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Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by bicycle, Jul 4, 2011.

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  1. John Petley

    John Petley Part of the furniture

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    Sorry - should have been more specific. This section of the journey would need to be walked.
     
    John Petley, Sep 6, 2011
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  2. philw2

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    Are there any more update pics of the bridges' reconstruction?

    Does anyone know when the website will be updated?

    Ta..
     
    philw2, Oct 10, 2011
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    In an RVR-related development, privately-owned Maunsell Third Open No.1346 left Robertsbridge on (I think!) 26 September, bound for Rampart for overhaul and subsequent transfer to the Swanage Railway.

    It is possible that pending the restoration of an authentic push-pull TO vehicle, this will be one half of the proposed Maunsell push-pull set when the driving trailer is also done.
     
    Rumpole, Oct 10, 2011
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    There's been some more updates to this blog about whats been going on, and i see the Facebook page is reguarly updated with photo's - a recent one shows completed abutments for one of the bridges

    Chris
     
    Christopher125, Oct 11, 2011
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  5. mikehartuk

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    Some recent construction progress photos have been posted today in the 'Updates' section of the RVR project website at:

    http://www.rvr.org.uk/

    Mike
     
    mikehartuk, Oct 11, 2011
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  6. philw2

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    Thanks Mike.

    What's going to happen to the first bridge 1 abutment? Will those raking concrete props be removed?
     
    philw2, Oct 12, 2011
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    A more extensive photo update can now be found at:

    https://picasaweb.google.com/105660...uthkey=Gv1sRgCPTFn67xjL2esgE&feat=directlink#


    Among those can be seen pictures of the section of embankment removed last week alongside the River Rother ready for piling to get underway following set up of the plant by the contractors today.

    The temporary dams have now been removed so water is flowing again under bridge No 1 with the concrete invert complete bar a bit of tidying where it interfaces with the original concrete ground slab/farmers roadway.

    Mike
     
    mikehartuk, Oct 17, 2011
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    Hi Phil,

    There are several ways we keep our audience up to speed. I would recommend our Facebook page as that is able to be updated in more frequently. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rother-Valley-Railway-RVR/126343580726292
     
    Streetert, Oct 24, 2011
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