Reading Station improvements

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[Jason]

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[stuving]

1. I didn't realise the P7 canopy support was going to kink out of line like that

Yes, I noticed that they didn't line up, and wondered how that would be dealt with. Several options with sharply curved joining pieces, cross-beams, etc. but I guess that's the simplest - though perhaps not for the fabricators.

[stuving]

My best guess at the moment is that they do go on P3/7 at the station end, and some of the sections below the top in the stack have modified edges to support the polybag skylight spanning to P1's canopy. But then I've guessed wrong before, so we'll just have to wait and see.

And here's a picture to show that modified edge of some of the stacked sections, to support the skylight. There are 7 such sections on the extension of P2's canopy, so logic suggests there should be 7 on P7's too. My earlier picture showing P1/2 is at http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=6405.msg141475#msg141475 for comparison.

[FellowTraveller]

You are indeed most fortunate. I have not had such good luck.
This may be a quirk of your browser, as a few times when it was working I seemed to be able to view the cameras without having had to log on.

Bizarrely, I am still able to access the Viaduct set of webcams (in my Safari Browser in Mac OS^▸ (Ordnance Survey) X 10.9) without logging in as described by Ironstone11.
This still works when I've closed the window and then reopen later in the day.
However if I try to login in to lobstervision in Firefox I just get a message saying "incorrect username or password".
This suggest that some settings are cached. The question is will I lose these cached settings if I quit the browser or restart the iMac! I'll resist either of these situations for as long as possible!

I think this may happen when you don't explicitly log out. The state of login or logout is possibly held in cookies. Unfortunately some cookies expire after a preset time. So it is probably this timeout which will end your ability to view the 06 site. 

Cookie expired. 

Can anyone provide an update on the viaduct build progress?

[paul7575]

P7 canopy assembly progress at lunchtime today in photo below.  Crane still present outside the Three Guineas.

Over on P10 the east end rails discussed a few days back are connected up (with temporary fishplates) and clipped, more ballast has been dropped over the sleepers but it is yet to be aligned and tamped.

Paul

[John R]

You are indeed most fortunate. I have not had such good luck.
This may be a quirk of your browser, as a few times when it was working I seemed to be able to view the cameras without having had to log on.

Bizarrely, I am still able to access the Viaduct set of webcams (in my Safari Browser in Mac OS^▸ (Ordnance Survey) X 10.9) without logging in as described by Ironstone11.
This still works when I've closed the window and then reopen later in the day.
However if I try to login in to lobstervision in Firefox I just get a message saying "incorrect username or password".
This suggest that some settings are cached. The question is will I lose these cached settings if I quit the browser or restart the iMac! I'll resist either of these situations for as long as possible!

I think this may happen when you don't explicitly log out. The state of login or logout is possibly held in cookies. Unfortunately some cookies expire after a preset time. So it is probably this timeout which will end your ability to view the 06 site. 

Cookie expired. 

Can anyone provide an update on the viaduct build progress?

To a layman (ie me), there doesn't appear to be any startling progress. That isn't to say that it isn't, just that it's not particularly discernible.

[ironstone11]

P7 canopy ...   Crane still present outside the Three Guineas.

Presumably to complete the sloping section and perhaps a bit more on the lower horizontal section.

I would guess that the remainder of the run towards London will be done from platform, as per P9/10.

[ellendune]

P7 canopy ...   Crane still present outside the Three Guineas.

Presumably to complete the sloping section and perhaps a bit more on the lower horizontal section.

I would guess that the remainder of the run towards London will be done from platform, as per P9/10.

It wouldn't surprise me if they left that bit till they had finished the London end of the platform.

[stuving]

I expect the priority items just now are:

• Get the new P7 ready to open on 3rd January.
• Put the main "atrium" roof on, in case it rains.

As noted, canopies have been put up at night on platforms that are in use, so that isn't such a priority.

[stuving]

From BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) Berkshire

Reading's Station Hill plan set for green light

The plan would see up to 300 homes built, including affordable housing

A long-awaited plan to transform a large area near Reading railway station has been recommended for approval.

Now in its third incarnation, the Station Hill plan would see a number of buildings demolished with shops, offices and up to 300 homes built.

Versions of the proposal, which now includes a rooftop sports pitch, won approval in 2008 and 2011 but neither got off the ground.

Councillors will debate the latest outline application on Wednesday.

The first outline plan was granted in 2008 but it was called in by the Secretary of State.

Developers Sackville Developments Reading Ltd (SDRL) subsequently withdrew the application to work up a larger scheme with reduced overall density and more public space.

In 2011, a second outline version of the scheme was also approved but failed to get off the ground due to the economic climate.

The latest incarnation, a joint version between SDRL, Benson Elliot and Stanhope, attracted four letters of objections and one in support.

Fears included a lack of parking and worries that proposed skyscrapers could cause stronger winds.

[Jason]

Presumably to complete the sloping section and perhaps a bit more on the lower horizontal section.

Yep, there was rather more of the sloping section in place this morning. (No time for a pic thanks to the ongoing hideous delays and cancellations on the RDG^‡(resolve)-BAS line)

[Jason]

The sloping roof section of P7 is now complete and runs smoothly into the service deck.

[stuving]

This isn't a new picture, though not much has changed since it was taken last week.

In it there are three stanchions on P7 that stick up through the canopy as mounting stubs. The far one lines up with an OLE^▸ (Overhead Line Equipment, more often "OHLE") support spanning right across from P14, and also with a stub on P2. The middle one also lines up with an OLE support spanning right across from P14, but there is no sign of any stub on P2. The nearest one is taller, and pretty close to the end of the tracks. It seems a reasonable guess that it should support a terminating OLE crossbar, since I'm pretty sure all the wires ought to stop before they run under the roof. There is nothing like it on P2, though, which is odd.

[Jason]

The sloping roof section of P7 is now complete and runs smoothly into the service deck.

Le grand crane has also departed. I wonder if the remaining sections and trimming will all be done from platform level.

[ironstone11]

Feature on the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) about the viaduct.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-25335028