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East Midlands Railway Trust/GCR (Nottingham)

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by Flying Phil, Jan 25, 2021.

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  1. Dunfanaghy Road

    Dunfanaghy Road Well-Known Member

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    The salvation of the 2 Taylor Hubbard 10-ton cranes on the Mid Hants was the sale by the railway to the owners of DS1580. There was no way that the railway could have stood the year-on-year costs - private owners take a different view, of course.
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    From waht I have seen, no effort or advert at all despite the prtestations of some noisy GCRN people. I get the impression it was a financailly driven dispoals, not driven by the deisre to see it prederved anywhere. Sorry for the poor typing, I get a bit wound up and it doesnt always come otu right
     
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    Rest assured that your meaning is very clear and your frustration and passion unmistakable.
     
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    North update video.......
     
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    Steam returns to Ruddington!!! Crossing Asher Lane this morning, reasonable passenger numbers (and no diesel on the back!)

     
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    Ruddington update on YT....

     
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    pmh_74 Part of the furniture

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    What's the ID of the Sentinel diesel which appears towards the end of the video? I don't recall seeing that on site previously.
     
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    That’s a well-produced video.

    One thing that surprised me about the pit was that it appeared to have been produced as a standalone casting, and was then lowered complete into the waiting hole. (As opposed to, say, being cast in situ). Is that the normal way to produce such a structure?

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    The pit looks a steel fabrication to me: Weld it up in the dry somewhere, hiab into hole and pour the concrete round it. Lorry inspection pits are done the same way.
     
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    It is, stainless steel tub, supplied by Premier Pits
     
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    I may have missed it somewhere but do GCR (Nottingham) now have a usable mainline connection or are there still any bridge or other repairs required?
     
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    The main line connection is useable and the whole line is open.
    What I'm unsure of is to what extent the bridge repairs 'up the line' are proper repairs, or 'keep it going a while longer' repairs. Or whether there are any remaining TSRs or weight restrictions due to same.
    Someone will know, I'm sure.
     
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