Recent content by furnessvale

When I worked on the perway, we used to sand blanket wet spots to stop clay pumping through the ballast. It involves a foot of sand containing a thick polythene sheet below the ballast layer. This may be a more modern idea to the same end.

I wouldn't be sure about that, thinking more about illegal entry to the UK rather than customs.

I would imagine security at Dollands Moor is in a different league to most other potential storage spaces in the UK. That begs the question, what is that train carrying?o_O

However, when the loco gets too heavy, or travels too fast it needs the brakes on the train to help stop it. Hence the speed limit applied to light locos.

Whatever happened to dynomometer coaches? It would stop all this having to wander round the system looking for naughty bits of railway to use for testing.

Interesting that increased top speed is mentioned by the fairly simple expedient of changing the bogie dampers and reprogramming the computer.

Routes are one thing but paths on busy routes are something else. If a 99 can open up paths eg over Shap/Beattock, that would not be possible with a 66, then the £££ question takes on a new meaning.

If BTP are absorbed into local forces the immediate effect will be no permanent presence of police officers on railway property. ALL officers will be deployed in the force area and will respond to calls as priorities within that area demand. For example, a dispute between revenue staff and...

No. The depressed centre indicates they are the type of powder tanks used for cement. I have no idea if they are new build or repurposed from cement work.

I doubt there is any need to destress CWR inside a long tunnel section like the underground. Leave the rails where they are to be installed and they will naturally take up the ambient temperature. Having said that, removal of fishplated joints gets rid of a maintenance requirement irrespective...

Whatever happened to the days when a route was cleared to a certain profile and if stock was built to that profile it ran without further trouble?

It would seem to be common sense to me that if you have insufficient block sections before the stop blocks, you cannot display the green aspect, or even the YY as you get closer.

Indeed, such considerations did not stop the Swiss doubling the BLS main line.

The highest rail temperature I ever recorded when destressing was 52C.

I don't wish to put a wet blanket on things, but I will. Are we all sure that these figures are ADDITIONAL funds or just the release of the next tranche of cash for pre existing projects?