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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The West - but NOT trains in the West / Re: Stroudwater Canal to be reconnected to the network
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on: October 18, 2020, 22:10:09
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The HLF award is for all the other bits between Saul Juction and Ocean.
The ?4m, from Highways England, is for helping to restore the previously obliterated "missing mile" which includes the current work on the A38 Whitminster Roundabout (and the M5 crossing?).
The ?800k+ amount from the HLF about a year ago was to develop the current plan to link up the canal and today's award is to complete the remaining 3-4 miles extra to the missing mile.
So does that mean we?ll be able to reach Stroud from Gloucester and the rest of the system? |
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Where was I this week?
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on: October 18, 2020, 22:04:00
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Lovely shots and description bobm, many thanks
Agreed. That section of the Kennet is a bit hairy to navigate, as you keep being swept one way or the other at the tail of the locks as the natural stream re-enters the navigable channel. And that swing bridge is the one I?m thinking of, that was pretty entertaining also. Good scenery, though. |
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All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Film footage of an LNER B1 at Paddington
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on: October 13, 2020, 21:15:21
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On anotherforum we have been discussing a film clip of Paddington filmed between 1960 and 1965 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qY7kg49qIMThe obvious query is what was it doing there! I don?t know of any regular working that would bring a B1 to Paddington, even less so hauling LNER» stock. Furthermore, the fact that it is hauling LNER stock suggests that it originated on the ER; whilst it was not uncommon to see the odd LNER coach in Bristol in the 60s, for example, it would have been just that ? one coach in a rake. I suspect it would have been a special working of some kind, although the Six Bells Junction site doesn?t give any information. The other option, and this could have been a special or a normal timetabled service, is a train that had come down the GC» and had been diverted from Marylebone or Kensington Olympia into Paddington, possibly due to an engineering occupation or a short-notice diversion through a derailment or other short term operational incident. I don?t know if anyone else?s eyesight is good enough to decipher the engine number (mine can?t) and this may give us a clue as to where it came from. The other point I noticed is that the engine is carrying a non- GWR▸ style train reporting number, and in those days that would usually have indicated a special working. Does anybody have some other ideas or know something about this working? I would agree diversion from Marylebone off the joint line seems the most likely. |
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Guess Who?
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on: October 11, 2020, 22:26:00
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Well, if it'd had been a close up of a rivet on a Gresley Pacific, someone here would probably have guessed correctly within the hour! I guess A-list movie stars aren't as easily identified by the rail enthusiasts.
Okay, it's been nearly 24 hours so it looks like a clue is needed. A Robert Stephenson invention shares its name with the record company owned by the musician played by the pictured actor in a recent biopic.
So Taron Egerton. |
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The West - but NOT trains in the West / Re: Autumn day out - Kennet and Avon Canal in Bath
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on: October 06, 2020, 23:01:41
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Sorry about the question marks here. It is rather bizarre. I am typing apostrophes - and they appear correct in preview - but when I submit they appear as question marks. This is on an iPad. Has anyone else had the problem?
Known (and logged) issue with the server switch; introduced as we hopped up from MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8.0 and to a slightly varied character set. To be corrected [[probably]] at the upgrade of forum software; massive extra job for a few weeks, and with some risks, just taking us up a cut-de-sac if I try and do it in the meantime. Update log is at http://www.passenger.chat/24012 . As long as it is not just me...🙂 |
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The West - but NOT trains in the West / Re: Autumn day out - Kennet and Avon Canal in Bath
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on: October 06, 2020, 21:40:36
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The steps seen in the first picture are a massive help. Had the lock been directly against the bridge, with crew obliged to cross the road to get on / off the boat, you would have a real operationally difficult structure. Not sure what the status is on Tuel Lane.
At Tuel Lane - which is at Sowerby Bridge - the artificially-lowered section is a lot longer than at Bath, creating a tunnel of about 100 yards, if I remember correctly. There is simply no way to get anyone off the boat at the tail to operate the lock. This is one reason why it is keeper-operated, as noted by Richard. But it is more recent, so Elf and Safety may also have something to do with it. Tuel Lane also has two sets of bottom gates, to enable the lock to be operated at 56 feet* length if the full 70-odd feet isn?t required. These are hydraulic - no balance beams. * The neighbouring Calder and Hebble - as with several of the Yorkshire waterways - is 56?, so this is a sensible water-saving idea. My recollection about the dour lock-keeper is the same as Richard?s. But it?s an engineering masterpiece. Sorry about the question marks here. It is rather bizarre. I am typing apostrophes - and they appear correct in preview - but when I submit they appear as question marks. This is on an iPad. Has anyone else had the problem? |
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / The West - but NOT trains in the West / Re: Autumn day out - Kennet and Avon Canal in Bath
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on: October 04, 2020, 16:55:11
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Lovely, pictures, Graham - takes me back. For those not familiar with this flight, it?s a beautiful approach to Bath. The penultimate photo shows the boat emerging from the seriously-scary deep lock. The road bridge had been flattened and/or widened over the next lock down, so the restoration had to keep the channel low under the bridge - through where the lower lock chamber was - and then have a double-height lock (about 19? but it seems like 190). |
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All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture Overseas / Re: If it's an August weekend, there must be a TGV on fire ...
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on: September 01, 2020, 21:24:43
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There is talk of 60 km of OLE▸ needing to be repaired.
SNCF▸ are saying (though this is subject to detailed investigation) that a catenary fault at Orthez damaged a pantograph, which in turn went on to damage 60 km of catenary (mainly at track switches). For that, it must have still been collecting current OK. After stopping at Morcenx, the train did restart and got 50 km further to Ychoux, before its complete failure. Apparently, two following trains also suffered some of this mutual damage effect. 's have 2 Pans wonder if it was the leading or trailing Pan that was damaged? At the speeds of TGV's the dynamic forces at the pantograph it does not take much to cause damage to the OLE and over a large area. Though, of course, this wasn’t on a high-speed line, so the fact that it was a TGV may not be relevant. |
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