tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post2444691860052988343..comments2023-07-10T14:18:09.980+01:00Comments on Extension Blog: In with the newJo http://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-82917642975236559282018-01-16T18:26:30.926+00:002018-01-16T18:26:30.926+00:00A year or two back there was also a class 14 await...A year or two back there was also a class 14 awaiting restoration in the northern head shunt at Toddington. It wasn't there this Summer, has it departed for pastures new?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-56497430770096067882018-01-10T13:11:06.291+00:002018-01-10T13:11:06.291+00:00Will a black dolly be installed I wonder?
An unusu...Will a black dolly be installed I wonder?<br />An unusual signal in that it can legitimately be passed at danger when taking the unsignalled route.<br />I first came across one at the end of the up loop at Crewe Carriage Shed where the headhunt allowed access to the Brook Sidings and so the dolly had to be passed regularly during shunting.<br />Indeed the only train that regularly used the crossover (and the dolly pulled off for) was 1T20 the CM&EE commissioning train that ran 4 days a week usually to Stonebridge Park (and other points on the WCML)in the 1970's.Nelson Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07923635420542319012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-81300439886352108092018-01-09T09:29:29.996+00:002018-01-09T09:29:29.996+00:00I am going for a guess from a safety view point he...I am going for a guess from a safety view point here. If there were solely a point from the mainline into the yard,then nothing could move within the yard without holding the Todd-Winchcombe token just in case of an overrun onto the main line. The crossover means the headshunt remains to protect yard movements separated from the running line so moves can happen safely and independently.DLB-Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207936959910522299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-75100981341886515812018-01-07T21:33:58.069+00:002018-01-07T21:33:58.069+00:00The scaffolding on Toddington signal box is protec...The scaffolding on Toddington signal box is protected by stop boards on either side of it, so to answer your question, the pway train from Laverton wouldn't be able to pass it on the main line. There is nothing to prevent it from taking the points along siding 1 to the desired location though. GWSR Steam Loco Depthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301824328985463142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-81840000098818156982018-01-07T16:44:58.232+00:002018-01-07T16:44:58.232+00:00The projected work at Toddington described above h...The projected work at Toddington described above have brought to mind the unusual arrangement at the northern headshunt. I have often wondered why the down line into the station doesn't extend directly into the headshunt at the connection to the up (main)line just north of the road bridge. This seems to have been the arrangement before the extension to Laverton was constructed:<br /><br />https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toddington_station_geograph-4040917-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg<br /><br />and would have provided a longer siding and a more authentic 'double track' appearance from the station through the cutting. I'm sure there are good reasons for the current layout but it would be interesting to know the history. Perhaps it was the lack of an appropriately 'handed' turnout at the time?Trevorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12841825195068179068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-40927504206279763802018-01-07T12:14:42.762+00:002018-01-07T12:14:42.762+00:00Thanks John. Well, it seems that nothing much can...Thanks John. Well, it seems that nothing much can go over the bridge until mid February! Class 20 at 73 tons, dogfish at 24 tons - even the yard shunter is 45 tons. Perhaps wheelbarrows will do it instead! Seriously, I guess that there will be enough time to ballast and tamp the track through the station before the end of March.Peter Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15020212199830779526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-75352064087776245172018-01-07T09:08:38.115+00:002018-01-07T09:08:38.115+00:00Sorry. I meant Toddington. Regards for the reply e...Sorry. I meant Toddington. Regards for the reply etc. Paul.St Blazey 1925https://www.blogger.com/profile/16697444840076235191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-38548585868990975032018-01-07T00:21:32.417+00:002018-01-07T00:21:32.417+00:00Looks like just replacing the Southern exit from t...Looks like just replacing the Southern exit from the yard.It was controlled by a ground frame released by Toddington box and a ground signal for the turn -in from the Winchcombe end.Dave Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463220740684887238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-92162318649086707652018-01-06T23:20:14.963+00:002018-01-06T23:20:14.963+00:00There has been a 12T weight limit in place since t...There has been a 12T weight limit in place since the damage was done, which was just enough to allow the JCB and dumper in to lay ballast, sleepers and rails. The work of repairing the damage to the bridge means weakening the steelwork, in particular the west outer girder (a temporary prop is already in to support the dead weight of the bridge local to the repair). Much more significant is that the buckled rail bearer has to be completely disassembled and cannot then carry any load. Thus absolutely nothing can be allowed on the up side, until the repair is completed. John Balderstone Structures Engineernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-46455673982723950022018-01-06T21:52:38.819+00:002018-01-06T21:52:38.819+00:00It's Toddington Paul, not Winchcombe.
I guess ...It's Toddington Paul, not Winchcombe.<br />I guess the reason for the crossover is that they want to keep the headshunt. It may also be useful as a catchpoint to avoid locos overrunning the signal onto the main line.<br />You will see 'the point' very soon :-)Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-51168643762587244302018-01-06T21:50:04.531+00:002018-01-06T21:50:04.531+00:00I'm guessing that it's so that stock can s...I'm guessing that it's so that stock can still be stored on the headshunt.Peter Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15020212199830779526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-31173960763327731602018-01-06T21:44:58.536+00:002018-01-06T21:44:58.536+00:00Excellent blog again. My first taste of panetone w...Excellent blog again. My first taste of panetone was when I lived in Spain. Long way from Italy, I know, but the Spanish go in for anything sweet. As you say, it's full of air, but very eatable! Well deserved, as you split up your resources to cover several jobs today.<br />Great things are afoot then at Winchcombe soon. If I may ask. Why a crossover, and not simply a point at the stop block end of the headshunt into the single line? I'm not trying to be clever, just can't see the point!?! Regards, Paul. St Blazey 1925https://www.blogger.com/profile/16697444840076235191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-22163189012323459572018-01-06T19:49:04.015+00:002018-01-06T19:49:04.015+00:00Sorry Peter, I don't know the answer to that o...Sorry Peter, I don't know the answer to that one. We shall see next week.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-51389332434681205422018-01-06T19:12:33.889+00:002018-01-06T19:12:33.889+00:00Hi Jo, thanks for the update. I wonder if the bri...Hi Jo, thanks for the update. I wonder if the bridge works at Broadway put a weight limit on what can pass over it? Will you be able to get the ballast train into the station while the work's ongoing?Peter Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15020212199830779526noreply@blogger.com