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  1. 35B antwortete auf das Thema Fire Risk.

    The work on the Tyne Bridge is ongoing. The scaffolding did not touch the stone pillars, which were as far as I could see on a random July evening entirely comparable to the elements of Network Rail infrastructure

    15 Juli 2026 um 16:37

  2. 35B antwortete auf das Thema Fire Risk.

    I don't underestimate it, but the contrast between the road and rail structures was stark. And as the High Level is a) a key local transport artery and b) Grade 1 listed, the short sightedness of doing nothing stuck out

    15 Juli 2026 um 15:31

  3. 35B antwortete auf das Thema Fire Risk.

    Very likely, as vegetation grows. I was in Gateshead recently, looking across the Tyne. On my right was the Tyne Bridge, with very clean stonework. Ahead was the ECML viaduct entering Newcastle from the north, on my left the High Level Bridge....

    15 Juli 2026 um 13:13

  4. 35B gefällt LMS2968s Beitrag in dem Thema GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.

    I'd like to see the evidence! Even with balancing, which would not eliminate all the out of balance stresses anyway (you can't balance to 100% of the reciprocating masses), and which becomes ever more problematic as speed rises, you still have...

    15 Juli 2026 um 10:49

  5. 35B gefällt 26D_Ms Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    Of course NR carries overall responsibility for the integrity of the network and will assume worst case scenario. What needs to be averted is a situation where episodes like the one under discussion make the 'worst case senario' a fixture of the...

    14 Juli 2026 um 21:00

  6. 35B gefällt 26D_Ms Beitrag in dem Thema Fire Risk.

    Without a doubt.

    14 Juli 2026 um 21:00

  7. 35B antwortete auf das Thema Fire Risk.

    Probably fair, but I'd expect NR to assume worst case at this time of year. I'm not quite sure how you'd measure it, but I'd have thought fire risk could be assessed in terms of ashpan and chimney "leakage" levels at a given level of working and...

    14 Juli 2026 um 20:16
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