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Weymouth Quay Heritage Campaign

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by SR.Keoghoe, Jan 18, 2016.

  1. A1X

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    Classic example of an echo chamber I'm afraid.
     
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    Weymouth quay line on bbc news
     
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    Where?
     
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    It was on SW BBC news earlier today.


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  5. Martin Perry

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    Give us a clue ... what was said? :)
     
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    That there is a branch line along the quay in Weymouth
     
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    ilvaporista Part of the furniture

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    Gosh a story with some truth in it! But was it narrated in the past or future tense?
     
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    The bit I saw was just the lad from Portland saying it would be shame to rip it out plus some archive footage of a 33 on a special running in Commercial Rd.


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    Hello,
    A few minutes this morning on South Today.
    Network Rail not interested in Tram way
    Young Man interested in Tram way.
    Class 33 archive Footage.
    Nothing newsworthy
    Nothing new.


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    Non-event of the day goes unnoticed in most of GB then !
     
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    They did suggest as far as I remember, that their would be consultations with various people before a decision was made.

    Whilst their may be much talk, proposals and emotion it will all at the end of the day come down to who pays for the infrastructure to run it and keep it going. I doubt their will be a queue.
     
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    Hello,
    One aspect not covered by the Quay Supporters is what horrors lie underneath the tarmac 'd track?
    Corroded chairs,rails....as for the sleepers?
    Salt water x 15 years = ££££££££££££.
    A small derailment due to the road spreading would bankrupt all those involved.
    The cost of digging up the track bed to do an inspection,then replace any problems then relay the Tarmac then find funds to hire loco and stock........£1,000,000 plus?


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    I have no knowledge of metallurgy but if the very obvious salt corrosion blistering on the visible top surface of the rails in certain sections of the line on CHQ is anything to go by the web where the rail would have possibly been sitting in puddles of salt laden water is not going to be in good condition.


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    The network change for closure has now been issued to interested parties for comment
     
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    Hence yesterday's news items locally.
     
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    The harbour roads flood at very high tides meaning the the track is under a foot of water, which is a big problem if you want to run trains with constant corrosion on the rails from the sea.
     
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    I doubt that corrosion of the rail heads would be a big issue as they would be regularly polished by road and rail traffic. Corrosion of the webs and fastenings etc might be significant though?
     
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    Having been involved in the construction / reconstruction of several quay side track beds I can totally agree with Martin Perry.
    However, when recently reconstructing a quayside trackbed, on an embankment, it was interesting to note that the original 1930s engineers had used a mix of porous and non porous materials to provide soakaways that linked to the quay wall. Thus removing as much saline liquid as was possible. The result was a track and track bed that had functioned for around eighty-five years before it needed replacing. In most instances the flat bottomed Russian produced rail and fastenings were found to be in a reasonable condition for their age. Most of the critical damage to the embankment being caused by salt water flowing to the soakaway and not by rail corrosion.
     
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    This lad has guts to try to save something which I remember as a child, watching odd class diesels ferry full trains to the quay, but no one seems to understand,that this could be used again,and this lad deserves credit for trying.Many lines to ports are closing,due to non use,or in this occasion that the port has been closed cause its not big enough to recieve the bigger ferries, which for a port of Weymouth is a sad fete.
    If our younger generation like this lad did have more interest,then our hobby would indeed continue,and that lifes would be kept open to..
     

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