tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post3028289355618542117..comments2023-07-10T14:18:09.980+01:00Comments on Extension Blog: The first turnout takes shapeJo http://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-62962472990137378232017-08-02T20:47:00.469+01:002017-08-02T20:47:00.469+01:00I'm trying to make in rhyme Ted,
Getting a rhy...I'm trying to make in rhyme Ted,<br />Getting a rhythm in the head.<br /><br />Its like this Ted,<br />I like the word 'railroad'.<br />Why use another word instead?<br />Ted!<br /><br />I hope that helps you.<br />Mark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-19937703893074500432017-07-31T10:54:18.385+01:002017-07-31T10:54:18.385+01:00Ahem, we call them "railways" in the UK,...Ahem, we call them "railways" in the UK, not "railroads." Toddington Ted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-34408459937543950902017-07-31T10:51:29.025+01:002017-07-31T10:51:29.025+01:00A carriage shed would be a wise investment, as the...A carriage shed would be a wise investment, as the NYMR recently found out when 1000s of pounds worth of damage was done to their LNER teak coach rake. Honeybourne is indeed a logical next step, but the GWSR doesn't own the land, it's another 5 miles of trackbed to fix (so 10 miles of fencing) and a cost that would be prohibitive to the GWSR at the present time. Just pray for that Euro-millions lottery win. Toddington Ted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-28218367966458335392017-07-31T10:17:05.824+01:002017-07-31T10:17:05.824+01:00In the dust & the grit of the railroad tracks,...In the dust & the grit of the railroad tracks,<br />The GWSR PWay team, stoked up on snacks,<br />Raspberry sponge, and a walnut cake.<br />Stretcher bars, is that a snack?<br /><br />Broadways first turnout to be laid,<br />Wriggling and levering, with those stretcher bars!<br />Then using the jack, with the nut runner drill,<br />In the mighty hands of Nigel Black.<br /><br />In the dust & the grit of the railroad tracks,<br />The GWSR PWay team, stoked up on snacks,<br />Raspberry sponge, and a walnut cake.<br />Stretcher bars, is that a snack?<br /><br />With sleepers nearly one bed out of position.<br />The use of Jacks, stretcher bars <br />And beads of sweaty exertion,<br />Then realignment of the ‘dink’ with Steve’s bucket.<br /><br />In the dust & the grit of the railroad tracks,<br />The GWSR PWay team, stoked up on snacks,<br />Raspberry sponge, and a walnut cake.<br />Stretcher bars, is that a snack?<br /><br />Again, well done to all the volunteers in the GWSR PWay Team.<br /><br />Mark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-67677835104856630722017-07-31T09:37:15.207+01:002017-07-31T09:37:15.207+01:00The excitement of completion is mounting! We are c...The excitement of completion is mounting! We are constantly so impressed by the skilled work of the fantastic volunteers. Well done everyone.<br />Are thoughts already turning to the future? Is one of them "Honeybourne Next Stop" ?woodcockfamilykenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02546170769367443318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-82491645978304593332017-07-30T15:00:37.014+01:002017-07-30T15:00:37.014+01:00Thanks, Tony, a fascinating tale.
I recall a photo...Thanks, Tony, a fascinating tale.<br />I recall a photograph of a sleeper stack so high that a staircase was built into it from the outside, by extending a sleeper every now and then to make a step.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-38794430003966345792017-07-30T14:55:34.966+01:002017-07-30T14:55:34.966+01:00Your mention of preservative treatment for sleeper...Your mention of preservative treatment for sleepers in a previous blog prompted me to contact an old school friend who became a civil engineer on the Western Region of BR. He has reminded me that the GWR sleeper depot was at a canal wharf on the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union canal at Hayes and Harlington just by the GWR main line. The sleepers were imported from Scandinavia and were mostly Baltic Pine. They were precut to size (10 x 5 x 8’6”) and also incuded crossing timbers (12 x 6). They arrived by ship into London Docks and off loaded straight into Thames lighters and were towed to the depot via the Thames and Grand Union canals. At the depot they were built into very large stacks and allowed to season. The depot had its own narrow gauge railway system and when ready for treatment they were loaded on wagons and run into very large metal cylinders. The end doors were closed and the air was evacuated. After some time in a vacuum creosote was admitted under pressure. In this way each sleeper would absorb up to 6 gallons of creosote.<br /><br />I well remember seeing this depot in operation when travelling by train to London in the 1960's.<br /><br />When the site closed following the switch to concrete sleepers, my friend was tasked with doing a soil survey of the site and he found evidence of creosote umpteen feet below ground level. Whether any of this contaminated ground was removed he does not recall but the site is now a huge British Airways engineering facility.<br /><br />Tony StockwellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-56907016593249992792017-07-29T22:15:14.683+01:002017-07-29T22:15:14.683+01:00The point work today does you credit. How about as...The point work today does you credit. How about asking Peco if they can supply you with a rolling gauge? !?! Seriously though, a very fine effort and a great way to work off those doughnuts from last week! LOL. Regards, Paul, in a less than dry St Blazey! St Blazey 1925https://www.blogger.com/profile/16697444840076235191noreply@blogger.com