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Good morning from Cambodia (well, it's evening over here)! I've been sans laptop for the last fortnight or so, so updates have been near-nonexistent.
Anyway, here's the latest GSoP instalment. Might follow up with a "14.1"on Monday morning - by which time I'll be back in Blighty.
GSoP Post 14.0
Manchester Victoria - Preston; State of Play, as of 3rd August 2018.
All bases in! 45 masts still missing (an approximate guess).
All mileages from Manchester Victoria. Bridge mileages are approximated where noted.
1. Man Vic Station (West End) - Man Vic West Jct - Deal Street Jct; 0m 0ch to 0m 32ch
Fully wired 2013-15. Platforms 1 & 2 at Man Vic have now been bedanglied.
2. Deal Street Jct - Salford Central (East End); 0m 32ch to 0m 59ch
Fully masted. Limit of electrification is currently at 0m 46ch; SPS is up along the unwired stretch.
3. Salford Central; 0m 59ch
Fully masted, most SPS (Small Part Steelwork e.g. dangly bits) up. No wires.
4. Salford Central (West End) - Windsor Bridge South Jct; 0m 59ch to 1m 46ch
All bases in place, mostly with masts, no catenary or contact wires. Two runs of Earth wire are up.
5. Windsor Bridge South Jct - Windsor Bridge North Jct (inc. Salford Crescent); 1m 46ch to 1m 70ch
Windsor Bridge South Jct now wired (catenary/contact) from the Deal St direction on both the Up & Down Salford Lines; however, the Up Bolton line is fully wired through Salford Crescent, and terminated just north of Windsor Bridge North Jct. Earth wires (+ AT wires) are also in situ here.
6. Windsor Bridge North Jct - Clifton (South End); 1m 70ch to 4m 57ch
Between Frederick Rd & Broughton Rd (2m 26ch) bridges, the Up side earth wire extends south from Broughton Rd as far as the line is visible. It can be assumed that all uprights are in position.
Between Broughton Rd Bridge & Cockrobin Bridge, the Up side earth wire is up (for about 4 masts northwards, thru Pendleton Old), and steelwork looks complete.
North of Cockrobin Bridge, an Earth wire and an AT wire have gone up on the Down (northbound) side.
Catenary & contact wires now stretch from Salford Crescent to Agecroft (by the bin terminal) over both lines.
The missing bases in the walled stretch north of Agecroft Rd have now appeared & gained TTCs - woohoo! The problem was due to excessively sandy ground conditions in the area.
At Park House Rd Bridge, the first earth wire is now up on the Up side.
Lot of masts with SPS up on the southern approach to Clifton.
7. Clifton Station; 4m 57ch
2 boomed TTCs (with SPS); fully masted. No wires. Drainage manhole modules awaiting installation; temporary covers are over their future homes.
8. Clifton (North End) - Kearsley (South End); 4m 57ch to 7m 57ch
Brackets are fitted to the underside of the M60 overbridge. Bridge MVE1 27B (immediately NW of this) is fully erected, but unopened, and work the walkway is not yet finished.
The line through the former Dixon Fold station site (around the new footbridge, approx. 6m 00ch) now has earth wires up to the south and north.
Earth wires now up between Clifton & Kearsley; definitely through Clifton Country Park but the full extent is not confirmed.
Looking south from Kearsley, all masts that are up appear to be fully kitted out with SPS.
9. Kearsley Station; 7m 57ch
Fully masted. Earth wire (on the Up side) now runs south from Farnworth Tunnel (8m 25ch) through the station as far as the eye can see.
10. Kearsley (North End) - Farnworth (South End); 7m 57ch to 8m 31ch
Fully masted. Dangly bits almost all in place, but folded OOU at the tunnel end. Farnworth Tunnel has all its registration arms in place. Earth wire certainly in through the tunnel too.
11. Farnworth Station; 8m 31ch
Fully masted. Earth wire now in on the Down side through the station.
12. Farnworth (North End) - Moses Gate (South End); 8m 31ch to 9m 06ch
The pair of squat masts between Farnworth Station footbridge and Rawson St Bridge (approx. 8m 44ch) have now gained their boom.
The 2 bases each side of the "squat portal" have now gained TTCs; the southern one is certainly fully danglied.
Fully boomed and fully bedanglied TTCs up between Rawson St & the Balustraded Bridge (approx. 8m 56ch); this stretch now looks wire-ready.
The first of the two "Gravity Bases of the century" south of the Squeeze Belly Entry footbridge (approx. 8m 67ch) has gained a TTC. Of the two TTCs sandwiching the bridge, the southernmost one has gained dangly bits, while the bridge itself has had its parapet raiseed.
North of the Squeeze Belly Entry bridge, the earth wire resumes (on the Down side) from a portal boom, fitted with Tensorex drums.
13. Moses Gate Station; 9m 06ch
Fully masted, no wires.
14. Moses Gate (North End) - Bolton (South End); 9m 06ch to 10m 50ch
Weston St to Moses Gate looks almost ready for wiring.
Many bases, many masts, no wires. SPS and Tensorex drums appearing on some masts/cantilevers around Burnden Jct (10m 09ch).
All uprights appear to be up on both sides of Lever St footbridge; a multi-track portal is up immediately to the south of the bridge. To the north (on the east side), a TTC with reduced-height registration arms is up.
Stretching south from Bolton, long stretches of earth wire are now up. Another portal has been erected in 2 replacement bases.
Orlando St Bridge appears to be fully "stovepiped".
15. Bolton Station; 10m 50ch
ALL masts in the station area are now in place, with the addition of the P2 "wicketkeeper".
The 1st TTC up over P1/2 has now been bedanglied; in total, P1/2 is covered by 4 TTCs and 3 STCs.
Platforms 98% open to public; the 2% not open is a fenced-off section of canopy support to the right of signal "MP9239". P2 buffers look finished. Canopies look complete.
Earth wires now in; the first one runs parallel to P3, from the southern end almost up to the road bridge at the northern end. A second one (parallel to P5) is up, and it extends south through Burnden as far as the eye can see.
Two sets of chalked "hieroglyphs" are etched into the bridge deck of Trinity St over P3/4; possible locations for stovepipes? Additionally, bolts & brackets are now drilled into the glazed brick retaining wall opposite P1.
16. Bolton (North End) - Lostock (South End); 10m 50ch to 13m 52ch
Newport St bridge has now had studs/brackets of some kind drilled in. The run of masts between Newport St & the NW end of P5 now have their earth wire affixed. Just east of Newport St Bridge, a TTC (unbedanglied) has now gone up on the southbound side.
Both of the wall-bracketed portals have now been erected, and both have now gained thier dangly bits. The addition of these means that all masts are now up from Newport St to Beaumont Rd, Lostock.
Between Newport Street Bridge & Moor Lane (the Bullfield Tunnels area), the tunnels are bedanglied throughout, with Aerial Earth Wire (AEW) brackets up over both tracks' respective tunnels/bridges.
Immediately NW of Newport St, one of the concrete bases that was poured over the weekend of May 5th has now had a mast affixed; the other mast for the other base is now similarly masted. One of the masts has now gained twin booms (see photo A732m).
Gt. Moor St. bridge now has a stovepipe in on the Down side. The most recently cured base has had a mast & two dangly assemblies put up (see pic. A300k; between Great Moor St. & Dawes St. bridges). Of the "3 amigos" (the three closest masts to Great Moor St. Bridge), 2 now have Tensorex Drums fitted and the other has its dangly bits cabled-tied down(see pic. A320k).
Cable ducting troughs laid between Black Horse St & New St on the Down side, in the cess; all 6 masts are now up in this gap.
The overrun along the line to Blackburn (as far as Bradshawgate Tunnel) looks nearly ready for SPS & wires.
Earth wire up on the Down side west of Moor St Tunnel.
East of Dean Clough Bridge (12m 26ch), the two missing masts have now gone up.
Earth wires have already been strung, and autotransformer wires are following suit, but registration arms are still folded out of place.
Masts have started to appear immediately south of Lostock; at the extreme southern end of the station, a twin track portal with SPS has been erected, with the 4-track portal over Lostock Jct (13m 39ch) immediately south of that now being boomed too.
More masts around the switchgear box are sprouting dangly bits, switchgear kit etc.
A UTX has been installed in the "vee" in Lostock Jct, for buried service access.
Work currently going on with stacks of cable ducting on the Wigan Line - possibly from the substation?
All masts (bar one) now up on the Wigan overlap; the missing mast is at the country end.
17. Lostock Station; 13m 52ch
Switchgear box delivered 6th April '18.
All TTCs now in behind the Down platform; one of them is not like the others (additional bracing member).
18. Lostock (North End) - Horwich Pkwy (South End); 13m 52ch to 15m 50ch
Two more UTXs have been installed in the "vee" between the two lines, to the north of the station.
Immediately north of Lostock, the closest TTCs to the platforms have now sprouted part of their switchgear kit.
All wires up from the "Golf Course" Footbridge (approx. 14m 04ch) to Red Moss Footbridge. Earth wires have gone up on the Down side immediately north of the station; these presumably extend to the existing wired section.
All masts appear to be in place with SPS for the remaining sections between the two, including the A6027/De Havilland Way overbridge, which now has dangly bits mounted on the walls.
19. Horwich Parkway Station; 15m 50ch
Fully wired; wires now terminate 3 stanchions short of Red Moss footbridge.
20. Horwich Pkwy (North End) - Blackrod (South End); 15m 50ch to 17m 14ch
SPS appearing on portals near Blackrod, and SPS assemblies have been folded out of the way on the station's southern approach.
Work has concluded on the footbridge that will replace Red Moss foot crossing; complex portal/masts are up there too, which now have earth wires strung up on both sides of the track. 3 stanchions south of here, the wires from Lostock have arrived.
21. Blackrod Station; 17m 14ch
C&C wires now up, but final snagging works remain outstanding. Unknown if they connect w/ the section through Horwich Parkway.
22. Blackrod (North End) - Adlington (South End); 17m 14ch to 19m 15ch
Lots of masts up just north of Blackrod, with SPS all fitted. Some base replacement work occurred over 17th/18th Feb to replace failed bases. Successful bases have masts up with SPS on.
Catenary & contact wires up on both lines under Anderton Lane/Hall Crossing footbridge; the crossovers here and at Blackrod remain to be wired.
Both the Up and Down lines have been wired (catenary & contact) from just north of Adlington to Huyton Viaduct, and from Huyton Viaduct to Douglas Valley Golf Course. Earth wires are also up on this stretch.
23. Adlington Station; 19m 15ch
2 single masts up (one on each side) and 2 TTCs (on one of the sides); all are bedanglied and earth bonded. The road bridge at the southern end has also been stalactited. No wires.
24. Adlington (North End) - Chorley (South End); 19m 15ch to 22m 20ch
2 short stretches of wire on the s'bound track.
All bespoke mast fixings are now up on Yarrow Viaduct (21m 26ch at the southern end); work had stopped after the alleged discovery of a large void within the structure, but this appears to be resolved. All evidence of a worksite has now gone, which suggests a portal (south end) and a TTC (north end) are next!
25. Chorley Station; 22m 20ch
No wires. First mast now up over the Down/Northbound/Preston-bound platform; this is at the northern end of the station, and features dangly bits. A portal has now gone in, north of the previously installed TTC; a gap may still be extant between the station and said TTC. One mast in the station may still be missing.
26. Chorley (North End) - Buckshaw Pkwy (South End); 22m 20ch to 24m 39ch
Many bases, some masts, 1 or 2 wires. Roof brackets affixed in Chorley Tunnel (23m 20ch to 23m 25ch), and at least 6 dangly bits/SPS are up in the Flying Arches cutting. All bases on top of the retaining wall at the northern end now have portal booms affixed.
27. Buckshaw Parkway Station; 24m 39ch
Some bases in place, 2 TTCs up on the Down side, 1 TTC up on the Up side. The footbridge has now sprouted stovepipes. No wires.
28. Buckshaw Pkwy (North End) - Euxton Jct; 24m 39ch to 25m 31ch
Almost fully masted; about half the wires up until halfway to Euxton, then fully wired the rest of the way.
Do let me know if I've missed anything!
Anyway, here's the latest GSoP instalment. Might follow up with a "14.1"on Monday morning - by which time I'll be back in Blighty.
GSoP Post 14.0
Manchester Victoria - Preston; State of Play, as of 3rd August 2018.
All bases in! 45 masts still missing (an approximate guess).
All mileages from Manchester Victoria. Bridge mileages are approximated where noted.
1. Man Vic Station (West End) - Man Vic West Jct - Deal Street Jct; 0m 0ch to 0m 32ch
Fully wired 2013-15. Platforms 1 & 2 at Man Vic have now been bedanglied.
2. Deal Street Jct - Salford Central (East End); 0m 32ch to 0m 59ch
Fully masted. Limit of electrification is currently at 0m 46ch; SPS is up along the unwired stretch.
3. Salford Central; 0m 59ch
Fully masted, most SPS (Small Part Steelwork e.g. dangly bits) up. No wires.
4. Salford Central (West End) - Windsor Bridge South Jct; 0m 59ch to 1m 46ch
All bases in place, mostly with masts, no catenary or contact wires. Two runs of Earth wire are up.
5. Windsor Bridge South Jct - Windsor Bridge North Jct (inc. Salford Crescent); 1m 46ch to 1m 70ch
Windsor Bridge South Jct now wired (catenary/contact) from the Deal St direction on both the Up & Down Salford Lines; however, the Up Bolton line is fully wired through Salford Crescent, and terminated just north of Windsor Bridge North Jct. Earth wires (+ AT wires) are also in situ here.
6. Windsor Bridge North Jct - Clifton (South End); 1m 70ch to 4m 57ch
Between Frederick Rd & Broughton Rd (2m 26ch) bridges, the Up side earth wire extends south from Broughton Rd as far as the line is visible. It can be assumed that all uprights are in position.
Between Broughton Rd Bridge & Cockrobin Bridge, the Up side earth wire is up (for about 4 masts northwards, thru Pendleton Old), and steelwork looks complete.
North of Cockrobin Bridge, an Earth wire and an AT wire have gone up on the Down (northbound) side.
Catenary & contact wires now stretch from Salford Crescent to Agecroft (by the bin terminal) over both lines.
The missing bases in the walled stretch north of Agecroft Rd have now appeared & gained TTCs - woohoo! The problem was due to excessively sandy ground conditions in the area.
At Park House Rd Bridge, the first earth wire is now up on the Up side.
Lot of masts with SPS up on the southern approach to Clifton.
7. Clifton Station; 4m 57ch
2 boomed TTCs (with SPS); fully masted. No wires. Drainage manhole modules awaiting installation; temporary covers are over their future homes.
8. Clifton (North End) - Kearsley (South End); 4m 57ch to 7m 57ch
Brackets are fitted to the underside of the M60 overbridge. Bridge MVE1 27B (immediately NW of this) is fully erected, but unopened, and work the walkway is not yet finished.
The line through the former Dixon Fold station site (around the new footbridge, approx. 6m 00ch) now has earth wires up to the south and north.
Earth wires now up between Clifton & Kearsley; definitely through Clifton Country Park but the full extent is not confirmed.
Looking south from Kearsley, all masts that are up appear to be fully kitted out with SPS.
9. Kearsley Station; 7m 57ch
Fully masted. Earth wire (on the Up side) now runs south from Farnworth Tunnel (8m 25ch) through the station as far as the eye can see.
10. Kearsley (North End) - Farnworth (South End); 7m 57ch to 8m 31ch
Fully masted. Dangly bits almost all in place, but folded OOU at the tunnel end. Farnworth Tunnel has all its registration arms in place. Earth wire certainly in through the tunnel too.
11. Farnworth Station; 8m 31ch
Fully masted. Earth wire now in on the Down side through the station.
12. Farnworth (North End) - Moses Gate (South End); 8m 31ch to 9m 06ch
The pair of squat masts between Farnworth Station footbridge and Rawson St Bridge (approx. 8m 44ch) have now gained their boom.
The 2 bases each side of the "squat portal" have now gained TTCs; the southern one is certainly fully danglied.
Fully boomed and fully bedanglied TTCs up between Rawson St & the Balustraded Bridge (approx. 8m 56ch); this stretch now looks wire-ready.
The first of the two "Gravity Bases of the century" south of the Squeeze Belly Entry footbridge (approx. 8m 67ch) has gained a TTC. Of the two TTCs sandwiching the bridge, the southernmost one has gained dangly bits, while the bridge itself has had its parapet raiseed.
North of the Squeeze Belly Entry bridge, the earth wire resumes (on the Down side) from a portal boom, fitted with Tensorex drums.
13. Moses Gate Station; 9m 06ch
Fully masted, no wires.
14. Moses Gate (North End) - Bolton (South End); 9m 06ch to 10m 50ch
Weston St to Moses Gate looks almost ready for wiring.
Many bases, many masts, no wires. SPS and Tensorex drums appearing on some masts/cantilevers around Burnden Jct (10m 09ch).
All uprights appear to be up on both sides of Lever St footbridge; a multi-track portal is up immediately to the south of the bridge. To the north (on the east side), a TTC with reduced-height registration arms is up.
Stretching south from Bolton, long stretches of earth wire are now up. Another portal has been erected in 2 replacement bases.
Orlando St Bridge appears to be fully "stovepiped".
15. Bolton Station; 10m 50ch
ALL masts in the station area are now in place, with the addition of the P2 "wicketkeeper".
The 1st TTC up over P1/2 has now been bedanglied; in total, P1/2 is covered by 4 TTCs and 3 STCs.
Platforms 98% open to public; the 2% not open is a fenced-off section of canopy support to the right of signal "MP9239". P2 buffers look finished. Canopies look complete.
Earth wires now in; the first one runs parallel to P3, from the southern end almost up to the road bridge at the northern end. A second one (parallel to P5) is up, and it extends south through Burnden as far as the eye can see.
Two sets of chalked "hieroglyphs" are etched into the bridge deck of Trinity St over P3/4; possible locations for stovepipes? Additionally, bolts & brackets are now drilled into the glazed brick retaining wall opposite P1.
16. Bolton (North End) - Lostock (South End); 10m 50ch to 13m 52ch
Newport St bridge has now had studs/brackets of some kind drilled in. The run of masts between Newport St & the NW end of P5 now have their earth wire affixed. Just east of Newport St Bridge, a TTC (unbedanglied) has now gone up on the southbound side.
Both of the wall-bracketed portals have now been erected, and both have now gained thier dangly bits. The addition of these means that all masts are now up from Newport St to Beaumont Rd, Lostock.
Between Newport Street Bridge & Moor Lane (the Bullfield Tunnels area), the tunnels are bedanglied throughout, with Aerial Earth Wire (AEW) brackets up over both tracks' respective tunnels/bridges.
Immediately NW of Newport St, one of the concrete bases that was poured over the weekend of May 5th has now had a mast affixed; the other mast for the other base is now similarly masted. One of the masts has now gained twin booms (see photo A732m).
Gt. Moor St. bridge now has a stovepipe in on the Down side. The most recently cured base has had a mast & two dangly assemblies put up (see pic. A300k; between Great Moor St. & Dawes St. bridges). Of the "3 amigos" (the three closest masts to Great Moor St. Bridge), 2 now have Tensorex Drums fitted and the other has its dangly bits cabled-tied down(see pic. A320k).
Cable ducting troughs laid between Black Horse St & New St on the Down side, in the cess; all 6 masts are now up in this gap.
The overrun along the line to Blackburn (as far as Bradshawgate Tunnel) looks nearly ready for SPS & wires.
Earth wire up on the Down side west of Moor St Tunnel.
East of Dean Clough Bridge (12m 26ch), the two missing masts have now gone up.
Earth wires have already been strung, and autotransformer wires are following suit, but registration arms are still folded out of place.
Masts have started to appear immediately south of Lostock; at the extreme southern end of the station, a twin track portal with SPS has been erected, with the 4-track portal over Lostock Jct (13m 39ch) immediately south of that now being boomed too.
More masts around the switchgear box are sprouting dangly bits, switchgear kit etc.
A UTX has been installed in the "vee" in Lostock Jct, for buried service access.
Work currently going on with stacks of cable ducting on the Wigan Line - possibly from the substation?
All masts (bar one) now up on the Wigan overlap; the missing mast is at the country end.
17. Lostock Station; 13m 52ch
Switchgear box delivered 6th April '18.
All TTCs now in behind the Down platform; one of them is not like the others (additional bracing member).
18. Lostock (North End) - Horwich Pkwy (South End); 13m 52ch to 15m 50ch
Two more UTXs have been installed in the "vee" between the two lines, to the north of the station.
Immediately north of Lostock, the closest TTCs to the platforms have now sprouted part of their switchgear kit.
All wires up from the "Golf Course" Footbridge (approx. 14m 04ch) to Red Moss Footbridge. Earth wires have gone up on the Down side immediately north of the station; these presumably extend to the existing wired section.
All masts appear to be in place with SPS for the remaining sections between the two, including the A6027/De Havilland Way overbridge, which now has dangly bits mounted on the walls.
19. Horwich Parkway Station; 15m 50ch
Fully wired; wires now terminate 3 stanchions short of Red Moss footbridge.
20. Horwich Pkwy (North End) - Blackrod (South End); 15m 50ch to 17m 14ch
SPS appearing on portals near Blackrod, and SPS assemblies have been folded out of the way on the station's southern approach.
Work has concluded on the footbridge that will replace Red Moss foot crossing; complex portal/masts are up there too, which now have earth wires strung up on both sides of the track. 3 stanchions south of here, the wires from Lostock have arrived.
21. Blackrod Station; 17m 14ch
C&C wires now up, but final snagging works remain outstanding. Unknown if they connect w/ the section through Horwich Parkway.
22. Blackrod (North End) - Adlington (South End); 17m 14ch to 19m 15ch
Lots of masts up just north of Blackrod, with SPS all fitted. Some base replacement work occurred over 17th/18th Feb to replace failed bases. Successful bases have masts up with SPS on.
Catenary & contact wires up on both lines under Anderton Lane/Hall Crossing footbridge; the crossovers here and at Blackrod remain to be wired.
Both the Up and Down lines have been wired (catenary & contact) from just north of Adlington to Huyton Viaduct, and from Huyton Viaduct to Douglas Valley Golf Course. Earth wires are also up on this stretch.
23. Adlington Station; 19m 15ch
2 single masts up (one on each side) and 2 TTCs (on one of the sides); all are bedanglied and earth bonded. The road bridge at the southern end has also been stalactited. No wires.
24. Adlington (North End) - Chorley (South End); 19m 15ch to 22m 20ch
2 short stretches of wire on the s'bound track.
All bespoke mast fixings are now up on Yarrow Viaduct (21m 26ch at the southern end); work had stopped after the alleged discovery of a large void within the structure, but this appears to be resolved. All evidence of a worksite has now gone, which suggests a portal (south end) and a TTC (north end) are next!
25. Chorley Station; 22m 20ch
No wires. First mast now up over the Down/Northbound/Preston-bound platform; this is at the northern end of the station, and features dangly bits. A portal has now gone in, north of the previously installed TTC; a gap may still be extant between the station and said TTC. One mast in the station may still be missing.
26. Chorley (North End) - Buckshaw Pkwy (South End); 22m 20ch to 24m 39ch
Many bases, some masts, 1 or 2 wires. Roof brackets affixed in Chorley Tunnel (23m 20ch to 23m 25ch), and at least 6 dangly bits/SPS are up in the Flying Arches cutting. All bases on top of the retaining wall at the northern end now have portal booms affixed.
27. Buckshaw Parkway Station; 24m 39ch
Some bases in place, 2 TTCs up on the Down side, 1 TTC up on the Up side. The footbridge has now sprouted stovepipes. No wires.
28. Buckshaw Pkwy (North End) - Euxton Jct; 24m 39ch to 25m 31ch
Almost fully masted; about half the wires up until halfway to Euxton, then fully wired the rest of the way.
Do let me know if I've missed anything!
Foggycorner
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the crossover at blackrod has been wired , wheres the other crossover you mention in sec 22 the next crossover is just before buckshaw parkway and hasn't been wired yet
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Foggycorner
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there don't seem to be any missing masts in the chorley station area
CAF397
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The wires are continuous from Lostock to north of Adlington
I suppose they are to stop small animals too
LDECRexile
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I railtoured Salford Central to Buckshaw Parkway and back, plus the line to Wigan today, then threw in a Class 319 ex-Blackpool North from Wigan NW to Lime St, which I think qualifies as "ours".
First, the bad news, I'm afraid the object we believed was the wicketkeeper mast at the end of Bolton Platform 2 turns out to be ducting. The wicketkeeper is still getting his pads and gloves on.
Now the good newses:
GSoP 4, 5 & 6: Catenary and contact wires (C&C) above both tracks from a short distance west of Salford Central to the Agecroft waste site, with the exception of Platform 1 at Salford Crescent which is wireless.
GSoP 24: there is a significant stretch of catenary and contact wire above both lines from just south of the Skew Bridge to just north of Heath Charnock footbridge.
I have positively identified the following mastless bases: Salford Central, one off the end of the westbound platform; Bolton P2 wicketkeeper; one near Rawlinson Lane and three at Yarrow Viaduct making six.
I suspect some OHLE fixings are needed under Trinity St bridge, above P1, P3 and P5. There is an earth wire fixed above the P4 line, suggesting its peers will need the same treatment.
Photos in the Combined Volume here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157661069863633
PS: only two new skyscrapers built in Salford over the last three weeks!
PPS: Lime St looked the biz.
First, the bad news, I'm afraid the object we believed was the wicketkeeper mast at the end of Bolton Platform 2 turns out to be ducting. The wicketkeeper is still getting his pads and gloves on.
Now the good newses:
GSoP 4, 5 & 6: Catenary and contact wires (C&C) above both tracks from a short distance west of Salford Central to the Agecroft waste site, with the exception of Platform 1 at Salford Crescent which is wireless.
GSoP 24: there is a significant stretch of catenary and contact wire above both lines from just south of the Skew Bridge to just north of Heath Charnock footbridge.
I have positively identified the following mastless bases: Salford Central, one off the end of the westbound platform; Bolton P2 wicketkeeper; one near Rawlinson Lane and three at Yarrow Viaduct making six.
I suspect some OHLE fixings are needed under Trinity St bridge, above P1, P3 and P5. There is an earth wire fixed above the P4 line, suggesting its peers will need the same treatment.
Photos in the Combined Volume here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157661069863633
PS: only two new skyscrapers built in Salford over the last three weeks!
PPS: Lime St looked the biz.
Yes, sorry, didn't consider the delay it might cause to the railway.
"LDCERexile" beat me to it- there is one wire run up on each line from the new overbridge at Heath Charnock (site of the former Gillets UWC) to a point halfway between Skew Bridge and Rawlinson Lane. The Up line was done Wednesday night, the Down line Thursday night. Photos attached. To emphasise, there are no wires between Bradshaw Fields and the end of the wire run mentioned above; this is awaiting at least one mast to go in. The wiring train is booked to Euxton Jn tonight; as the whole line is under possession, it's anyone's guess as to where it'll be working.
I don't think they've really been mentioned so far, but a lot of the mid-point anchoring wires, which (as far as I know) help maintain the tension in the wire runs have been installed. I've attached a photo of a set that are between Yarrow viaduct and the canal bride. Earth wire is up on the Down side as far as the south end of Yarrow viaduct; it only runs to Heath Charnock footbridge on the Up.
I don't think they've really been mentioned so far, but a lot of the mid-point anchoring wires, which (as far as I know) help maintain the tension in the wire runs have been installed. I've attached a photo of a set that are between Yarrow viaduct and the canal bride. Earth wire is up on the Down side as far as the south end of Yarrow viaduct; it only runs to Heath Charnock footbridge on the Up.
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LDECRexile
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Great shots and info, thank you. You appear to have local knowledge, so I wonder if you could put me right.
1. As an outsider I thought Gillets Crossing and Heath Charnock foot crossing were separate entities a couple of hundred yards apart, with Gillets being nearer Chorley, then, when the line was upgraded Gillets was obliterated and the footbridge was installed on the same site as the erstwhile Heath Charnock foot crossing.
Here are shots taken before modernisation work and as it unfolded:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157671909760158
2. I have never had the guts to pass the warning signs on the lane beside Fredricks' fab icecreamery. Can you confirm that what I have always referred to as "Spencers" bridge is the same one you have called "Fredricks". Once again here are some shots taken when the bridge was being rebuilt:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157699408353494
3. How did you get near the trackside fence at Yarrow Viaduct? I've never seen a way off Hoggs Lane.
Please keep 'em coming!
Dave
You're right that they were to separate crossings. They weren't that far apart though; the shot of the two 150s has the back end on top of the footpath and the front end at the UWC gates, so only about 100m apart. The footbridge deck is probably halfway between the two former crossings. I put the reference to Gillets in because it's shown in Quail, so perhaps easier to identify the location.
Yes, same bridge. Regarding access- despite the very unfriendly signage, it's a public footpath- if you cross the bridge and turn left over the stile, there's a footpath that goes next to the railway for a short distance before swinging right. It actually goes round in a loop, and meets up at the other side of Gillets/Heath Charnock bridge.
You're missing something pretty obvious...
LDECRexile
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You're missing something pretty obvious...
Aaaargh! Canal towpath looking NW, rather than Hoggs Lane looking SE?
LDECRexile
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I've added PN27's latest shots to his album here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157671803749438
and to the Combined Volume here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157661069863633
Thank you PN.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157671803749438
and to the Combined Volume here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157661069863633
Thank you PN.
LDECRexile
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I checked at Hogg's Lane today and I'm glad to share a good news: two vertical parts of first portal attached to the viaduct!
Yippee!
Will wang photos on the CV this evening.
LDECRexile
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I've added inianin's shots of progress at Yarrow Viaduct to his album here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157669390542677
Wrinley has kindly sent shots of work an progress in the Lostock area. I've added them to his album here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157654034635234
I've added both their contributions to the Combined Volume here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157661069863633
Thank to both of you.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157669390542677
Wrinley has kindly sent shots of work an progress in the Lostock area. I've added them to his album here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157654034635234
I've added both their contributions to the Combined Volume here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157661069863633
Thank to both of you.
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Parked at BSV again today...
Minor work undertaken around 4 am early this morning North of BSV close to the signal that protect Euxton Jct. Welding work close to the top of the masts. They were not there long.
That aside; 80 plus cancellations by Northern today... I'll miss those RRB's when this line finally gets electrified. Lol.
Talking of which; Reatime Trains has a weekend rail service post mid October... down to Network Rail at the end of the day as to when they complete and the govt gives the final green light I guess...
LDECRexile
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I've added PN27's shot of the welcome progress at Yarrow Viaduct to his album here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157671803749438
and to the Combined Volume here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157661069863633
Thank you PN.
Some time ago someone asked whether the National Grid "oversail(s)" between Kearsley and Clifton had been resolved, but I don't recall an answer. Does anyone know of this, which could presumably be a job-stopper if not? Apologies if someone did say it was all OK now.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157671803749438
and to the Combined Volume here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157661069863633
Thank you PN.
Some time ago someone asked whether the National Grid "oversail(s)" between Kearsley and Clifton had been resolved, but I don't recall an answer. Does anyone know of this, which could presumably be a job-stopper if not? Apologies if someone did say it was all OK now.
LDECRexile
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What prompted me to ask was spotting a break in the earth wire next to the southbound (Up) track where two power lines cross. I don't know if there is a matching break on the Down side.
Just looked today- earth wire is continuous on the Down side. Only just saw your last post, so I didn't pay attention to the Up side.
Wiring progress at Salford Crescent is as follows:
The Up Bolton is wired from Agecroft South Jn, to Windsor Bridge South Jn (via the avoiding line at Crescent), where the wires continue onto the Up Salford, ending just south of Salford Central. The same length is wired on the Down Salford/Down Bolton, through P2 (Down platform) at Crescent. In addition, the crossover from the Down Bolton to the Up/Dn Bolton (Crescent P1) is wired, but only this section- the wires do not continue to meet the Up Bolton. The crossover between the Up and Down Salford at Windsor Bridge South Jn is also wired. No wires between Windsor Bridge South Jn and the existing limit of electrification at Ordsall Lane, no wires on Platform 1 and nothing on the overrun towards Atherton.
Additionally, one wire run has been installed between Agecroft North Jn and a point roughly level with the north end of the Strangeways prison complex.
Wiring progress at Salford Crescent is as follows:
The Up Bolton is wired from Agecroft South Jn, to Windsor Bridge South Jn (via the avoiding line at Crescent), where the wires continue onto the Up Salford, ending just south of Salford Central. The same length is wired on the Down Salford/Down Bolton, through P2 (Down platform) at Crescent. In addition, the crossover from the Down Bolton to the Up/Dn Bolton (Crescent P1) is wired, but only this section- the wires do not continue to meet the Up Bolton. The crossover between the Up and Down Salford at Windsor Bridge South Jn is also wired. No wires between Windsor Bridge South Jn and the existing limit of electrification at Ordsall Lane, no wires on Platform 1 and nothing on the overrun towards Atherton.
Additionally, one wire run has been installed between Agecroft North Jn and a point roughly level with the north end of the Strangeways prison complex.
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GSoP Post 14.1 - a mini-update.
Manchester Victoria - Preston; State of Play, week beginning 6th August 2018.
All bases in! At least 5 masts still missing.
All mileages from Manchester Victoria. Bridge mileages are approximated where noted.
1. Man Vic Station (West End) - Man Vic West Jct - Deal Street Jct; 0m 0ch to 0m 32ch
Fully wired 2013-15. Platforms 1 & 2 at Man Vic have now been bedanglied.
2. Deal Street Jct - Salford Central (East End); 0m 32ch to 0m 59ch
Fully masted. Limit of electrification is currently at 0m 46ch; SPS is up along the unwired stretch.
3. Salford Central; 0m 59ch
Fully masted, most SPS (Small Part Steelwork e.g. dangly bits) up. No wires.
4. Salford Central (West End) - Windsor Bridge South Jct; 0m 59ch to 1m 46ch
Two runs of Earth wire are up. Catenary & contact wires are now also up from west of Salford Central to Agecroft; details below.
5. Windsor Bridge South Jct - Windsor Bridge North Jct (inc. Salford Crescent); 1m 46ch to 1m 70ch
Windsor Bridge South Jct now wired (catenary/contact) from the Deal St direction on both the Up & Down Salford Lines; however, the Up Bolton line is fully wired through Salford Crescent, and terminated just north of Windsor Bridge North Jct. Earth wires (+ AT wires) are also in situ here.
All lines through Salford Crescent are wired with the exception of P1 (which is wireless).
Further wiring details:
Up Bolton is wired from Agecroft South Jn, to Windsor Bridge South Jn (via the avoiding line at Crescent), where the wires continue onto the Up Salford, ending just south of Salford Central.
The same length is wired on the Down Salford/Down Bolton, through P2 (Down platform) at Crescent.
In addition, the crossover from the Down Bolton to the Up/Dn Bolton (Crescent P1) is wired, but only this section - the wires do not continue to meet the Up Bolton.
The crossover between the Up and Down Salford at Windsor Bridge South Jn is also wired.
No wires between Windsor Bridge South Jn and the existing limit of electrification at Ordsall Lane, no wires on Platform 1 and nothing on the overrun towards Atherton.
Additionally, one wire run has been installed between Agecroft North Jn and a point roughly level with the north end of the Strangeways prison complex.
6. Windsor Bridge North Jct - Clifton (South End); 1m 70ch to 4m 57ch
Catenary & contact wires are up from west of Salford Central to Agecroft (by the bin terminal) over both lines.
Between Frederick Rd & Broughton Rd (2m 26ch) bridges, the Up side earth wire extends south from Broughton Rd as far as the line is visible.
Between Broughton Rd Bridge & Cockrobin Bridge, the Up side earth wire is up (for about 4 masts northwards, thru Pendleton Old).
North of Cockrobin Bridge, an Earth wire and an AT wire have gone up on the Down (northbound) side.
The missing bases in the walled stretch north of Agecroft Rd have now appeared & gained TTCs - woohoo! The problem was due to excessively sandy ground conditions in the area.
At Park House Rd Bridge, the first earth wire is now up on the Up side.
Lot of masts with SPS up on the southern approach to Clifton.
7. Clifton Station; 4m 57ch
2 boomed TTCs (with SPS); fully masted. No wires. Drainage manhole modules awaiting installation; temporary covers are over their future homes.
8. Clifton (North End) - Kearsley (South End); 4m 57ch to 7m 57ch
Brackets are fitted to the underside of the M60 overbridge. Bridge MVE1 27B (immediately NW of this) is fully erected, but unopened, and work the walkway is not yet finished.
Earth wires now up between Clifton & Kearsley; the Down side is continuous but it is unknown if the Up side is identically so.
Looking south from Kearsley, all masts that are up appear to be fully kitted out with SPS.
9. Kearsley Station; 7m 57ch
Fully masted. Earth wire (on the Up side) now runs south from Farnworth Tunnel (8m 25ch) through the station as far as the eye can see.
10. Kearsley (North End) - Farnworth (South End); 7m 57ch to 8m 31ch
Fully masted. Dangly bits almost all in place, but folded OOU at the tunnel end. Farnworth Tunnel has all its registration arms in place. Earth wire certainly in through the tunnel too.
11. Farnworth Station; 8m 31ch
Fully masted. Earth wire now in on the Down side through the station.
12. Farnworth (North End) - Moses Gate (South End); 8m 31ch to 9m 06ch
The pair of squat masts between Farnworth Station footbridge and Rawson St Bridge (approx. 8m 44ch) have now gained their boom.
The 2 bases each side of the "squat portal" have now gained TTCs; the southern one is certainly fully danglied.
Fully boomed and fully bedanglied TTCs up between Rawson St & the Balustraded Bridge (approx. 8m 56ch); this stretch now looks wire-ready.
The first of the two "Gravity Bases of the century" south of the Squeeze Belly Entry footbridge (approx. 8m 67ch) has gained a TTC. Of the two TTCs sandwiching the bridge, the southernmost one has gained dangly bits, while the bridge itself has had its parapet raiseed.
North of the Squeeze Belly Entry bridge, the earth wire resumes (on the Down side) from a portal boom, fitted with Tensorex drums.
13. Moses Gate Station; 9m 06ch
Fully masted, no wires.
14. Moses Gate (North End) - Bolton (South End); 9m 06ch to 10m 50ch
Weston St to Moses Gate looks almost ready for wiring.
Many bases, many masts, no wires. SPS and Tensorex drums appearing on some masts/cantilevers around Burnden Jct (10m 09ch).
All uprights appear to be up on both sides of Lever St footbridge; a multi-track portal is up immediately to the south of the bridge. To the north (on the east side), a TTC with reduced-height registration arms is up.
Stretching south from Bolton, long stretches of earth wire are now up. Another portal has been erected in 2 replacement bases.
Orlando St Bridge appears to be fully "stovepiped".
15. Bolton Station; 10m 50ch
All masts in the station area are now in place, bar the P2 "wicketkeeper".
The 1st TTC up over P1/2 has now been bedanglied; in total, P1/2 is covered by 4 TTCs and 3 STCs.
Platforms 98% open to public; the 2% not open is a fenced-off section of canopy support to the right of signal "MP9239". P2 buffers look finished. Canopies look complete.
Earth wires now in; the first one runs parallel to P3, from the southern end almost up to the road bridge at the northern end. A second one (parallel to P5) is up, and it extends south through Burnden as far as the eye can see.
Two sets of chalked "hieroglyphs" are etched into the bridge deck of Trinity St over P3/4; possible locations for stovepipes? Additionally, bolts & brackets are now drilled into the glazed brick retaining wall opposite P1.
16. Bolton (North End) - Lostock (South End); 10m 50ch to 13m 52ch
Newport St bridge has now had studs/brackets of some kind drilled in. The run of masts between Newport St & the NW end of P5 now have their earth wire affixed. Just east of Newport St Bridge, a TTC (unbedanglied) has now gone up on the southbound side.
Both of the wall-bracketed portals have now been erected, and both have now gained their dangly bits. The addition of these means that all masts are now up from Newport St to Beaumont Rd, Lostock.
Between Newport Street Bridge & Moor Lane (the Bullfield Tunnels area), the tunnels are bedanglied throughout, with Aerial Earth Wire (AEW) brackets up over both tracks' respective tunnels/bridges.
One of the masts immediately NW of Newport St has now gained twin booms (see photo A732m).
Gt. Moor St. bridge now has a stovepipe in on the Down side. The most recently cured base has had a mast & two dangly assemblies put up (see pic. A300k; between Great Moor St. & Dawes St. bridges).
Of the "3 amigos" (the three closest masts to Great Moor St. Bridge), 2 now have Tensorex Drums fitted and the other has its dangly bits cabled-tied down(see pic. A320k).
Cable ducting troughs laid between Black Horse St & New St on the Down side, in the cess.
The overrun along the line to Blackburn (as far as Bradshawgate Tunnel) looks nearly ready for SPS & wires.
Earth wire up on the Down side west of Moor St Tunnel.
Between Moor Lane & Lostock, Earth wires have already been strung, and autotransformer wires are following suit, but registration arms are still folded out of place.
Masts have started to appear immediately south of Lostock; at the extreme southern end of the station, a twin track portal with SPS has been erected, with the 4-track portal over Lostock Jct (13m 39ch) immediately south of that now being boomed too.
More masts around the switchgear box are sprouting dangly bits, switchgear kit etc.
A UTX has been installed in the "vee" in Lostock Jct, for buried service access.
Work currently going on with stacks of cable ducting on the Wigan Line - possibly from the substation?
All masts (bar one) now up on the Wigan overlap; the missing mast is at the country end.
17. Lostock Station; 13m 52ch
Switchgear box delivered 6th April '18.
All TTCs now in behind the Down platform; one of them is not like the others (additional bracing member).
18. Lostock (North End) - Adlington (South End); 13m 52ch to 15m 50ch 19m 15ch
Two more UTXs have been installed in the "vee" between the Preston & Wigan lines, to the north of Lostock station.
Immediately north of Lostock, the closest TTCs to the platforms have now sprouted part of their switchgear kit.
All C&C wires up from the "Golf Course" Footbridge (approx. 14m 04ch) to Huyton Viaduct (north of Adlington). Earth wires have gone up on the Down side immediately north of the station; their northbound extent is unclear, but promising.
Work has concluded on the footbridge that will replace Red Moss foot crossing; complex portal/masts are up there too, which now have earth wires strung up on both sides of the track.
19. Blackrod (North End) - Adlington (South End); 17m 14ch to 19m 15ch
Catenary & contact wires up on both lines under Anderton Lane/Hall Crossing footbridge; the crossovers here and at Blackrod remain to be wired.
from Huyton Viaduct to Douglas Valley Golf Course. Earth wires are also up on this stretch.
20. Adlington Station; 19m 15ch
2 single masts up (one on each side) and 2 TTCs (on one of the sides); all are bedanglied and earth bonded. The road bridge at the southern end has also been stalactited. No wires.
21. Adlington (North End) - Chorley (South End); 19m 15ch to 22m 20ch
Catenary & contact wires are now also up from just south of the Skew Bridge to Heath Charnock footbridge. Near Rawlinson Lane overbridge, a mastless base has recently sprouted a TTC.
All bespoke mast fixings are now up on Yarrow Viaduct (21m 26ch at the southern end); work had stopped after the alleged discovery of a large void within the structure, but this appears to be resolved.
The portal at the south end is now complete, with both uprights having gained their boom and all necessary dangly bits. Still looks set to be a TTC at the north end.
22. Chorley Station; 22m 20ch
No wires. Fully masted, with danglies.
23. Chorley (North End) - Buckshaw Pkwy (South End); 22m 20ch to 24m 39ch
Many bases, some masts, 1 or 2 wires. Roof brackets affixed in Chorley Tunnel (23m 20ch to 23m 25ch), and at least 6 dangly bits/SPS are up in the Flying Arches cutting. All bases on top of the retaining wall at the northern end now have portal booms affixed.
24. Buckshaw Parkway Station; 24m 39ch
Some bases in place, 2 TTCs up on the Down side, 1 TTC up on the Up side. The footbridge has now sprouted stovepipes. Up platform fully wired; extent either side unknown.
25. Buckshaw Pkwy (North End) - Euxton Jct; 24m 39ch to 25m 31ch
Almost fully masted; about half the wires up until halfway to Euxton, then fully wired the rest of the way.
Do let me know if I've missed anything!
Manchester Victoria - Preston; State of Play, week beginning 6th August 2018.
All bases in! At least 5 masts still missing.
All mileages from Manchester Victoria. Bridge mileages are approximated where noted.
1. Man Vic Station (West End) - Man Vic West Jct - Deal Street Jct; 0m 0ch to 0m 32ch
Fully wired 2013-15. Platforms 1 & 2 at Man Vic have now been bedanglied.
2. Deal Street Jct - Salford Central (East End); 0m 32ch to 0m 59ch
Fully masted. Limit of electrification is currently at 0m 46ch; SPS is up along the unwired stretch.
3. Salford Central; 0m 59ch
Fully masted, most SPS (Small Part Steelwork e.g. dangly bits) up. No wires.
4. Salford Central (West End) - Windsor Bridge South Jct; 0m 59ch to 1m 46ch
Two runs of Earth wire are up. Catenary & contact wires are now also up from west of Salford Central to Agecroft; details below.
5. Windsor Bridge South Jct - Windsor Bridge North Jct (inc. Salford Crescent); 1m 46ch to 1m 70ch
Windsor Bridge South Jct now wired (catenary/contact) from the Deal St direction on both the Up & Down Salford Lines; however, the Up Bolton line is fully wired through Salford Crescent, and terminated just north of Windsor Bridge North Jct. Earth wires (+ AT wires) are also in situ here.
All lines through Salford Crescent are wired with the exception of P1 (which is wireless).
Further wiring details:
Up Bolton is wired from Agecroft South Jn, to Windsor Bridge South Jn (via the avoiding line at Crescent), where the wires continue onto the Up Salford, ending just south of Salford Central.
The same length is wired on the Down Salford/Down Bolton, through P2 (Down platform) at Crescent.
In addition, the crossover from the Down Bolton to the Up/Dn Bolton (Crescent P1) is wired, but only this section - the wires do not continue to meet the Up Bolton.
The crossover between the Up and Down Salford at Windsor Bridge South Jn is also wired.
No wires between Windsor Bridge South Jn and the existing limit of electrification at Ordsall Lane, no wires on Platform 1 and nothing on the overrun towards Atherton.
Additionally, one wire run has been installed between Agecroft North Jn and a point roughly level with the north end of the Strangeways prison complex.
6. Windsor Bridge North Jct - Clifton (South End); 1m 70ch to 4m 57ch
Catenary & contact wires are up from west of Salford Central to Agecroft (by the bin terminal) over both lines.
Between Frederick Rd & Broughton Rd (2m 26ch) bridges, the Up side earth wire extends south from Broughton Rd as far as the line is visible.
Between Broughton Rd Bridge & Cockrobin Bridge, the Up side earth wire is up (for about 4 masts northwards, thru Pendleton Old).
North of Cockrobin Bridge, an Earth wire and an AT wire have gone up on the Down (northbound) side.
The missing bases in the walled stretch north of Agecroft Rd have now appeared & gained TTCs - woohoo! The problem was due to excessively sandy ground conditions in the area.
At Park House Rd Bridge, the first earth wire is now up on the Up side.
Lot of masts with SPS up on the southern approach to Clifton.
7. Clifton Station; 4m 57ch
2 boomed TTCs (with SPS); fully masted. No wires. Drainage manhole modules awaiting installation; temporary covers are over their future homes.
8. Clifton (North End) - Kearsley (South End); 4m 57ch to 7m 57ch
Brackets are fitted to the underside of the M60 overbridge. Bridge MVE1 27B (immediately NW of this) is fully erected, but unopened, and work the walkway is not yet finished.
Earth wires now up between Clifton & Kearsley; the Down side is continuous but it is unknown if the Up side is identically so.
Looking south from Kearsley, all masts that are up appear to be fully kitted out with SPS.
9. Kearsley Station; 7m 57ch
Fully masted. Earth wire (on the Up side) now runs south from Farnworth Tunnel (8m 25ch) through the station as far as the eye can see.
10. Kearsley (North End) - Farnworth (South End); 7m 57ch to 8m 31ch
Fully masted. Dangly bits almost all in place, but folded OOU at the tunnel end. Farnworth Tunnel has all its registration arms in place. Earth wire certainly in through the tunnel too.
11. Farnworth Station; 8m 31ch
Fully masted. Earth wire now in on the Down side through the station.
12. Farnworth (North End) - Moses Gate (South End); 8m 31ch to 9m 06ch
The pair of squat masts between Farnworth Station footbridge and Rawson St Bridge (approx. 8m 44ch) have now gained their boom.
The 2 bases each side of the "squat portal" have now gained TTCs; the southern one is certainly fully danglied.
Fully boomed and fully bedanglied TTCs up between Rawson St & the Balustraded Bridge (approx. 8m 56ch); this stretch now looks wire-ready.
The first of the two "Gravity Bases of the century" south of the Squeeze Belly Entry footbridge (approx. 8m 67ch) has gained a TTC. Of the two TTCs sandwiching the bridge, the southernmost one has gained dangly bits, while the bridge itself has had its parapet raiseed.
North of the Squeeze Belly Entry bridge, the earth wire resumes (on the Down side) from a portal boom, fitted with Tensorex drums.
13. Moses Gate Station; 9m 06ch
Fully masted, no wires.
14. Moses Gate (North End) - Bolton (South End); 9m 06ch to 10m 50ch
Weston St to Moses Gate looks almost ready for wiring.
Many bases, many masts, no wires. SPS and Tensorex drums appearing on some masts/cantilevers around Burnden Jct (10m 09ch).
All uprights appear to be up on both sides of Lever St footbridge; a multi-track portal is up immediately to the south of the bridge. To the north (on the east side), a TTC with reduced-height registration arms is up.
Stretching south from Bolton, long stretches of earth wire are now up. Another portal has been erected in 2 replacement bases.
Orlando St Bridge appears to be fully "stovepiped".
15. Bolton Station; 10m 50ch
All masts in the station area are now in place, bar the P2 "wicketkeeper".
The 1st TTC up over P1/2 has now been bedanglied; in total, P1/2 is covered by 4 TTCs and 3 STCs.
Platforms 98% open to public; the 2% not open is a fenced-off section of canopy support to the right of signal "MP9239". P2 buffers look finished. Canopies look complete.
Earth wires now in; the first one runs parallel to P3, from the southern end almost up to the road bridge at the northern end. A second one (parallel to P5) is up, and it extends south through Burnden as far as the eye can see.
Two sets of chalked "hieroglyphs" are etched into the bridge deck of Trinity St over P3/4; possible locations for stovepipes? Additionally, bolts & brackets are now drilled into the glazed brick retaining wall opposite P1.
16. Bolton (North End) - Lostock (South End); 10m 50ch to 13m 52ch
Newport St bridge has now had studs/brackets of some kind drilled in. The run of masts between Newport St & the NW end of P5 now have their earth wire affixed. Just east of Newport St Bridge, a TTC (unbedanglied) has now gone up on the southbound side.
Both of the wall-bracketed portals have now been erected, and both have now gained their dangly bits. The addition of these means that all masts are now up from Newport St to Beaumont Rd, Lostock.
Between Newport Street Bridge & Moor Lane (the Bullfield Tunnels area), the tunnels are bedanglied throughout, with Aerial Earth Wire (AEW) brackets up over both tracks' respective tunnels/bridges.
One of the masts immediately NW of Newport St has now gained twin booms (see photo A732m).
Gt. Moor St. bridge now has a stovepipe in on the Down side. The most recently cured base has had a mast & two dangly assemblies put up (see pic. A300k; between Great Moor St. & Dawes St. bridges).
Of the "3 amigos" (the three closest masts to Great Moor St. Bridge), 2 now have Tensorex Drums fitted and the other has its dangly bits cabled-tied down(see pic. A320k).
Cable ducting troughs laid between Black Horse St & New St on the Down side, in the cess.
The overrun along the line to Blackburn (as far as Bradshawgate Tunnel) looks nearly ready for SPS & wires.
Earth wire up on the Down side west of Moor St Tunnel.
Between Moor Lane & Lostock, Earth wires have already been strung, and autotransformer wires are following suit, but registration arms are still folded out of place.
Masts have started to appear immediately south of Lostock; at the extreme southern end of the station, a twin track portal with SPS has been erected, with the 4-track portal over Lostock Jct (13m 39ch) immediately south of that now being boomed too.
More masts around the switchgear box are sprouting dangly bits, switchgear kit etc.
A UTX has been installed in the "vee" in Lostock Jct, for buried service access.
Work currently going on with stacks of cable ducting on the Wigan Line - possibly from the substation?
All masts (bar one) now up on the Wigan overlap; the missing mast is at the country end.
17. Lostock Station; 13m 52ch
Switchgear box delivered 6th April '18.
All TTCs now in behind the Down platform; one of them is not like the others (additional bracing member).
18. Lostock (North End) - Adlington (South End); 13m 52ch to 15m 50ch 19m 15ch
Two more UTXs have been installed in the "vee" between the Preston & Wigan lines, to the north of Lostock station.
Immediately north of Lostock, the closest TTCs to the platforms have now sprouted part of their switchgear kit.
All C&C wires up from the "Golf Course" Footbridge (approx. 14m 04ch) to Huyton Viaduct (north of Adlington). Earth wires have gone up on the Down side immediately north of the station; their northbound extent is unclear, but promising.
Work has concluded on the footbridge that will replace Red Moss foot crossing; complex portal/masts are up there too, which now have earth wires strung up on both sides of the track.
19. Blackrod (North End) - Adlington (South End); 17m 14ch to 19m 15ch
Catenary & contact wires up on both lines under Anderton Lane/Hall Crossing footbridge; the crossovers here and at Blackrod remain to be wired.
from Huyton Viaduct to Douglas Valley Golf Course. Earth wires are also up on this stretch.
20. Adlington Station; 19m 15ch
2 single masts up (one on each side) and 2 TTCs (on one of the sides); all are bedanglied and earth bonded. The road bridge at the southern end has also been stalactited. No wires.
21. Adlington (North End) - Chorley (South End); 19m 15ch to 22m 20ch
Catenary & contact wires are now also up from just south of the Skew Bridge to Heath Charnock footbridge. Near Rawlinson Lane overbridge, a mastless base has recently sprouted a TTC.
All bespoke mast fixings are now up on Yarrow Viaduct (21m 26ch at the southern end); work had stopped after the alleged discovery of a large void within the structure, but this appears to be resolved.
The portal at the south end is now complete, with both uprights having gained their boom and all necessary dangly bits. Still looks set to be a TTC at the north end.
22. Chorley Station; 22m 20ch
No wires. Fully masted, with danglies.
23. Chorley (North End) - Buckshaw Pkwy (South End); 22m 20ch to 24m 39ch
Many bases, some masts, 1 or 2 wires. Roof brackets affixed in Chorley Tunnel (23m 20ch to 23m 25ch), and at least 6 dangly bits/SPS are up in the Flying Arches cutting. All bases on top of the retaining wall at the northern end now have portal booms affixed.
24. Buckshaw Parkway Station; 24m 39ch
Some bases in place, 2 TTCs up on the Down side, 1 TTC up on the Up side. The footbridge has now sprouted stovepipes. Up platform fully wired; extent either side unknown.
25. Buckshaw Pkwy (North End) - Euxton Jct; 24m 39ch to 25m 31ch
Almost fully masted; about half the wires up until halfway to Euxton, then fully wired the rest of the way.
Do let me know if I've missed anything!
The location north of Adlington where the wires stop is Bradshaw Fields footbridge, not Huyton viaduct (that's to the south).
Blackrod crossover is wired; there's no other crossover in the area.
Adlington station has 3 TTCs- two on the Up side, the one nearest the bridge is on the Down side. There are no single masts on the station.
Where C+C wires are up, I think it would make sense to remove everything else from the report, other than known missing bits. At the moment, the section from Lostock to Adlington contradicts itself quite a few times.
Last night, the wiring train installed a wire run on the Down line from Yarrow Rd, near Albany high school (approximately, I'm not exactly sure where the wire run swaps over in that area) to Stump Lane, Chorley.
absolutelymilk
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Agreed, it would make it easier to see at a glance which bits are done. Possibly leave the previous text but strikethrough it in case people want to see the details?
59CosG95
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What I've recently been doing is merging completed sections together if they're fully completed. For example, Horwich Parkway now has no mention at all as it's been rolled in with the Lostock-Blackrod section, which will soon be a Lostock-Chorley section given the recent rate of progress!
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