That makes sense, I did expect there to be lattice steelwork or another ridged design of OHLE steelwork to be present at the compound, presumably these will arrive when the king posts are installed.
Outstanding news.
This rather alarming bulletin of news might answer that... https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/trans-pennine-route-electrification-in-doubt-18-02-2021/
Alarming? Yes? Shocking? Yes Surprising? Well hardly. The 'rail industry' needs still to get its act together to overcome its optimism bias, showing competence and thereby building confidence. THe GW electrification was a predictable and predicted fiasco, albeit brought on by a lack of rolling programme and associated expertise, a rush to get started without site investigations etc,learning lessons 'on the job' as alluded to by the other NCE article to which this one links. Can you blame the government for reviewing important and expensive projects- eg Crossrail, Garden Bridge, Thames Estuary Airport, Heathrow Runway 3, HS2xyz ...
One just hopes that this approach doesn't include the gross over-engineering we saw on the GW project.
Is it alarming? The first chunk of funding for the scope of the project, the plans and details. The next chunk of funding will presumably enable some of the work. Just because it's not already been announced doesn't mean it's not happening. There's plenty of work going on at TOCs on TRU so its not dead in the water.
Is this where you're on about? https://flic.kr/p/2kCJUm5
Yep, that's them. There are 3 up now, that makes one installed on Wednesday night. They will have to up the pace if they are to get to Ulleskelf in 13 days
I think work will be done from multiple sites, definitely with more staff at weekends.
That make sense, there are holding down bolts screwed into the top of the piles at the former Bolton Percy station site, may be a precursor of them about to start there
To be a bit pedantic, the dates that we are going off are for February only, hence why they show work on installing the structures ending at the end of February - Is there anything to suggest that work won’t continue into March?
Billio, taking suggestions from other contributors, do you mean enhance the view??
That is certainly my point of view (sorry no pun intended)
Interesting! So are they going ahead to Stalybridge without bothering to sort out the track layout?
No I really mean it will spoil the view. It will be good to have the line electrified, but in my view the unencumbered sweep of those four tracks stretching into the distance is quite something.
With the big closure coming up between Vic and Miles Platting in a few months, they'll be needing to do a lot of works to the tracks, and bridges underneath the tracks, and I would have thought they'll need working space for that before they get round to electrification.
Not the best quality images given that they are taken from the rear cab of an 802 at 90mph with an ageing iPad but to give you an idea of where we are at, mast count is up to 6, could be more I might have missed count trying to take pictures!
Perhaps the mast that will be attached to the pile in the right foreground was considered to be too vulnerable to impact by the RRV while it is being on or off-tracked if the RRAP was closer to the camera? They probably need to put a new gate in on the other side of the signal (the previous position?).
If the BAM compound is for electrification components and with the Miles Platting curve easing being done soon, then it may prove to be a similar (but unpublicised) scheme to the Colton Jn - Church Fenton work.
