The Great Central Railway Link with the East Midlands Mainline
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- A multi million pound project to connect the Loughborough and Nottingham Great Central Railway sections to create a 18 mile long heritage railway.
This video shows the new bridge sections in place to cross the East Midland mainline tracks at Loughborough.
For more information on this unique project please see ....
www.gcrailway.c...
A very nice video of this project. Thank You.
Coming along nicely!
Look out soon for a progress update.
Should never have been removed in the first place!
i don't really like knocking other people's work ( so don't i hear you cry ) but tit is boring
I went there the week before around 29th August 2017 and had a look .
Reading the comments ,and having spent all my working life in engineering and costing and physical stuff shifting machinery vehicle movements etc .
The overall cost for works to accept a second span would probably have been in the order of 15% as all the cost will have been in meetings and permissions and working structure not in materials .
The crane set up to lift it in and associated closures probably cost more than the fabrication of the span !!
You have the best yet channel
Such a shame it couldn’t have been double track
Is this bridge high enough for the upgraded electrification of MML when they actually get as far as Loughborough, i mean, IF they go as far as Loughborough or if they decide to electrify the entire route.
I believe it is now the standard to leave room for electrification, plus I know the engineer who did the alignment work for the bridge is a big fan of electrification and futureproofing so I don't believe he'd sign off on something that hasn't been properly futureproofed
Great and unforgettable videos.
Cristina, thank you, I am so pleased that you enjoyed the video
Very cool view of the project. Thanks for sharing it :) They have been on about building the bridge since I was volunteering at the GCR about 20 years ago lol! Good to see it getting somewhere, It will certainly be an enjoyable trip when you can go the full 18 miles!
Cheers, Michael
Many thanks Michael, I hope to do a few more 'progress' videos of the project as it moves toward completion.
It is a real short-sighted shame that the GCR could not see their way to making the bridge a double span for double track. The project will involve more disruption in the future and cost more ultimately as a result.
Why would they, the doubling would end as soon as they reached the Nottingham end and I dont think they intend to re-double the entire section. Please correct me if I am wrong
I'm they did as much as they could afford. The heritage railways are not made of money.
When is it going to be finished we seem to be seeing same pictures for ever. Music grates on the nerves.
*exasperated sigh* They could of at least rebuilt it with space for a second span...
that costs extra are you donating
Would have been nice but it is financially not feasible
Very nice informative video, Thanks for posting.
Hi Stephen, so glad that you enjoyed it.
Is it leagal to fly over railway terrice ?As i would like to
A good link is the one posted below by SimonDGM which shows the Network Rail position...
That doesnt answer my question though !!
Hi scot4u, I don't see how it doesn't answer your question as the very first line states "It is illegal to fly a drone on or near the railway."
the Q was about Railway Terrace, not the railway
My bad, apologies, I thought you were asking about the railway itself, not Railway Terrace, Loughborough. Basically, unless you are a qualified drone pilot with a PfCO from the CAA then you should always fly in accordance with the CAA DroneCode... dronesafe.uk/drone-code/ I hope that this helps.