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Rother Valley railway reconnected

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by OldChap, Mar 20, 2015.

  1. OldChap

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    Looks like the RVR has now been reconnected to the national network reestablishing the link that was removed in (I'm guessing) 1972-3?

    http://rvrailway.blogspot.co.uk/

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    Congratulations all round! Does this make them the shortest (for now) Heritage Railway with a mainline connection??? Either way, well done to all concerned
     
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    Well done to all - it's a fantastic achievement. How are things developing with regard to securing the missing couple of miles between Robertsbridge and the Head of steel west of Bodiam?
     
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    Nice to see a line that does things the logical way. A main line connection first then, extend outwards from it. Instead of starting in the middle, then extending even further away from the main line, not towards it.
     
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    Very usefull for bringing in ballast once they start to relay the track, i think the line has its own tamper and lining machine so i would imagine that would work its way towards Robertsbridge once the actual track is reconnected, but of course that’s going to be quite a few years away yet at a guess about 3-4 , 3 to get the land and purchase orders, and aa year to lay in the level crossings and to lay the track.
     
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    How does the cost of bringing ballast in by rail stack up against road transport I wonder?
     
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    i assume the bluebell worked out bringing in ballast by rail was cheaper? bring it in by rail , make a stockpile at Robertsbridge or lay ballast as the track progresses , if they transfer the tamper by road so that the PW train is all at the robertsbridge end
     
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    I don't have any idea of the relative costs but the NYMR have started bringing in trainloads of ballast and they have a non-rail connected quarry on their doorstep. It may be simply down to the quality of the stone, though.
     
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    Tamping can wait until there is a set of rails to run on. KESR members have 2 tampers (1 plain line, 1 S&C), a regulator and a TRAMM. I believe there is a smaller regulator at the RVR end of the line as well.
     

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