"Paul Scott" wrote in message
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"Bondee" wrote in message
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Friday, or the weekend,should see the track slewed. I've just posted in
the earlier thread.

Is there room to do that? From memory (with a little help from Google
Maps) there's a pedestrian underpass immediately to the south of the
damaged bridge...

http://tinyurl.com/ycmnm8k
(link to relevant Google Maps page)

Maybe one line only?

Where does that underpass come out then, I can't see any sign of it on the
north of the tracks?

I'm not sure. I've never really paid any attention to the area until I read
about the bridge collapse. It's not a footpath from the golf course, is it?
I guess the entrance on the other side would be hidden by the trees.

"Bondee" wrote in message
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"Paul Scott" wrote in message
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Where does that underpass come out then, I can't see any sign of it on
the north of the tracks?

I'm not sure. I've never really paid any attention to the area until I
read about the bridge collapse. It's not a footpath from the golf course,
is it? I guess the entrance on the other side would be hidden by the
trees.


A good quality picture of the failure has appeared on the Network Rail site
now:

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/servic...idge_Nov09.JPG

Paul S

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"Paul Scott" wrote:


"Bondee" wrote in message
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"Paul Scott" wrote in message
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Where does that underpass come out then, I can't see any sign of it on
the north of the tracks?

I'm not sure. I've never really paid any attention to the area until I
read about the bridge collapse. It's not a footpath from the golf
course, is it? I guess the entrance on the other side would be hidden by
the trees.


A good quality picture of the failure has appeared on the Network Rail site
now:

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/servic...idge_Nov09.JPG


Nasty!

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On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:02:37 -0000, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
A good quality picture of the failure has appeared on the Network Rail site
now:
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/servic...idge_Nov09.JPG


A couple of tubes of decorator's filler, and the job's a good 'un.

"Bruce" wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:02:37 -0000, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
A good quality picture of the failure has appeared on the Network Rail
site
now:
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/servic...idge_Nov09.JPG


A couple of tubes of decorator's filler, and the job's a good 'un.

Didn't Bouch use something of the kind to mask defects in the Tay Bridge?

Peter

Didn't Bouch use something of the kind to mask defects in the Tay Bridge?

Peter

Linseed Putty I believe ...

Hth

C.

In article ,
(Paul Scott) wrote:

A good quality picture of the failure has appeared on the Network
Rail site now:

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/servic...tional_info/Fe
ltham_Bridge_Nov09.JPG

Hmm. Looks to me like part of the top of the arch was filled with rubble.
LSWR jerry building?

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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:07:19 -0600,
wrote:

Hmm. Looks to me like part of the top of the arch was filled with rubble.
LSWR jerry building?


The spandrels were always filled with rubble.

Next question?

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(Bruce) wrote:

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:07:19 -0600,
wrote:

Hmm. Looks to me like part of the top of the arch was filled with
rubble. LSWR jerry building?

The spandrels were always filled with rubble.

Next question?

OK as long as there is enough structural brickwork containing it, Clearly
there wasn't here.

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wrote:
In article ,
(Bruce) wrote:

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:07:19 -0600,
wrote:

Hmm. Looks to me like part of the top of the arch was filled with
rubble. LSWR jerry building?

The spandrels were always filled with rubble.

Next question?

OK as long as there is enough structural brickwork containing it,
Clearly there wasn't here.

Quite, what sort of cowboys would build a bridge that would only last 161
years.

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