And yet it still recorded a call at Falkirk Grahamston?
I would guess that was a fault with the data feeds as LNER on Twitter confirmed it wasn't calling at falkirk.
And yet it still recorded a call at Falkirk Grahamston?
The "Third Bridge"? The "Forth Bridge" was the Fifth bridge.
Stirling, Scottish Central Railway (1848 )
Stirling, Stirling & Dunfermline Railway (1853)
Gartmore, Strathkendrick & Aberfoyle Railway (1882)
Alloa Swing Bridge, Alloa Railway (1885)
Forth Bridge, Forth Bridge Railway (1890)
As for bridges, starting at Loch Ard, I make it that the newest crossing was the 20th non-rail Crossing.
Further extreme rainfall over weekend has led to some flooding in #Winchburgh tunnel which means trains are running at a reduced speed.
Pumps are working to cope with volume of water & we are monitoring situation. Weather forecast is positive & water levels are dropping.
Here’s a couple of photos from NetworkRail Scotland on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/networkrailscot/status/1160804306863439878
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Exactly Dundee station is in poor condition already.Just crept thru. Barely any water now below the bottom of the rail.
It would seem a permanent hard plumbed pumping solution could be engineered to trip into action
Hard to believe this is Scotland’s premier flagship route and that is so vulnerable to heavy rainfall in Scotland.
Network rail need to raise their game.
Looking at our stations. Poorly maintained and cheap materials and new work that has been done looks a mess after a two or three years.
If you use glass guys it does need cleaning. If you use cheap metal structures it rusts and looks like scrap
Zero faith in Network rail. Queen Street will look good for about a year !
Winchburgh tunnel already has permanent high capacity pumps at both ends and has done for many years.It would seem a permanent hard plumbed pumping solution could be engineered to trip into action
Winchburgh - Dalmeny and Dalmeny - Haymarket Central aren’t wired.
Certainly not enough diesel sets to run the E&G even at reduced frequency without mega cancellations elsewhere. Remember lots of 170s and 158s have left the fleet since the E&G went live. Also running via Dalmeny isn’t a realistic option unless the line is physically blocked since the reversal adds so much to the journey time - you’re as well just running through the tunnel at 5mph.
Winchburgh tunnel already has permanent high capacity pumps at both ends and has done for many years.
Maybe he had to dive under the canal, as it was there first - and would have had great difficulty climbing a hump-backed bridgr over the railway!...
I blame the surveyor and the promoters of the E&G for being daft enough for choosing that route requiring a tunnel which forms a natural sump for the surrounding countryside.
I’ll point out to you that the professional railwaymen of the Scotland Integrated Control, who are paid to manage the day to day operation of the network, have forgotten more about handling service disruption than you’ll ever know.The geniuses appear to have caused chaos on the Bathgate route by (unnecessarily) blocking Newbridge Junction this morning.
The Union canal doesn't cross the railway, at least not until the approach to the Falkirk Wheel. The problem is the loch.Maybe he had to dive under the canal, as it was there first - and would have had great difficulty climbing a hump-backed bridgr over the railway!
I assume you missed all the posts that referred to a substantial amount of an entire month's rainfall coming down within a couple of hours. I'd be interested to see your fully-costed technical solution for solving this particular issue.Just crept thru. Barely any water now below the bottom of the rail.
It would seem a permanent hard plumbed pumping solution could be engineered to trip into action
Hard to believe this is Scotland’s premier flagship route and that is so vulnerable to heavy rainfall in Scotland.
Network rail need to raise their game.
Looking at our stations. Poorly maintained and cheap materials and new work that has been done looks a mess after a two or three years.
If you use glass guys it does need cleaning. If you use cheap metal structures it rusts and looks like scrap
Zero faith in Network rail. Queen Street will look good for about a year !
I’ll point out to you that the professional railwaymen of the Scotland Integrated Control, who are paid to manage the day to day operation of the network, have forgotten more about handling service disruption than you’ll ever know.
Thanks
So would it be fair to say that the pumps aren't adequate and need to be supplemented with more?
Given this must be the most important line in Scotrails network , I assume Network Rail can come up with an engineering fix if the will is there?
Or is it easier to accept that typically the line will be closed say 3 days a year on average and put it down to weather events and forces out with their control?
You are right, I was thinking of Carmuirs for some reason, where they did replace a tunnel under the canal with an aquaduct.The Union canal doesn't cross the railway, at least not until the approach to the Falkirk Wheel. The problem is the loch.
Eh? They haven’t managed to stop water getting into the Severn Tunnel but a big enough pump does the job.I water is pouring into the tunnel no amount of pumping will solve the issue. The water needs to be prevented from arriving at the site.
But I assume that the flow into the Severn Tunnel is constant, and the pumps are built for that. While 99% of the time there will be little or no water at Winchburgh, but on occasion a deluge (and I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the recent flood was record-breaking).
First, the torrential rain was so localised that I don't know whether there was an accurate rain gauge in the area. And second, there's s big difference between the rain spread over 31 days and half that falling in a couple of hours.