NETWORK RAIL
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Terrible state of the lineside – RM readers voice concerns
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I AM a driver with a UK train operator and raised the issue of the state of the lineside about eight years ago with Network Rail, citing the points that both The RM and David Nattress made. Their answer? “We and our contractors clean-up after every job and we recovered enough scrap rail to go…
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Droning on: Drones bring new dimension to rail photography
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Words: Chris Milner, Photography: Geoff Griffiths The availability and affordability of a ‘drone’ for the average person has brought a new dimension to all types of photography. Until a few years ago the use of a drone was usually limited to military applications, but miniaturisation, coupled with portability, affordability and the fitment of a decent…
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GBRf has 91 Class 66s after Swedish purchase
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Former Cargonet Class 66 No. T66.403 – already with its GBRf number of 66790 – is hauled from Immingham to Longport EMD past North Stafford Junction on June 3 by No. 66741 Swanage Railway. At Longport the loco will get the necessary modifications and safety equipment to work on Network Rail lines. GB has bought two other…
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BLS tour brings Class 31 back to the main line
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JUNE 9 saw a Class 31 return to main line action after a gap of several months. Nemesis Rail’s No. 31128 Charybdis, currently the only Brush Type 2 authorised for use on Network Rail metals, powered the Branch Line Society’s ‘Sunday Yicker’ tour in top-and-tail formation with West Coast Railways’ No. 37668 and just four WCRC Mk1…
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Dartmoor Railway’s English Electric weekend
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THE Dartmoor Railway held an English Electric weekend on June 8-9. In use were Class 31 No. 31452 with a five-coach set of stock, ‘Berkshire’ DEMU set No. 1132 (Nos. S60150+S60831), and Class 08 No. D4167. The plan was to run two trains on the Saturday, one from Okehampton towards the Colford boundary with Network Rail, and the other…
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London’s newest station opens at Meridian Water
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Meridian Water station in north-east London opened on June 3, serving a huge regeneration scheme on former industrial land. The £46million, three-platform interchange will be served by Greater Anglia trains on the Lea Valley route, and replaces nearby Angel Road, one of inner London’s least-used stations. A 5.5km third track has been laid between Stratford…
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Dawlish sea wall rebuild begins
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Work started at Dawlish on June 1 to construct a new higher and wider sea wall to protect the railway and the town from the sea. Teignbridge District Council approved Network Rail’s £30million plans to increase the height of the sea wall in April. A 360-metre section of wall between Dawlish station and Kennaway Tunnel…
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Abseil teams descend to protect Leicester to Nuneaton line
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Specialist abseiling teams have been brought in by Network Rail to help shore up a steep embankment in Warwickshire and prevent potentially dangerous rockfalls. The earthworks close to Arley Tunnel, on the Leicester to Nuneaton line, sits below an old colliery slag heap and a mixture of natural soil and rock, increasing the risk of…
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Network Rail launch £70m task force to improve track worker safety
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The Government-owned company said the £70 million scheme would boost the development of systems which supported the well-being of workers.
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300 passengers stranded on HST after landslide causes ‘major incident’
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AROUND 300 passengers became stranded on an East Midlands Trains HST for hours after a diverted train was engulfed in a landslide, and a rescue train sent to assist was stopped by rising flood waters. What turned into a major rescue, involving the emergency services and Network Rail, occurred on June 13 when the Midland…
