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Photo of Trac International RR - P399 ERP at Winchburgh Junction

Photo of Trac International RR - P399 ERP at Winchburgh Junction - August 2008. Trac International.

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  • ian saunders

    8 November 2008, 17:27:55

    has the tree fallen onto the line?!

  • Nick Tompkin

    8 November 2008, 18:17:27

    Yes! I would imagine this was planned however.

  • Dave Smith

    8 November 2008, 22:38:21

    I'm not so sure! If it was planned they wouldnt pull the whole tree down onto the tracks! they'd do it by taking the branches off and doing it bit by bit....?

  • David French

    11 November 2008, 10:19:04

    Sending a chainsaw man up on ropes into a tree to dismember it from the top down takes time, and time is an expensive commodity in a possession. There's no OHLE so in this instance they've felled the tree at the base so it can be readily tackled by chainsaw men at ground level.

  • Bryan

    11 November 2008, 17:04:25

    So there is no consideration for track or other infrastructure damage then?

  • Dave Shell - Northumbria Rail Ltd.

    12 November 2008, 08:22:11

    Some places they uses track mats to protect the infrastructure, but a planed fell won't do a great deal of damage

  • Bryan

    12 November 2008, 17:10:59

    Then why, during the electrification works for Leeds North West, were we instructed to avoid dropping on the track and all felling to be parallel were possible to avoid damage.

    Do you reckon that someone will actually be going through and physically checking track alignment after the trees have come down. I don't think so, maybe just a "That looks all right, lets go boys" but thats all. No matter what the paperwork might say.

    Its not just the track but drainage, S+T equipment and clearing up afterwards. Every train going past when the possession is given up will be picking up debris and either scattering it or worse sucking it up into the engines.

  • RRV Cowboy

    12 November 2008, 18:20:10

    this is the method used all over the country sitewalks take place prior to and after the job to identify the mentioned probelms above i mean lets face it there not gonna drop i tree on something and delibretly damage it homegrown timber on the south east do a good job clearing the debri you would hardly have known they had been there

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