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Points Lever Change Job 20240411 10 56 36 Pro

nobody@ipernity.com (GrahamH) — Sun, 19 May 2024 07:17:34 +0000

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At DownsSteams connection to Queensland Rail's we changed a points control lever from 'always set one way or held for the other way' to a 'fixed this way or fixed that way' lever. This is in the Qld Rail corridor but is part of DownsSteam's track. There is still points which have to be held where we access Qld Rail's track. See the PiPs for more details.This vintage petrol-poweredair compressor supplies a tool for drilling holes and driving screw in to sleepers. April 2024.

Pips 1 & 2 The old points lever and sleepers have been removed, the ground excavated a bit more and two new sleepers added.
PiP 3 Graeme is using an air-powered tool to drive a screw through a bracket which will hold the rail in place. The jack is supporting the rail at the correct height. This results in the sleeper being lifted from the ground by a few centimetres.
PiP 4 The first sleeper is in position. Andrew is drilling the pilot holes for attaching the second sleeper the the track. The rodding which will connect the lever to the rails is roughly in position.
PiP 5 Joe and Ian battling the air tool which didn't want to hold the bolt driver for the lever mounting screws. Eventually they won. Also note the addition of ballast which has been hand tamped under and around the new sleepers.
PiP 6 Final adjustments to the lever operation to ensure point blades are at the correct gauge and the spring mechanism is equally strong in either direction setting.

Sleeper Train from Vienna

nobody@ipernity.com (Michiel 2005) — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:53:17 +0000

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Waiting for Rails P4133890

nobody@ipernity.com (GrahamH) — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 04:42:22 +0000

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Steel sleepers waiting for the next stage of a new branch line to a developing industrial area near Tamworth NSW Australia. April 2022.

Welcome to Penzance

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 07:16:56 +0000

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The staff stand by the doors as passengers leave the Great Western sleeper service on arrival at Penzance. A scene from my 2018 Rail Rover tour of Britain.

Crewe sleeper

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 06:11:32 +0000

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It's just after 5.30am and I have alighted from the Highland Sleeper at Crewe after a journey from Aberdeen. 92 014 now awaits the road for London whilst most passengers continue to sleep.

Sleeper

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 07:01:27 +0000

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A few minutes before departure 57303 waits at London Paddington with the Great Western sleeper service for Penzance.

Crewe change

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 01 May 2020 14:11:37 +0000

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05.31am and the southbound Highland Sleeper sees a crew change whilst it is stopped at Crewe Station.

Crew change at Crewe

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 06:55:55 +0000

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Drivers exchange places in the cab of 92 014 during the 5.30am stop of the Highland sleeper service at Crewe. I had just 30 minutes to wait before catching the first morning service to Manchester.

On time arrival

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:53:16 +0000

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57 303 rests at the buffer stops in Penzance having delivered the Night Riviera sleepers right on time.

Dunkirk France 14th June 2015

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:46:38 +0000

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The level crossing at Coudekerque-Branche.

The Congleton Railway

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:27:13 +0000

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I spotted these whilst out walking a few days ago, but it was raining so hard that I couldn't risk getting the camera out of the bag. Today the sun was shining and so I was off up to Mow Cop Edge to get a shot. These are stone sleeper blocks from the Congleton Railway of c1807, now incorporated into a wall alongside the former route of this line. The track used was oval iron bars about 3ft long with a foot cast into the ends. The wheels on the trams were double flanged according to Farey in his General View of the Agriculture of Derbyshire vol 3 (1817). The line, which brought coal from Stonetrough Colliery in Staffordshire to a wharf on the outskirts of Congleton, had only a short life and was abandoned some time after the opening of the Macclesfield Canal in 1831

Sleeper block

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:15:48 +0000

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In June 1845 the Manchester & Birmingham Railway opened a branch line from Cheadle Hulme to the Albert Pit of Lord Vernon's Poynton Collieries. This opened up a wide market for the coal and led to a rapid expansion of output in the coalfield. It is likely that when first built this line used stone blocks rather than wooden sleepers to carry the rails although the advantages of the latter soon saw stone replaced with wood.

Bearing in mind how many stone blocks would have been required, it is surprising how scarce they are these days, presumably having been carried off for re-use in building works around the district or even further afield once they became redundant. Recently two blocks have been discovered at Poynton which look very much as if they were from the railway. This example bears the cut away for a metal chair which would have been attached to two oak pegs driven into holes drilled into the stone. There is also a suggestion of a possible second style of chair in the centre with only one hole for fixing. This has left a rectangular cutout across the elongated oval.

I have been unable to find out for certain about the use of stone blocks by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway and would welcome further information if anyone knows more about the subject.

Tickets please

nobody@ipernity.com (Badly) — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:03:34 +0000

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2 tickets for our overnight journey from Bangkok to Surat Thani - about 650Km. Note the price: about £10 for the lower bunk and £9.50 for the upper. Not including supper which was good value at £1.50 for chicken, veg and rice.

Sleeper Detail

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:05:07 +0000

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Moos in an old railway sleeper

Scandlines Night Train, Picture 2, Berlin Hbf, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:31:01 +0000

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I was very much struck by how retro this train looked, and I do in fact wonder about its age. I don't know very much about Swedish equipment.

Scandlines Night Train, Berlin Hbf, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:31:01 +0000

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This night train from Stockholm (I think) was sitting in Berlin Hbf when I arrived early in the morning, having just arrived after rolling all night.

Belgrade Sleeper, Budapest Keleti Station, Budapest, Hungary, 2006

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:23:01 +0000

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I was very surprised to find a sleeper train to Belgrade in one of the platforms of Budapest Keleti, but on the other hand Serbia isn't too far away from Hungary.

Wagons-Lits Sleeper Train Approaching Prague, CZ, 2006

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:24:01 +0000

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Actually, I'm making it sound much more impressive than it really is, at least as a photo. I saw what looked like just an ordinary Rychlik (express) train coming the other way as I was on a local out of Prague, and then all of a sudden I saw Wagons-Lits blue and cream!!! By the time I got my camera out and set it for day shooting (it had 800 speed film for night shooting in it, and it hadn't been reset yet), it was too late, although I did get the rear end. This train probably was a Eurocity from Wein (Vienna) or some other important city, as Wagons-Lits don't normally provide equipment for minor more trains. I've also wondered a bit if this was not a Wagons-Lits service at all, but perhaps someone's private collection at the rear end of a Rhyklik. It makes an interesting story, anyway.

RZD/Wagons-Lits 00102285, Picture 2, Berlin Hbf, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:25:01 +0000

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Wagons-Lits are better known for providing sleepers and other luxury passenger equipment for the Orient Express, but indeed they do provide a full sleeper service to many carriers. RZD, the Russian Railway, is a major customer, and their sleeper trains, equipped with Wagons-Lits stock, connect Moscow and St. Petersburg to many Eastern and Central European cities such as Prague, Budapest, Karlovy Vary, and of course Berlin, seen here. This is a fuller, but less sharp, alternate of Picture 1.

RZD/Wagons-Lits 00102285, Picture 1, Berlin Hbf, Berlin, Germany, 2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:25:01 +0000

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