new bridge Then a couple of shots west of Mursley on Station Road which goes towards Swanbourne. A new footbridge is being constructed for the footpath that crosses there. Should be a good quiet spot for videoing once open! 11 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VarsityJim Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 26 minutes ago, Ryde-on-time said: Out and about near Mursley today on the bike so took a few photos. The bridge over Salden Lane is progressing with the tarmac laid and joining up with the existing road. Looking west: They are working on the safety railing and fencing . The old bridge is in the fore ground showing one of the cracks Looking east this time. Three photos showing the old bridge on the right and the new roadway aligned with the new bridge Then a couple of shots west of Mursley on Station Road which goes towards Swanbourne. A new footbridge is being constructed for the footpath that crosses there. Should be a good quiet spot for videoing once open! What will happen to the old bridge? Demolition? Hope not! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VarsityJim Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 2 hours ago, chris p bacon said: One of the sheds was repaired and refurbished as part of the planning permission. Correct, but the other is in a pretty poor state and the houses are really close already, with hundreds more to go ☹️ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 2 hours ago, chris p bacon said: One of the sheds was repaired and refurbished as part of the planning permission. It became a film studio dontknow if it is still functioning 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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