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« Reply #2400 on: November 20, 2013, 17:26:10 » |
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This gantry arrangement has appeared to the East of Reading - close to the Southern underpass. Is it OLE▸ ? No-one expects that to be pretty, but this is decidedly clunky.
Also visible from Camera 02/2. Almost certainly OLE. |
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« Reply #2401 on: November 20, 2013, 17:30:39 » |
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From 00:01 Saturday another part of Platform 8 is opened, in addition to the area currently open, meaning that HST▸ 's will once again be able to stop with all doors opening as the useable length will then be 220 metres. The remaining 64 metres at the Bristol end of the platform will then reopen at a later date.
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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« Reply #2402 on: November 20, 2013, 17:42:57 » |
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From 00:01 Saturday another part of Platform 8 is opened, in addition to the area currently open, meaning that HST▸ 's will once again be able to stop with all doors opening as the useable length will then be 220 metres. The remaining 64 metres at the Bristol end of the platform will then reopen at a later date.
When I checked a couple of days ago Realtimetrains had the P8/9 island being generally used the other way around from Monday, i.e. with most HST operated services at P8 and most XC▸ reversals in P9. So that suggests they'll now renew the P9 face 50% at a time? Am I right in thinking that some of the 64 metres that you mention includes the section alongside the points which cannot be built yet, in other words the 220 metres from the east end will be most of the length as far as the WH Smiths, with a few coping slabs missing (as before) on the remaining few metres to allow for gauge clearance as trains head over to the down main? Paul |
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« Reply #2403 on: November 20, 2013, 17:50:23 » |
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That's right I think, Paul - regarding the 'missing' length of Platform 8. No mention of Platform 9 in the notice I saw, but I suspect that'll be the case as well sooner or later.
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« Reply #2404 on: November 20, 2013, 20:21:45 » |
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This gantry arrangement has appeared to the East of Reading - close to the Southern underpass. Is it OLE▸ ? No-one expects that to be pretty, but this is decidedly clunky.
Also visible from Camera 02/2. Almost certainly OLE. Definitely OLE. I suspect that the rather substantial portal structure is for the termination of wire runs of which there would be several to the east of the station. |
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« Reply #2405 on: November 21, 2013, 14:18:14 » |
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From 00:01 Saturday another part of Platform 8 is opened, in addition to the area currently open, meaning that HST▸ 's will once again be able to stop with all doors opening as the useable length will then be 220 metres. The remaining 64 metres at the Bristol end of the platform will then reopen at a later date.
That is some good going. When I last looked it was largely complete except for the section under the transfer deck where the exposed platform edge was all metal. I was guessing that section is over the subway. The platform buildings on P8/P9 were starting to see some glazing earlier in the week. P10/P11 has most but not all of the canopy in place and the floor was being concreted in sections the other evening. There was a cement mixer running outside the south entrance around 18:00, maybe related ? This morning I noticed there are sleepers in place at the London end where the P10 track branches off but little else. P7 is quite the building site, the platform wall, edging slabs and tamped backfill is in place all the way from the eastern edge to west of the transfer deck. The rest of it is a bit of a mess with major excavations for steelwork foundations. |
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« Reply #2406 on: November 21, 2013, 19:54:24 » |
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This gantry arrangement has appeared to the East of Reading - close to the Southern underpass. Is it OLE▸ ? No-one expects that to be pretty, but this is decidedly clunky.
Also visible from Camera 02/2. Almost certainly OLE. Definitely OLE. I suspect that the rather substantial portal structure is for the termination of wire runs of which there would be several to the east of the station. Definitely an OLE "Goal Post" structure as DP said it is terminating wire, lower cross bar for the contact wire the upper for the catenary wire, usually found at terminating platform ends or stop block ends of sidings. OLE structures and foundations are all in the main from a standard range called OLEMI▸ which is "Railway Industry open source" this save time and cost of each foundation and structure having to be individually calculated and designed instead the NR» Project Engineer can approve the selection for the foundation and structure based on the known Geotech and OLE loadings |
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Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
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« Reply #2407 on: November 21, 2013, 21:36:04 » |
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Quite a bit of progress out west on the central viaduct sections today, looks like around ten or more girders have been craned in over the course of the day, there's no longer a big gap half way along anyway...
As seen on Webcam 06/02.
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« Reply #2408 on: November 21, 2013, 22:37:45 » |
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Also on camera 06/2 today, there was concrete pump "giraffe" in the background - presumably at the feeder lines box.
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« Reply #2409 on: November 22, 2013, 00:24:15 » |
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I hesitate to ask, but what is a concrete pump "giraffe"?
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« Reply #2410 on: November 22, 2013, 07:25:23 » |
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I hesitate to ask, but what is a concrete pump "giraffe"?
One of them. |
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« Reply #2411 on: November 22, 2013, 07:57:28 » |
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Quite a bit of progress out west on the central viaduct sections today, looks like around ten or more girders have been craned in over the course of the day, there's no longer a big gap half way along anyway...
As seen on Webcam 06/02.
Paul
... and today, the end span closest to camera 06/2 is being done. |
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« Reply #2412 on: November 23, 2013, 19:35:09 » |
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... and today, the end span closest to camera 06/2 is being done.
Another set of beams appears to have been delivered today, but I can only assume they are parked up for the day and are to go somewhere at the east end which is currently out of sight of the webcam, as there is no longer anywhere obvious to put them in the foreground, at least that I can see. Paul |
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« Reply #2413 on: November 24, 2013, 08:16:19 » |
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Another set of beams appears to have been delivered today, but I can only assume they are parked up for the day and are to go somewhere at the east end which is currently out of sight of the webcam, as there is no longer anywhere obvious to put them in the foreground, at least that I can see.
As I suspected they were installed somewhere over night. Must have been near to a road. |
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« Reply #2414 on: November 24, 2013, 11:59:09 » |
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Another set of beams appears to have been delivered today, but I can only assume they are parked up for the day and are to go somewhere at the east end which is currently out of sight of the webcam, as there is no longer anywhere obvious to put them in the foreground, at least that I can see.
As I suspected they were installed somewhere over night. Must have been near to a road. In fact, they went at the far end of the run of spans - just visible on camera. But why that had to be done overnight ... |
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