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Sewage pipe crossing the lines, locations pls?


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Hi,

 

Bit of a strange one but I fancy modelling something a tad different: a sewage pipe crossing the line. I've seen it in a few locations but can't remember where. What I do remember is there is normally palisade spikes or similar around each side. Anyone know any locations so I can remind myself how they look and get an idea of the pipe size please?

 

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Tom

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There is one over the Calder Valley line just south of Moston Station near Manchester. Lots of big iron spikes that do not stop the local feral youths sitting on the pipe launching rocks at the trains in summer. Its a lovely area, really it is...

 

Co-ords from google maps 53.521038, -2.171729

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/53%C2%B031'15.7%22N+2%C2%B010'18.2%22W/@53.5210375,-2.171729,55m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

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Here are a couple of pipes going over railways. 

 

I'm not sure what they carried.

 

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Cramlington track relaying 19th Feb 84_C6511

 

 

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Snells Nook LNWR Loughborough branch pipe overbridge 1948 JVol7211

 

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Snells Nook LNWR Loughborough branch pipe overbridge 1948 JVol7211

 

From the days when you didn't need a palisade because the yoof of the day behaved themselves or received a good clip round the ear or a spell in Borstal.
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Pipes sometimes share railway bridges too. A recent after work walk whilst in Whitby revealed a fairly substantial pipeline (gas i think) across Larpool viaduct. Several other structures have piplines tacked on the outside. Ouse bridge south of Huntingdon is one complete with omega loops for expansion..

 

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I wondered if the pipeline was in place when the line was open. I suspected it was. The last photo in this group of 11 confirms it..

 

http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/bridges/gallery/larpool.html

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Pipes sometimes share railway bridges too. A recent after work walk whilst in Whitby revealed a fairly substantial pipeline (gas i think) across Larpool viaduct. Several other structures have piplines tacked on the outside. Ouse bridge south of Huntingdon is one complete with omega loops for expansion..

 

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I wondered if the pipeline was in place when the line was open. I suspected it was. The last photo in this group of 11 confirms it..

 

http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/bridges/gallery/larpool.html

There was a fairly substantial water main that crossed the BP&GV just north of Coed Bach washery; when a normal-height 08 was sent in error, and hit the pipe, and bridge,, the driver thought he'd gone into the canal..

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I'm sure there's one on the GWML between Padd and Ealing Bwy - will try and keep an eye open for it on my way home this evening/in ward tomorrow morning (crowding permitting!)

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Any pipes that come out of the ground would need to be pumped. Making water and gas pipes most common.

 

There are very few pumped drainage pipes, as most will only be pumped a short distance up hill to the nearest gravity sewer. The majority of drains crossing the railway are underground.

 

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Spotted it this morning on the inbound:

 

http://goo.gl/maps/YOJ26

 

The London side of the B450 bridge over the GWML at Ladbroke grove has a large diameter pipe, with spikey bits, all painted red, on the 'London' side of the bridge.

 

I'm sure there's one on the GWML between Padd and Ealing Bwy - will try and keep an eye open for it on my way home this evening/in ward tomorrow morning (crowding permitting!)

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Any pipes that come out of the ground would need to be pumped. Making water and gas pipes most common.

 

Not strictly true. Depends on the pressure in the pipe. As well as pipes crossing over lines, there are things called inverted siphons which go under railways, roads etc, again using the pressure in the pipe.

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Not strictly true. Depends on the pressure in the pipe. As well as pipes crossing over lines, there are things called inverted siphons which go under railways, roads etc, again using the pressure in the pipe.

Does Birmingham's water fall all the way from the Elan Valley by gravity? I'm sure there are a couple of hills crossed by the conduit that the water is forced over by it's own head.

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If you want a serious structure , how about this?

 

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It's the Northern Outfall sewer, aka the Greenway in north London, and consists of 3 approximately 3m pipes.

While this span is over water , similar ones cross DLR, underground and mainline  close to West Ham

 

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View towards Plaistow station.

 

Cheers

 

Dave

 

 

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