Some more pictures - any members care to comment?

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[grahame]

From my trip the other day - some of the other more interesting pictures taken.  Of the "not quite crap, but pictures I would not have taken had I been paying to have films developed" type

[Bmblbzzz]

From my trip the other day - some of the other more interesting pictures taken.  Of the "not quite crap, but pictures I would not have taken had I been paying to have films developed" type

A couple of thousand years in the future, archaeologists will be fascinated by this. But in the meantime...

[froome]

From my trip the other day - some of the other more interesting pictures taken.  Of the "not quite crap, but pictures I would not have taken had I been paying to have films developed" type

A couple of thousand years in the future, archaeologists will be fascinated by this. But in the meantime...

What, a spirit level having a pee against a wall?

It happens every Saturday night. 

[CyclingSid]

The yellow sleeper brought to mind my thought why does so much of the rail system look like a linear scrap yard? [Duck!]

If nothing else all the old rails have to have some scrap value? Not to mention bags of ballast that have been there that long the bags have rotted, etc. etc.

End of moan

[Electric train]

From my trip the other day - some of the other more interesting pictures taken.  Of the "not quite crap, but pictures I would not have taken had I been paying to have films developed" type

A steel CMS there is a concrete type as well.


What the ..... is CMS every one cries!!!!! (perhaps not every one)

Cable Management Sleeper 

The steel version cannot be used for DC^▸ (Direct Current) Traction cables ............. proved to ve very messy when things go wrong  and its a striggle to fit the 1000mm² cable into the concrete type

[grahame]

A steel CMS there is a concrete type as well.

What the ..... is CMS every one cries!!!!! (perhaps not every one)

Cable Management Sleeper 

THANK YOU ... I wondered what it was.

[stuving]

The yellow sleeper brought to mind my thought why does so much of the rail system look like a linear scrap yard? [Duck!]

If nothing else all the old rails have to have some scrap value? Not to mention bags of ballast that have been there that long the bags have rotted, etc. etc.

End of moan

Network Rail has continuous campaign, and occasional purges, about lineside scrap, including unused materials (as well as others for litter, vegetation, etc.). Rail is the main concern, as this promotional presentation from 2016 makes clear. As its last slide says: "Scrap not only looks unsightly. It hurts people and it damages infrastructure."

The background is that, of course, moving materials out to a work site and back afterwards adds to the cost, and - most importantly - extends the possession time. Hence deliveries are done in advance, and carefully scheduled (with its team), and e.g. new rail is often left near or on the track. Removing stuff afterwards can be done any time, so it tends to be put off because something else is more urgent or the team (or budget) can't all be found. But I'm sure this used to be even worse a few years ago.

[Electric train]

From my trip the other day - some of the other more interesting pictures taken.  Of the "not quite crap, but pictures I would not have taken had I been paying to have films developed" type

In the days of steam this shot could have been a King collecting water at the Sonning water troughs, although the engine hauling your train may thrown up so much spray you would not have seen anything 

[Bmblbzzz]

The yellow sleeper brought to mind my thought why does so much of the rail system look like a linear scrap yard? [Duck!]

If nothing else all the old rails have to have some scrap value? Not to mention bags of ballast that have been there that long the bags have rotted, etc. etc.

End of moan

Network Rail has continuous campaign, and occasional purges, about lineside scrap, including unused materials (as well as others for litter, vegetation, etc.). Rail is the main concern, as this promotional presentation from 2016 makes clear. As its last slide says: "Scrap not only looks unsightly. It hurts people and it damages infrastructure."

The background is that, of course, moving materials out to a work site and back afterwards adds to the cost, and - most importantly - extends the possession time. Hence deliveries are done in advance, and carefully scheduled (with its team), and e.g. new rail is often left near or on the track. Removing stuff afterwards can be done any time, so it tends to be put off because something else is more urgent or the team (or budget) can't all be found. But I'm sure this used to be even worse a few years ago.

The surprise is that more doesn't get removed by other people!