MML Electrification: progress updates

Merle Haggard said:

1C98 0731 Derby St p was booked bi-directional goods line calling at Wellingboro' Plat 3.
Now both the former goods lines are back in use, but Plat 4 at Wbro' not yet open, how will this run? Can it run up the down slow?

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Freightmaster said:

If it helps, today's 1C98 switched to the up fast immediately south of Wellingborough.
MARK

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Senex said:

So was that the first passenger working over the new Wellingborough South Jn? (Or at least over half of it?)

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edwin_m said:

I'm guessing that's because the crossover in question would have to be where the curve tightens south of the station, and would result in a speed restriction and/or a maintenance headache.

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• In the Cricklewood area, around 13 new structures are gradually being erected; these are confirmed to be part of the works for the new Brent Cross West station.
• Just south of Sundon FS, Lower Farm Rd ATFS is being commissioned - this will allow for a increase in electric traction on the route.
• From structure "SPC1 79/659/DF", just north of the Great Ouse Viaduct, new masts are going up on either side of the Fast tracks to support Bonomi Omnia (i.e. S2/UKMS) cantilevers. All of them appear to be up.
• Just south of the new Sectioning AT site (?) south of Bedford, 2 pairs of spanwire Feeder masts (for switching) are being installed; the more northerly pair's mast adj. to the Up Fast has yet to be installed.

• Work to raise Ford End Rd bridge is now complete.
• On the Fast side, behind Bedford P4's fence, masts to support troughing appear to have been erected. These may carry feeder cables or similar.
• South of Bedford station footbridge, 2 TTC masts and a 'Heathrow' portal have gone up; the TTCs over P4 & the Up Fast, and the portal over both those lines plus P3. The southernmost TTC of the two still lacks its boom.
• North of the station footbridge, a fixed anchor portal has gone up over the Slows in Bedford station (P1/2); this will presumably anchor a crossover wire run.
• Two Tensorex portals are now up immediately north of Bedford. Between them lies a "castellated" portal, which has a spanwire feeder mast adjacent to it in the Down Fast Cess. It has yet to receive its twin on the Up side.
• One TTC is awaiting installation just south of Bromham Rd Bridge in the Down Fast cess; its pile is driven.
• Over the pointwork of Bedford North Jct (just north of Bromham Rd Bridge), the majority of masts now have booms (either TTC or Portal).
• The southernmost portal on this stretch is missing its Up side leg, and also its boom. Just north of it, two pairs of spanwire feeder masts have gone up. North of them, two pairs of Tensorex Portal legs are awaiting their boom.
• Between Bedford North Jct & Sharnbrook Jct, about 90% of masts are up on both sides of the line.
• Aerial Earth Wire is now up on both sides between Bedford & Oakley, verified in the Clapham area. All four lines are now wired past the former site of Oakley Station as far north as the Tensorex portal between Oakley Viaduct & Highfield Rd. Two-track portals now appear to be up over Oakley Viaduct too (on both lines).
• The Fast Lines are wired (C&C, plus Aerial Earth on both sides) from just north of the A6 (Great Ouse Way) O/B; the Slow Lines start from the next Tensorex Portal at Lower Farm Rd.
• In the Milton Ernest area, C&C on the Up Slow stops at the Tensorex portal immediately south of Milton Ernest Viaducts. Wires on the Fasts stop at the "wicket-keepers" immediately south of Radwell Rd O/B, while the Up Slow is wired again from the Tensorex portal a few structures south. on all lines except the Up Slow. North of there, wires only continue on the Up Fast & Down Slow.
• Both Slow Lines are now fully wired over Radwell Viaduct.
• Between Radwell Viaduct & Moor End Lane O/B, C&C resumes on the Down Fast and terminates on the Up Slow. Both wire runs on the Down Fast & Down Slow terminate shy of Sharnbrook Viaducts.Two pairs of spanwire feeder masts (one pair for the Slows, one pair for the Fasts) are also up, but have not received any switching equipment yet; these are located between the end of the aforementioned wire runs and the southern end of the viaducts.
• All 4 lines now wired over Sharnbrook Viaducts.
• Around Sharnbrook Jct (south of Templars Way O/B), at least 4 piles have gone in adjacent to the proposed alignment of the future Up Slow.
• North of Templars Way overbridge, an AT switching site has been constructed in the former works compound. A pair of spanwire feeder masts are adjacent to the northern perimeter of said compound.
• Almost all masts are now up over the Slow lines, from just north of Park Ln, Sharnbrook (https://goo.gl/maps/df2As431FDr) to Sharnbrook Rd overbridge (southern end of Souldrop bank); the 4-tracking here is not yet complete as signals "WH378" and “LR 8” sit right in the path of the restored Up Slow. Some TTCs have now gone up on the Fasts between these bridges too.
• At Souldrop (between Sharnbrook Rd & Back Lane overbridges), 400m approx of Aerial Earth Wire (AEW) has gone up on the Slow side TTCs. On the Down Slow (to be), a run of C&C has now gone up, continuing south of Sharnbrook Rd to a point halfway between Sharnbrook Rd and Park Ln O/B's. The corresponding MPA portal on the Fast lines is now erected, but SPS, cantilevers & registration arms have yet to be installed. The Fast side AEW is also up to the south of Sharnbrook Rd, but is not registered on the portal.
• Wymington Deviation - Fasts
  • On the Fasts, wires are now up from the 2nd-closest Tensorex portal south of Back Lane Bridge (aka Odell Viaduct), and continue north past Irchester, north of where the Fast lines rejoin the Slow lines.Three pairs of Spanwire Feeder masts are being installed at the northern end of the Fasts on this stretch, although the central one on the Down Fast side has yet to be installed.
• Wymington Deviation - Slows
  • Wires are complete along the Slows, but the Up Slow from Wellingborough to Sharnbrook is out of use until further notice.
  • The switching/feeder site at Wymington now looks structurally complete.
• Just north of the A45 overbridge, a number of portals (2-track & 4-track?) are awaiting installation.
• Irthlingborough Viaduct now has masts over all lines, with cantilevers going up too.
• Between Irthlingborough Viaduct & I'borough Rd Bridge (i.e. the Kangaroo Spinney area), virtually all TTCs have booms now. The Fast side is seeing much more progress than the Slow side, with masts/booms nearly at I'boro' Rd Bridge. (Progress on the Slows stops west of signal LR 23.) A 4-track portal is being erected, with the boom not yet in situ - the structure number is "SPC2 103/387". Both "DF" & "US" masts are up.
• Irthlingborough Rd Bridge was demolished on Christmas Day 2018 - only the utilities pipe remains. A temporary footbridge has also been erected. Immediately north of the temporary bridge, 2 pairs of TTCs (1 pair in the Fast side cess, the other pair in the 10-foot) have gone up complete with booms, and a mast for a Tensorex Anchor portal has gone up too (in the Slow side cess). Immediately south, 1 4-track portal leg & one boomed TTC are up in the Fast Side cess.
• Just south of Wellingborough Viaduct, 4 wicket-keeper masts are due to go up; the Down Fast one has been erected, but lacks Tensorex drums. The other 3 are in the 10-foot/cess. North of the viaduct, the 6 nearest TTCs on the Slow lines still lack booms.

• Immediately south of the station, MPA portals are going up. The portal over the Fasts is complete; the one over the Slows is not. (AFAIK.)
• Preparations to return the 4th platform (P4) at Wellingborough to public use have now begun. Concrete facings for P4 are now appearing.
• All masts are now up within Wellingborough Station.
• Extensive 4-tracking laid (except at points where existing infrastructure has to be moved).
• It is very difficult to track the progress of specific items from an outsider's perspective, but it seems to me that Wellingborough to Kettering is almost wire-ready.
• Between Mill Rd O/B, and Finedon Rd O/B, over 95% of steelwork is now up. Only a few things remain outstanding, like Anchor Portal Backstays, Across Track Feeder masts etc.
• North of Finedon Rd Bridge, all portal booms are now up.These accompany the TTCs over both pairs of lines near Wellingborough Yards; SPS and cantilevers are now starting to go up.
  South of these booms, a TTC (boom facing the Slow side) has been erected in the 10-foot.
• Rumours are afoot that the two western sidings in Wellingborough Up Yard (those nearest the Up Slow) will be wired and used by NR. These rumours also state that a northern connection to the yards will be provided as well. These rumours have been confirmed as a certainty with the erection of cantilevers over the westernmost siding, and the provision of an additional pile foundation within the yard for a future structure; there may be more. There doesn't seem to be any concrete plan to put northern access into the yard yet, though.
• TTCs stretch north from Wellingborough Yards over both pairs of lines as far north as the Weetabix factory (north of Burton Latimer).
• At Harrowden Junction, Aerial Earth Wires are up on both sides of the line. Contact & Catenary wires are now up over all 4 lines (except the crossovers), mainly from the Tensorex portal south of Harrowden Jn to the one north of Finedon Road O/B at a guess.
• A new feeding/switching site is going in at the former Finedon Sidings; six pairs of spanwire feeder masts are now all up on either side of the line where the switching equipment will be suspended. One of these now has its wire coiled up and ready for installation.
• At Burton Latimer (south of the Weetabix factory), power lines (National Grid) might be due a raise; taller wooden poles have been erected adjacent to the existing ones.
• Almost all masts and booms have now gone up around Kettering Headlands. SPS also starting to go up - it might all be up now.
• Ground clearance works ongoing at Kettering Yard; the yard will be electrified as part of an EMU stabling facility.
• A number of TTCs have now been erected on the southern approach to Kettering station, roughly parallel to Kettering Yard. So far, these amount to 8 over the Fasts (4 having booms) and 5 (all boomed) over the Slows. At least 1 STC and 2 Anchor Portal uprights are also up next to the Slows.
• Within Kettering Station, all 5 Mk1-style bespoke portal booms spanning all 4 tracks have been erected. Also within the station, many (if not all) of the Single Insulator Cantilevers (as seen on the GWML & GEML) planned to go up have gone up.

• Works appears to have started to extend the southern end of P3, and a small chunk of the canopy on P3 is missing at the north end.
• On the Fast side, around 6 TTCs are up to the north of the signal gantry at the north end of Kettering station; another is up immediately south of said gantry. A matching number is up on the Slow side; SPS appearing on both sides now. An SSA (wicketkeeper) has gone up in the 10-foot between the Up Fast & Down Slow, where there was previously a capped pile.
• Immediately north of the platforms at Kettering, the MPA Portal is now boomed, and has SPS affixed (certainly over the Fasts).
• Limit of Live Wires on the Fasts appears to be 500m north of Kettering Station.
• At Glendon Jct/Kettering North Jct, all piles on the Slow side have now grown TTCs with booms; at least 5 are now bedanglied ("dressed"). A few signal gantries from the BR days have been (or are due to be) removed. A pair of portals spanning all 4 lines have gone up over the Kettering North Jct pointwork.
• A pair of Anchor Boom Portal Masts are now up on the Slow side just short of where the lines to Corby diverge; 2 TTCs (one without a boom) are between them.
• 4 Spanwire masts have also gone up around Glendon, all so far on the Up side. A 5th one is now complete; it has a partner on the Down side, and is bristling with insulators and bracketry for feeder cables from the new Kettering North SATS (Sectioning Autotransformer Site). This structure bears the number plate "SPC3/119/928/DF", and also carries spanwires over to its comrade on the Up side.
• About 5/6 STC masts are up adjacent to each side of the line just north of Glendon Jct, roughly where the Corby Lines diverge from the Mains.
• Pile now in on the Down side near Kettering North Jct.
• 2nd track now in operation, and linespeed raised to 90mph where it was previously 60mph.
• A good stretch of the overheads are now up between a point south of Barford Bridge (over the A6003), continuing northwards to the end of the planned wiring at Corby. At this stage, only the earth wires have reached as far south as the Iron Coy's Bridge nr Glendon (the first overbridge on the Corby branch).

• Braybrooke Substation approved. To be located here: (https://goo.gl/maps/fuy1uZeDjdQ2).
• Enabling Works are now underway.
• The extent of wiring towards Market Harborough has now been as good as confirmed to reach the station.

• Electrification proposed from Market Harborough to Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham & Derby; as part of the Midlands Connect strategy.
• Electrification proposed from Clay Cross HS2 Connection to Sheffield (Midland) as part of HS2 works.
• Currently, no electrification is proposed between Clay Cross HS2 Connection & Nottingham, or Tupton & Derby (via Belper).
  
  Any updates would be greatly appreciated.

59CosG95 said:

MML Wiring Progressometer 37.0 (as of 2nd of January 2020)

• Irthlingborough Rd Bridge was demolished on Christmas Day 2018 - only the utilities pipe remains. A temporary footbridge has also been erected. Immediately north of the temporary bridge, 2 pairs of TTCs (1 pair in the Fast side cess, the other pair in the 10-foot) have gone up complete with booms, and a mast for a Tensorex Anchor portal has gone up too (in the Slow side cess). Immediately south, 1 4-track portal leg & one boomed TTC are up in the Fast Side cess.

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Flying Phil said:

Many thanks for posting such impressively detailed updates 59CosG95......have a very Happy New Year!

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TommyJ said:

I second that. Really appreciate your detailed and accurate posts.

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Just a gentle reminder that this thread is for updates regarding the progress of the current MML electrification project please

For discussion beyond that, please either create a new thread or use an existing one, as appropriate.

I have split some posts from this thread into the following threads:

• Sheffield area remodelling: current layout is not fit for purpose
• What is the plan for the Leicester capacity works project?
  

Senex said:

It's a good poster, but it's wrong about only one platform in 1857 — it was a normal station with down and up platforms. There was a total rebuilding of the up platforms when it was converted into an island very much later, hence the difference in styles.

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westcoaster said:

General overview of the current progress at Wellingborough.



On the fast lines the canopies on p1-2 have now been cut back, also the ohle structures now have registration arms added to them as far as mid platform from the south.

On the slow lines P3 has now been fully extended and platform edge coping stones added, the gap between P2+3 just needs infilling.

Also a poster has been put in the waiting room on P2 detailing the station improvements.

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Bob Buckler said:

I suppose the lift to the new footbridge to platform 4 will be clad in ironstone to match the other platforms.
I cannot imagine why they chose ironstone when the footbridge was replaced several years ago.
The station was built and presumably listed as a prime example of redbrick Midland Railway architecture
Before the new footbridge, I don't think that there was a trace of ironstone on the station!

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Merle Haggard said:

Yes, I was a bit annoyed when they did this. The scale of the footbridge dwarfs the older building when approaching the station and it pays no respects to what's already there in either design or materials - so much for 'listing'.
A curious point about the footbridge is that the stairs down to Platform 1 lead towards the platform edge (rather than being parallel to the tracks) unlike every other footbridge I can think of. An obvious Health & Safety issue - perhaps something to be looked at by the experts once they've resolved the issues at Market Harboro'.

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westcoaster said:

General overview of the current progress at Wellingborough.



On the fast lines the canopies on p1-2 have now been cut back, also the ohle structures now have registration arms added to them as far as mid platform from the south.

On the slow lines P3 has now been fully extended and platform edge coping stones added, the gap between P2+3 just needs infilling.

Also a poster has been put in the waiting room on P2 detailing the station improvements.

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Merle Haggard said:

A curious point about the footbridge is that the stairs down to Platform 1 lead towards the platform edge (rather than being parallel to the tracks) unlike every other footbridge I can think of. An obvious Health & Safety issue - perhaps something to be looked at by the experts once they've resolved the issues at Market Harboro'.

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edwin_m said:

There's a standard somewhere that says this shouldn't happen unless there is no alternative, so I assume that would have been the case. Ironic as this is the location of the most serious accident (IIRC) caused by an luggage trolley getting under a train.

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• In the Cricklewood area, around 13 new structures are gradually being erected; these are confirmed to be part of the works for the new Brent Cross West station.
• Just south of Sundon FS, Lower Farm Rd ATFS is being commissioned - this will allow for a increase in electric traction on the route.
• From structure "SPC1 79/659/DF", just north of the Great Ouse Viaduct, new masts are going up on either side of the Fast tracks to support Bonomi Omnia (i.e. S2/UKMS) cantilevers. All of them appear to be up.
• Just south of the new Sectioning AT site (?) south of Bedford, 2 pairs of spanwire Feeder masts (for switching) are being installed; the more northerly pair's mast adj. to the Up Fast has yet to be installed.

• Work to raise Ford End Rd bridge is now complete.
• On the Fast side, behind Bedford P4's fence, masts to support troughing appear to have been erected. These may carry feeder cables or similar.
• South of Bedford station footbridge, 2 TTC masts and a 'Heathrow' portal have gone up; the TTCs over P4 & the Up Fast, and the portal over both those lines plus P3. Both TTCs are now boomed, and they (Plus the portal) now support cantilevers (of the F+F SIC variety, as seen on the GWML).
• North of the station footbridge, a fixed anchor portal has gone up over the Slows in Bedford station (P1/2); this will presumably anchor a crossover wire run. Two more TTCs have also gone up behind P4; both are boomed, supporting SICs. A third, just north of P4, supports Bonomi 'Omnia' (i.e. Series 2) cantilevers.
• Two Tensorex portals are now up immediately north of Bedford. Between them lies a "castellated" portal, which has a spanwire feeder mast adjacent to it in the Down Fast Cess. It has yet to receive its twin on the Up side.
• One TTC is awaiting installation just south of Bromham Rd Bridge in the Down Fast cess; its pile is driven.
• Over the pointwork of Bedford North Jct (just north of Bromham Rd Bridge), the majority of masts now have booms (either TTC or Portal).
• The southernmost portal on this stretch is missing its Up side leg, and also its boom. Just north of it, two pairs of spanwire feeder masts have gone up. North of them, two pairs of Tensorex Portal legs are awaiting their boom.
• Between Bedford North Jct & Sharnbrook Jct, about 90% of masts are up on both sides of the line.
• Aerial Earth Wire is now up on both sides between Bedford & Oakley, verified in the Clapham area. All four lines are now wired past the former site of Oakley Station as far north as the Tensorex portal between Oakley Viaduct & Highfield Rd. Two-track portals now appear to be up over Oakley Viaduct too (on both lines).
• The Fast Lines are wired (C&C, plus Aerial Earth on both sides) from just north of the A6 (Great Ouse Way) O/B; the Slow Lines start from the next Tensorex Portal at Lower Farm Rd.
• In the Milton Ernest area, C&C on the Up Slow stops at the Tensorex portal immediately south of Milton Ernest Viaducts. Wires on the Fasts stop at the "wicket-keepers" immediately south of Radwell Rd O/B, while the Up Slow is wired again from the Tensorex portal a few structures south. on all lines except the Up Slow. North of there, wires only continue on the Up Fast & Down Slow.
• Both Slow Lines are now fully wired over Radwell Viaduct.
• Between Radwell Viaduct & Moor End Lane O/B, C&C resumes on the Down Fast and terminates on the Up Slow. Both wire runs on the Down Fast & Down Slow terminate shy of Sharnbrook Viaducts.Two pairs of spanwire feeder masts (one pair for the Slows, one pair for the Fasts) are also up, but have not received any switching equipment yet; these are located between the end of the aforementioned wire runs and the southern end of the viaducts.
• All 4 lines now wired over Sharnbrook Viaducts.
• Around Sharnbrook Jct (south of Templars Way O/B), at least 4 piles have gone in adjacent to the proposed alignment of the future Up Slow.
• North of Templars Way overbridge, an AT switching site has been constructed in the former works compound. A pair of spanwire feeder masts are adjacent to the northern perimeter of said compound.
• Almost all masts are now up over the Slow lines, from just north of Park Ln, Sharnbrook (https://goo.gl/maps/df2As431FDr) to Sharnbrook Rd overbridge (southern end of Souldrop bank); the 4-tracking here is not yet complete as signals "WH378" and “LR 8” sit right in the path of the restored Up Slow. Some TTCs have now gone up on the Fasts between these bridges too.
• At Souldrop (between Sharnbrook Rd & Back Lane overbridges), 400m approx of Aerial Earth Wire (AEW) has gone up on the Slow side TTCs. On the Down Slow (to be), a run of C&C has now gone up, continuing south of Sharnbrook Rd to a point halfway between Sharnbrook Rd and Park Ln O/B's. The corresponding MPA portal on the Fast lines is now erected, but SPS, cantilevers & registration arms have yet to be installed. The Fast side AEW is also up to the south of Sharnbrook Rd, but is not registered on the portal.
• Wymington Deviation - Fasts
  • On the Fasts, wires are now up from the 2nd-closest Tensorex portal south of Back Lane Bridge (aka Odell Viaduct), and continue north past Irchester, north of where the Fast lines rejoin the Slow lines.Three pairs of Spanwire Feeder masts are being installed at the northern end of the Fasts on this stretch, although the central one on the Down Fast side has yet to be installed.
• Wymington Deviation - Slows
  • Wires are complete along the Slows, but the Up Slow from Wellingborough to Sharnbrook is out of use until further notice.
  • The switching/feeder site at Wymington now looks structurally complete.
• Wires from Bedford now reach the eastern extremity of the viaducts over the Ise, south south of the station.

• Immediately south of the station, the MPA portals are complete. Both will also anchor the Earth Wires on both sides; the Slow Earth Wire is already anchored.
• Preparations to return the 4th platform (P4) at Wellingborough to public use have now begun. Concrete facings for P4 are now appearing.
• All masts are now up within Wellingborough Station. Cantilevers are now appearing on the TTC booms.
• Extensive 4-tracking laid (except at points where existing infrastructure has to be moved).
• It is very difficult to track the progress of specific items from an outsider's perspective, but it seems to me that Wellingborough to Kettering is almost wire-ready.
• Between Mill Rd O/B, and Finedon Rd O/B, over 95% of steelwork is now up. Only a few things remain outstanding, like Anchor Portal Backstays, Across Track Feeder masts etc.
• North of Finedon Rd Bridge, all portal booms are now up.These accompany the TTCs over both pairs of lines near Wellingborough Yards; SPS and cantilevers are now starting to go up.
  South of these booms, a TTC (boom facing the Slow side) has been erected in the 10-foot.
• Rumours are afoot that the two western sidings in Wellingborough Up Yard (those nearest the Up Slow) will be wired and used by NR. These rumours also state that a northern connection to the yards will be provided as well. These rumours have been confirmed as a certainty with the erection of cantilevers over the westernmost siding, and the provision of an additional pile foundation within the yard for a future structure; there may be more. There doesn't seem to be any concrete plan to put northern access into the yard yet, though.
• TTCs stretch north from Wellingborough Yards over both pairs of lines as far north as the Weetabix factory (north of Burton Latimer).
• At Harrowden Junction, Aerial Earth Wires are up on both sides of the line. Contact & Catenary wires are now up over all 4 lines (and the crossovers), mainly from the Tensorex portal south of Harrowden Jn to the one north of Finedon Road O/B at a guess.
• A new feeding/switching site is going in at the former Finedon Sidings; six pairs of spanwire feeder masts are now all up on either side of the line where the switching equipment will be suspended. One of these now has its wire coiled up and ready for installation.
• At Burton Latimer (south of the Weetabix factory), power lines (National Grid) might be due a raise; taller wooden poles have been erected adjacent to the existing ones.
• Almost all masts and booms have now gone up around Kettering Headlands. SPS also starting to go up.
• Ground clearance works ongoing at Kettering Yard; the yard will be electrified as part of an EMU stabling facility.
• A number of TTCs have now been erected on the southern approach to Kettering station, roughly parallel to Kettering Yard. So far, these amount to 8 over the Fasts (4 having booms) and 5 (all boomed) over the Slows. At least 1 STC and 2 Anchor Portal uprights are also up next to the Slows.
• Within Kettering Station, all 5 Mk1-style bespoke portal booms spanning all 4 tracks have been erected.

• Works appears to have started to extend the southern end of P3, and a small chunk of the canopy on P3 is missing at the north end.
• On the Fast side, around 6 TTCs are up to the north of the signal gantry at the north end of Kettering station; another is up immediately south of said gantry. A matching number is up on the Slow side; SPS appearing on both sides now. An SSA (wicketkeeper) has gone up in the 10-foot between the Up Fast & Down Slow, where there was previously a capped pile.
• Immediately north of the platforms at Kettering, the MPA Portal is now boomed, and has SPS affixed (certainly over the Fasts).
• Limit of Live Wires on the Fasts appears to be 500m north of Kettering Station.
• At Glendon Jct/Kettering North Jct, all piles on the Slow side have now grown TTCs with booms; at least 5 are now bedanglied ("dressed"). A few signal gantries from the BR days have been (or are due to be) removed. A pair of portals spanning all 4 lines have gone up over the Kettering North Jct pointwork.
• A pair of Anchor Boom Portal Masts are now up on the Slow side just short of where the lines to Corby diverge; 2 TTCs (one without a boom) are between them.
• Around Glendon, 7 Spanwire Across Track Feeder mast pairs are now up. The top 5 are bristling with insulators and bracketry for feeder cables from the new Kettering North SATS (Sectioning Autotransformer Site); the top 3 are numbered as follows:
  
  • SPC3/119/912/DF;
  • SPC3/119/920/DF; and. This structure bears the number plate
  • SPC3/119/928/DF.
• 2nd track now in operation, and linespeed raised to 90mph where it was previously 60mph.
• OLE (Catenary, Contact & Earth) has now made it to Glendon, starting at the overlap by the SATS and continuing northwards to the end of the planned wiring at Corby.

• Braybrooke Substation approved. To be located here: (https://goo.gl/maps/fuy1uZeDjdQ2).
• Enabling Works happened; the land has now been returned to its original state.
• The extent of wiring towards Market Harborough has now been as good as confirmed to reach the station.

• Electrification proposed from Market Harborough to Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham & Derby; as part of the Midlands Connect strategy.
• Electrification proposed from Clay Cross HS2 Connection to Sheffield (Midland) as part of HS2 works.
• Currently, no electrification is proposed between Clay Cross HS2 Connection & Nottingham, or Tupton & Derby (via Belper).
  
  Any updates would be greatly appreciated.