tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post4865934260839710813..comments2023-07-10T14:18:09.980+01:00Comments on Extension Blog: A ballast runJo http://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-41668789104402985672017-08-09T10:17:54.237+01:002017-08-09T10:17:54.237+01:00The general speed limit on the entire Stratford-up...The general speed limit on the entire Stratford-upon-Avon (Evesham Road Crossing) to Cheltenham (Lansdown Junction) section was 50 m.p.h. during the latter BR years, certainly from 1969 onwards. The only exception was a short stretch of 40 m.p.h through the junction at Honeybourne East Loop Junction. Of course, lack of maintenance was taking its toll by 1976, and there were several "temporary" speed limits in place. Of course, this was very different from the line's heyday as an express passenger route. Unfortunately, I don't have an SA from any earlier than 1969 to check the speed limits.<br /><br />The progress with the extension is going at a cracking pace. Hats off to all involved.<br /><br />Nick JonesNickhttp://5542.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-44807174980968617692017-08-09T07:03:36.888+01:002017-08-09T07:03:36.888+01:00Thanks, yes that is what I meant. Thanks, yes that is what I meant. TrainFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16559302117907483063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-62624645775699984932017-08-08T23:06:41.261+01:002017-08-08T23:06:41.261+01:00In the very early days of the Gloucestershire Warw...In the very early days of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Society the first bit of track to be restored, between Toddington and Winchcombe, was simply laid on the old ballast which had been left behind when the original track was taken up. <br /><br />The track had only been lifted a few years previously and there was more than enough good ballast remaining to lay a single track. It was very deep, clean ballast, as you'd expect on a former main line - and profiled to give a fairly drastic cant on the curve into Winchcombe. I think this section had a 60mph speed limit originally. <br /><br />Reprofiling the ballast over such a distance was too much of a big job for the railway in its early days, so the new track was laid with the same cant. Theoretically that gave us a 60mph curve between Toddington and Winchcombe!<br /><br />The track was adjusted to suit 25mph running a few years later.<br /><br />There's a photo of the curve through Hailes, taken after the line was closed, on Martin Loader's railway photography site. You can tell that the track was laid for speed. (There are also some good photos of other locations along the line, including Toddington and Broadway, on this site).<br /><br />http://www.hondawanderer.com/Hailes_1978.htmMichael Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386451061160258935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-5460232648444102122017-08-08T17:15:18.162+01:002017-08-08T17:15:18.162+01:00You are very kind, glad you like them.You are very kind, glad you like them.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-60934125371867760532017-08-08T15:56:03.476+01:002017-08-08T15:56:03.476+01:00Excellent blogs you produce, thank you very much.Excellent blogs you produce, thank you very much.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15703712821362782068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-16527095139985253172017-08-08T15:02:53.438+01:002017-08-08T15:02:53.438+01:00Nice,to see a Class 20,on the ballast train!.Livin...Nice,to see a Class 20,on the ballast train!.Living here,in Evesham,I,do like the "Wellcome to Worcestershire",sign at the boundary!. Anthony.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08974105717079432895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-83761454042672789162017-08-07T22:04:19.246+01:002017-08-07T22:04:19.246+01:00Ok, I get it now.
No, the next section to be opene...Ok, I get it now.<br />No, the next section to be opened will be all of the rest.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-54142639433216692522017-08-07T22:02:59.810+01:002017-08-07T22:02:59.810+01:00There are no heaped stones over the rails. The bal...There are no heaped stones over the rails. The ballast makes a heap under the doors and stops coming out until the Dogfish reaches an area that hasn't got any ballast on it. Works fine.<br />The Shark behind then pulls the centre into the cess/6ft.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-57068878437873128122017-08-07T22:00:53.565+01:002017-08-07T22:00:53.565+01:00It's the first one, mostly. Sometimes we chang...It's the first one, mostly. Sometimes we change sides.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-90290717075379897332017-08-07T21:50:55.708+01:002017-08-07T21:50:55.708+01:00Memories of the Stourbridge line, except that we u...Memories of the Stourbridge line, except that we used two 20's nose to nose in multiple. <br />For those who have not worked with them and wondered why they appear in photos so often in multiple and always nose to nose, the answer is that BR, always ones to save money wherever they could, only had to supply a Driver and Guard for the train as, even in the 80's, a 20 on its own would require a Second Man (Drivers Assistant), because of the poor forward view of the 'nose' of the engine casing. <br />There. You can learn things by reading these pages! LOL. Regards, Paul.St Blazey 1925https://www.blogger.com/profile/16697444840076235191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-65176362222662867882017-08-07T21:45:53.592+01:002017-08-07T21:45:53.592+01:00Get yerself down there Bryan and take charge.Get yerself down there Bryan and take charge.Toddingtontedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02470051178926426104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-82263968333980639672017-08-07T21:44:27.496+01:002017-08-07T21:44:27.496+01:00I think the words "will" and you" h...I think the words "will" and you" have been transposed. It should read, "You will be extending the operation further when welding up etc." (Sorry!)Toddingtontedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02470051178926426104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-67167865355924215322017-08-07T21:33:25.584+01:002017-08-07T21:33:25.584+01:00I'd read that as "Will you extend the Lav...I'd read that as "Will you extend the Laverton/Buckland DMU service be extended another kilometre once you've completed the 3rd section of welded line?"<br />I rather expect the answer to be a No to that, but rather focus on the March 2018 full line target.DLB-Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207936959910522299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-10568024727140521142017-08-07T21:20:09.008+01:002017-08-07T21:20:09.008+01:00Can you get a genuine GWR 'Gender Neutral'...Can you get a genuine GWR 'Gender Neutral' toilet sign for these times?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-17399261682489262962017-08-07T20:36:35.881+01:002017-08-07T20:36:35.881+01:00I have been following the blog for a fair while no...I have been following the blog for a fair while now and one thing I have not seen much of is any form of setting out for track alignment.<br />Is it mainly a case of relay the track roughly along one of the old alignments and then tidy up with a tamper later?<br />Or are there pegs lurking in the bushes to give an offset measurement from?<br />Is there a new scheme in place for Cant or Crosslevel design?<br />As with 25 mph max the original cant values will no longer be valid.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08510526580658225490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-50472813681075004412017-08-07T20:30:58.671+01:002017-08-07T20:30:58.671+01:00Why do you open all the doors on the wagons at the...Why do you open all the doors on the wagons at the same time?<br />Surely that increases the risk of derailing on heaped stone?<br />On Renewals on Network we never opened more than one set of doors with 2 more cracked open ready to go when the first hopper stone flow starts to slack off.<br />And that was with anything up to 24 Seacows.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08510526580658225490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-6178498068259518472017-08-07T19:32:20.352+01:002017-08-07T19:32:20.352+01:00Not sure what you mean by that, but the next secti...Not sure what you mean by that, but the next section of CWR will keep us busy for quite a while. There'll be tamping, regulating, stressing, sweeping, clipping up etc to do over these 1000m.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-55028194860781954472017-08-07T18:45:11.846+01:002017-08-07T18:45:11.846+01:00"This is the ballast train crossing the borde..."This is the ballast train crossing the border,<br />Spending the cheque and the postal order"<br />Apologies to 'Night mail' by W H Auden.<br /><br />Looking great, can't wait until next year. Well done.John Fancotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247438547070941238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-70494046978730092912017-08-07T18:44:38.041+01:002017-08-07T18:44:38.041+01:00Wow speedy progress indeed. Will you be extending ...Wow speedy progress indeed. Will you be extending the operation further when welded up etc?TrainFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16559302117907483063noreply@blogger.com