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Rother Valley Railway

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by nine elms fan, Nov 4, 2012.

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  1. Miff

    Miff Part of the furniture Friend

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    I think Fireline’s post shows it’s rather more than the paperwork. There’s also ballasting & tamping of the whole line.

    Installing & commissioning the signalling (both rail and road) for 3 level crossings, plus a passing loop and a terminus station, is a substantial enough project in itself.
     
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    It is good to get the regular updates and see the steady progress of this project - Well Done to all involved.
     
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    I have clearly missed my cue by a couple of days but regarding that road and rail interaction... Every Concorde produced in Bristol ( Brabazon Hangars) had to negotiate the Filton to Hallen railway level crossing to reach the runway in Gloucestershire. The crossing probably had the longest ' gates ' in the country , actually wheeled barriers.
     
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    And here is the promised track laying visual summary:

    Section 5c Overview - 6 Aug 26

    The plain images (in addition to the several pan- and zoom-able images) are worth enlarging; lots of interesting details to be seen there (e.g. stacked track-laying supplies, at the bottom of the top image).

    Of particular interest was the one captioned "The farmer has easy access North (right) and South (left) of the track by this culvert build", showing a construction to allow easy crossing of the track by large vehicles. After the farmer (understandably, from their point of view) put up considerable resistance to the substantial inconvenience (to them) of a rail line being re-laid across their fields, reducing their easy access to those on the far side of it, I am glad to see that the RVR has apparently moved past any residual upset at that resistance, and is taking some steps to reduce that inconvenience (even if some residual inconvenience unavoidably remains) - although of course such measures may have been committed to as part of getting the permission to reinstate the line. I do hope the measures installed are adequate to reduce the inconvenience as much as practicable, and that every consideration will be given to installing all practicable such measures.

    Noel
     
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