How did the Severn Valley Railway restore the iconic Falling Sands Viaduct?
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- Опубликовано: 6 апр 2021
- How did the Severn Valley Railway restore the iconic Falling Sands Viaduct? Well, its quite a story.
The century old viaduct is a staple of the SVR infrastructure and a beautiful sight to both cross on the train AND see from passers by - but how have we managed to restore this Victorian Architecture back to its former glory?
Find out as we take you up close and person with Falling Sands Viaduct to discover how we've rolled back the clocks and the restored the Viaduct to guarantee it's future!
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Still my favorite railway. I learned an awful lot as a young teenager working in Bridgnorth MPD. From how to pour and machine whitemetal bearings to fitting locomotive tires, replacing boiler tubes and my first experience of a pinhole camera viewed from the inside of the tender on the Great Marquess when she was stored in the headshunt.
I learned the basics of cushion and seat upholstery and still hold Bathams Delph bitter in high regard, even though the PW's Jim Bodfish tried to drink all of it single-handedly.
Thanks Thunderclap, you set me on a great course of beer appreciation.😊
Long live the SVR and their great bunch of volunteers and workers.
A great place to start a kid in many trades.
Back in the 1960s there was a rail mounted item called a 'Gozunder'. It was a sort of inverted high lift inspection platform only it went downwards to inspect the arch soffits.
i say that viaduct of falling sands outside Kidderminster looked magnificent
Wonderful exercise by all concerned. It also shows the value of the Volunteer workforce when so many - like Nick - are consummate professionals in disciplines such as Civil Engineering - and who know what they are doing!
Great to see SVR engaging with the the public web cams , reports ect well done everyone 👍
What an interesting mini-documentary. Concise information, exceedingly well presented by two articulate speakers. Kudos to all involved.
Thanks for watching
Very interesting video, thanks for preserving our heritage
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What a great insight, very well presented.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing work !
Very interesting, thank you.
Great work (and great video about the work!).
Like the video very much .Hope there more .Take care
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Fantastic video Serven Valley Railway thank you for sharing it
well done to all. looks great
Isn't Falling Sands Viaduct beautiful?!
@@SevernValleyRailwayOfficial certainly is and very relaxing to look at
All the time and TLC was well worth it 🙂🚂
Agreed!
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Does that mean from the curve out of Kidderminster to Bewdley it’s all 25mph limits now?
Not yet still got to stress the rail
@@roadvoodoo30 how comes there’s so many speed restrictions on the SVR? 🙂Must be hard for the driver constantly changing speed all the time.
Due to ground foundations been unstable due to been close to the river
@@roadvoodoo30 ok thank you makes sense now. Must be the same with the SDR. Max limit on that is 20.
That thumbnail looks like it's straight from Thomas the Tank Engine - including the tank engine! 😙
Falling Brick Bridge-- saved by people batshit crazy for trains.
But physical distance, society until next spring 2022. We keep hands face space letting fresh air went liked the same since September last year.
Not a penny more than was absolutely necessary to maintain it for decades was available for its continuing use, but only at 5 mph. But, when those to whom people keep choosing to give power decide there is money to spare, suddenly, over £106,000,000,000 can be found for HS2; paid for, in part, by the magnificent tax-paying volunteers, who work on projects such as this. In fact, it was I think entirely restored, eventually, by the money the public raised, not, not just £400,000-something; for who else but the public buys lottery tickets ? The Heritage Lottery Fund only has the money the public chooses to give it.
The insulation didn't "Fail" at all; it succeeded, for over a hundred years; government priorities fail.
The whole UK rail network could be improved, not just this viaduct. Instead, about half-an-hour less to Birmingham was chosen as preferable: (before the train now standing at platform whatever is either late or cancelled).
eggscllent. so inquiring minds want to know ,, when are u going to run trains over it ? have you thought of building bat houses for the bats ?
We're running trains over it now :) You can come join us to travel across the Falling Sands Viaduct :)