Broithe Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 It'll be OK to run a couple of trains over this... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-38992241 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Brilliant Don't laugh but that happened with one of my ballast experiments only two nights ago - a mess. Had to re-do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 I hope that you also take "measures to minimise the risks of further washouts".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maitland Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Frightening. Three passenger trains passed over it before Network Rail stopped traffic- even though it had been reported. That line of larger stones in the collapsed area looks interesting, as does the baulk of timber and stakes apparently associated with them. It looks to me as though there had been problems there in the past, and that was the repair, which itself collapsed causing the problem. Perhaps the terracing originally had a retaining wall, which started to fail so they dumped all that clay up against it. No doubt no records of the patching exist now, though given my experiences with Network Rail they can't find the records they do have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Where was that and when? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Where was that and when? Baildon, near Leeds - - somewhere out to the north, I suspect - June last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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