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Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by kestreleyes, Nov 22, 2009.

  1. kestreleyes

    kestreleyes Well-Known Member

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    Last of the windows on the box changed over today, still some beading and painting to complete, bargeboards next task.

    some off the old panes have gone to the s&t lads at Embsay for their ex Sleights demonstration box at Bolton Abbey, they have helped us out in return with a few items.

    fixed one fault on the charging batteries for the motor point and looked at another on the treadle at Darley.

    Elsewhere

    Class 50 lads busy sorting out parts off the engines today and HST working on various jobs in the new shed and on their locomotives today, the narrow gauge and LMSCA lads were busy on their departments stock, Collin was also working on one of the coaches.

    The linesiders have been busy tidying up the undergrowth, Mr Fisher and all have trimmed the signallers sightlines at Church Lane nicely, and Rob and the gang were busy with jobs round the site.

    The chimney on the Darley Dale down Building is coming along nicely,the builders have been working on it for the last few weeks doing a thorough job of rebuilding it.
     
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    kestreleyes Well-Known Member

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    From the Peak Rail forum



    Monday 2 August 2010 at 8.00pm

    For a requested £2 donation on the door, which includes sandwiches at the
    interval, all welcome to:-

    "RESERVOIR RAILWAYS OF THE DERWENT VALLEY" - Ted Hancock
    digital presentation prepared with the assistance of Brian Stayt
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    Ted's research for a book on the Railways of the Hope Valley (for the Foxline
    Series) unearthed many interesting pictures and details of the railways used
    during the construction of the Howden and Derwent Reservoirs (1902-15) and
    Ladybower Reservoir (1935-43).


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    presented by: Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch) at
    The Harlequin Pub (upstairs function room)
    108 Nursery St,
    Sheffield S3 8GG

    http://theharlequinpub.wordpress.com

    bus routes 47, 48 and 53 pass the door.

    hope to see you!

    Dave

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    David Sharp
    Peak Railway Association, Sheffield Branch
     
  3. kestreleyes

    kestreleyes Well-Known Member

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    The weather was hot and the warring forties gala was very busy, indeed the carpark was overflowing even before the first train left at 11am and was still half full after the last train of the day.

    Not much to report from the other groups today as the event precludes the access to the site for obvious safety reasons, but we completed the windows on the box today as were well away from the pyrotechnics,well done to all who helped especially Pete ,John and David,The lmsca and of course Kings Plastics of Chesterfield.

    The bargeboards are next weeks job,which should be completed by next weekend letting us move onto other things.

    The ground frame for Matlock North was repainted in primer today and the locking inspected as were all parts found good.

    The signals have been completed and our attention turns to making some concrete feet for these before they go in the ground again,we also had another stores session.

    back to more reporting next weekend all!
     
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    As Dom says in his update we finished the new glazing on the box for Matlock and I thought you may like to see it.
    Pete


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    Now that looks lovely . I'm sure you've probably said but i guess this is for Rowsley
     
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    Thanks, the box is to be sited near to the A6 in Matlock to control trains into the curently unused plaform. It has taken us six months to remove the 86 panes of glass and replace them with 5mm polycarbonate. We also made a short video of Dom testing a pane with a hammer. The quality is not brilliant but it does show just how strong poycarbonate is. Here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEcwMHZnT4Y and for even more info on signaling at Peak Rail have a look at Dom's site. He updates it almost every week, see latest project news for for details of the work done during the week
    http://dominic-beglin.magix.net/website/#9

    Pete
     
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    Dom - private message me and i'll post you the pictures when Bamford Box was lifted (i'll want them back!!)
     
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    Will do boss, many thanks for that again.

    A gentleman asked was that box for Rowsley, no but the current unused one at Darley Dale will be sited there once moved as its in the way of Bens footbridge to go in at Darley Dale, that box requires to be taken down and sited on some new legs-steel section to look like theyre wood as Mick did with Church Lane, indeed to the same style of construction though this time the lead off benches supports will also be made from old rail section as was the Midland fashion to do so.

    Ive already measured up how Edale was done as my boss recently had to renew the bed timbers under there so it was a good chance to measure it all up.

    The plan will be to put a reasonable lever frame in there which can to start with simply take over from the two ground frames outside the Nannygoat end of Rowsley and the handpoint there allowing the points to be fitted with facing point locks, before any extensions are carried out towards Rowsley village, the current ground frames are then freed up for other jobs, it also brings everything under one control point.

    Typically it wont see much more work than letting the loco out the shed in the mornings and back in at night so will be closed off the staff key for the section and be no more than a shunt frame to begin with, but leaves it open to be signalled in the future as another passing loop if required.

    dom
     
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    Pete requested i put the link up for the albumn of the work we did on the box as well as the main s&t website pages so here it is.

    http://dominic-beglin.magix.net/website/

    main website, latest projects can be found on the latest projects page

    the albumn site is

    http://dominic-beglin.magix.net/album

    on this theres a section of John Phillips` s&t department pics,the work weve done on the signalbox for Matlock as well as many other pictures ive taken over the 21 years ive been a working volunteer.

    dom
     
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    More painting on the ground frame completed,just the white handles to do now.

    more painting on the box completed also, gable board ordered will probably be fitted in the next week or two time dependant on when were all down to assist.

    the weight arms fitted and the signal fittings pinned and split pinned ,one of the old contact boxes changed over today with a newer 6 way to match the other on the double armer for Matlock.

    Track ,elsewhere etc,etc.

    Limited report as didnt get about much this weekend,too busy on one site.

    The track lads were at work this morning,Colin and Tony were working on the roof of the brake coach being worked on at Rowsley, Dave and Chris were painting and needle gunning bits of the engine on one of the class 50`s recently the old headcode units have been looked at and fettled up as part of the ongoing works.

    Mr Briddon senior and younger were working on various locos in the collection.

    The contractors are getting close to finishing the chimney at Darley on the old down building,it certainly looks a work of art being that tall and that straight.


    dom


    http://dominic-beglin.magix.net/website/

    main website, latest projects can be found on the latest projects page

    the albumn site is

    http://dominic-beglin.magix.net/album

    on this theres a section of John Phillips` s&t department pics,the work weve done on the signalbox for Matlock as well as many other pictures ive taken over the 21 years ive been a working volunteer.

    dom
     
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    What's happened to the Peak Rail Twitter feed?

    Lordy
     
  12. kestreleyes

    kestreleyes Well-Known Member

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    think Tom was running that,but not sure,not been on it myself for a while tbh!

    am building up crank benches at Rowsley tommorow so we can crane them in place at Riverside when needed,will also be fettling /freeing off mechanical detectors which will be getting used at Riverside.

    not down this weekend so no update, hence doing a bit tommorow, will update if owt good to report.

    dom
     
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    With Pete and Dereks help yesterday we made up over half the crank benches for Matlock, more to be built this coming weekend,we also did a bit on the box

    Linesiders were busy cutting the foliage,Harvey and Rob busy on respective projects too.

    Dinner for the day consisted mostly of the local blackberries!!

    for pictures of the work and more s&t work see; http://dominic-beglin.magix.net/website/#4
     
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    indeed,good news and good job we finished the crank benches today then!!

    reconnection trackwork will be the first main job, from the s&t departments side of things a lot of our s&t gear needs to be put in at same time to save doin the job twice, the rodding run to the Derwent end points can also go in now the cranks are built up on their benches, the signals can go in after that, then theres insulations for tcs to go in too as well as the other jobs on my list.

    Elsewhere today

    The H.S.T lads were busy working on the class 14`s electrical systems amongst other jobs, Ben and the L.M.S.C.A lads have been busy working in the carriage shed on rain catches on the NRM coach,the Class 50 lads were busy working inside the engine room of Renown, Ben has been busy with signs and lamposts for Darley etcetera and the linesiders have been busy every time ive been around mowing the site and keeping the green stuff at bay!!

    Next weeks s&t work- back to finishing off the bargeboards on the box,maybe sort some concrete bases out of the bushes!!!
     
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    Not really sure if this is the place to ask this question, but here goes.....

    I have recently been on holiday in the Peak District and walked a section of the old trackebed at Monsal Head. There were lots of notices regarding the planned cycleway through the old tunnels. Does this signal the end of the possibility of Peak rail ever running trains through this section of the original line?

    I can't see how you could run trains and a cycle/walkway through the tunnels at the same time. Once a cycleway gets established I assume it would be very difficult to transfer that back to railway use.
     
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    I believe the line is subject to a protection order (although obviously not a TWO) so the railway can be re-instated as and when. There have also been surveys and feasibility studies for reopening by NR several years ago and although those plans have been shelved they have not been dismissed. I would imagine any use of the tunnels for a cycle route would be on the proviso that they could then be converted back to railway bearing tunnels.
    The tunnels are in a fair condition but will need remedial work and also utilities supplying to them for lighting and maintenance etc. The Chee Tor tunnel No2 is already open (Chee Tor 1 has been closed on safety grounds) as a walking and cycling route after all.
    Should the worst happen and the likes of Sustrans take over the route and dual use is not possible (the line loses its protected status) that would put an end to any chance of Peak Rail getting to Buxton, the area around the tunnels is beyond the scope for any railway to re-route at any point without new tunnels, viaducts, bridges... even NR would find it very hard to justify that cost.
    Let's not get too concerned though, Sustrans have been sniffing around the route for many many years and have tried to buy the land from DDDC on more than one occasion.
     
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    Not wanting to worry people but DDDC (who own the trackbed from Matlock to Rowsley) are having to make 25% savings over 5 years - why wouldn't they want to realise their assets?
     
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    Fromthe Peak Rail Forum;


    enjoyable, former engine driver Martin returns to show us a Central
    Trains route which became increasingly popular with the students of its cities,
    and also with those heading for Oxford. But the
    Nottingham-Leicester-Nuneaton-Coventry
    service only lasted for 4 years, due to the Nuneaton re-modelling.


    N.B. As last year, I am requesting an extra £1 donation this evening towards
    the cost of a hotel for Martin because there is still a "hole" in the timetable
    and trains back to Nottingham are 21:39 direct, 22:00 via Derby (both too
    early) then nothing until 23:37 (too late, doesn't reach Nottingham until
    00:41).

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    presented by: Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch) at
    The Harlequin Pub (upstairs function room)
    108 Nursery St,
    Sheffield S3 8GG

    http://theharlequinpub.wordpress.com

    bus routes 47, 48 and 53 pass the door.

    hope to see you!
    Dave

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    David Sharp
    Peak Railway Association, Sheffield Branch


    Elsewhere

    Down the line, im not down this weekend as stuck at work, but the lads have started work on the loco stores and servicing area.

    Midweek maintenance for the signalling department, run a cable in at Darley Dale, did the maintenance,due to replace a worn compensator in the rodding run and paint the bracket signal, David has been busy working on Church Lane window boards, Pete on the box and John on the Wickham trolley, also got a cracking view of the Red Arrows up at Chatsworth doing there display today
     

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