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North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by The Black Hat, Feb 13, 2011.

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  1. Sawdust

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    Bridges 24 & 25 are an absolute scandal. Heads should have rolled over them. For those that don't know, the decks are significantly higher than the originals. How such a failure of project management occurred is beyond my understanding.

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    Heads did roll in that the civil engineer either resigned or was sacked. The official answer was resigned to pursue other interests.
    The track is on an embankment and there is not enough width to raise the level to match.
     
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    It'll be expensive, but isn't the solution to lower the abutments, so the bridges are at the correct height?

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    I believe the proposed remediation (which is a consequence of the initial contractor going bust) involves the building of retaining structures to secure additional ballast raising the track level either side of and between the two bridges?
     
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