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Title: An option for Devon - raise the rails when necessary? Post by: grahame on November 29, 2009, 14:30:06 I was interested to see the following:
Quote Mr Porter said that if the water got any higher, the authorities would have to consider temporarily raising the road above the flood levels. at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/8375875.stm and it got me thinking. If a road can temporarily be raised, why not put the railway line along the Devon coast on hydraulic rams so that it can be lifted clear of high tides in the future? Title: Re: An option for Devon - raise the rails when necessary? Post by: plymothian on November 29, 2009, 15:25:36 And the stations and tunnels?
Title: Re: An option for Devon - raise the rails when necessary? Post by: grahame on November 29, 2009, 18:23:40 And the stations and tunnels? The tunnels can be put on put on rams too, and the stations can be ferrytituted from Starcross while the water level is high. Seriously, though, this is the lighter side. Title: Re: An option for Devon - raise the rails when necessary? Post by: Phil on November 30, 2009, 08:05:24 I suppose another thing about the hydraulic rams is, their fleeces would presumably soak up a lot of the water...
Title: Re: An option for Devon - raise the rails when necessary? Post by: jakemonkfish on November 30, 2009, 09:02:07 what about trains on stilts like the Volks electric railway
Title: Re: An option for Devon - raise the rails when necessary? Post by: plymothian on November 30, 2009, 11:53:15 Ok, how about amphibious trains?
Title: Re: An option for Devon - raise the rails when necessary? Post by: Btline on November 30, 2009, 17:03:40 I suppose another thing about the hydraulic rams is, their fleeces would presumably soak up a lot of the water... Groan. Title: Re: An option for Devon - raise the rails when necessary? Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on November 30, 2009, 18:33:47 they could drain the sea ;D
Title: Re: An option for Devon - raise the rails when necessary? Post by: signalandtelegraph on November 30, 2009, 19:09:35 I was interested to see the following: Quote Mr Porter said that if the water got any higher, the authorities would have to consider temporarily raising the road above the flood levels. at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/8375875.stm and it got me thinking. If a road can temporarily be raised, why not put the railway line along the Devon coast on hydraulic rams so that it can be lifted clear of high tides in the future? I though that hydraulic rams are 'non standard' and are not allowed (at least thats what they said when they got rid of the Westerns, Warships and Hymeks!) Title: Re: An option for Devon - raise the rails when necessary? Post by: Andy on December 10, 2009, 07:39:40 In the days of privatised rail, wouldn't it be a case of hydraulic EWeS rather than rams? ;)
Title: Re: An option for Devon - raise the rails when necessary? Post by: Henry on December 10, 2009, 08:12:52 Build a tunnel, loosely based on the channel tunnel. Entering the sea off the coast at Exmouth, across the estuary then following the coastline along Teignmouth. Then following the river Teign as far as Hackney marshes where the tunnel can end approaching Newton Abbot station. To make the tunnel cost effective not only could you run 3 lines ( 1 up, 1 down and emergency crossover), you could also make the scheme wide enough to accept two lanes of cars. Allowing car, or maybe bus, journey times to be probably less 30 minutes. Of course the tunnel would have to be a toll road to offset the cost of building, but would probably be self financing in probably 2 to 300 years. Title: Re: An option for Devon - raise the rails when necessary? Post by: signalandtelegraph on December 11, 2009, 05:41:26 How about this, or would it be a bit big for the Exe estuary? Has the advantage that you could have slip roads to the existing stations!
http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/euroroute/ (http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/euroroute/) Title: Re: An option for Devon - raise the rails when necessary? Post by: grahame on January 12, 2020, 15:20:58 what about trains on stilts like the Volks electric railway Glad this isn't the Dawlish suggestion ... a side shoot from my research Title: Re: An option for Devon - raise the rails when necessary? Post by: Bmblbzzz on January 12, 2020, 19:25:44 I suppose another thing about the hydraulic rams is, their fleeces would presumably soak up a lot of the water... But you can get them for pennies in Argos. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |