I went for a little five mile amble through the Staffordshire 
countryside this afternoon and took a few photos at the new Amington 
Junction on the way.
It still seems to be a work in progress with only about half of the new 
crossovers in use and still some OLE work needed. All the new LED 
signals are up and running including the bang road fast lines ones, 
although the bi-di is not yet commissioned. (It is supposed to be 
finished in time for the start of the VHF timetable in December).

Anyway the pictures are on my Flickr photostream at -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/barkingbill/

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Then click on the 'All Sizes' icon to get a full size picture (Most are 
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-- 
Bill.

"barkingbill"  wrote in message 
news:NZWdnbsOFu7yzkDVnZ2dnUVZ8qXinZ2d@giganews.com...
>I went for a little five mile amble through the Staffordshire countryside 
>this afternoon and took a few photos at the new Amington Junction on the 
>way.
> It still seems to be a work in progress with only about half of the new 
> crossovers in use and still some OLE work needed. All the new LED signals 
> are up and running including the bang road fast lines ones, although the 
> bi-di is not yet commissioned. (It is supposed to be finished in time for 
> the start of the VHF timetable in December).

Interesting pictures, Bill. Thanks for posting.

You have a slip of the keyboard in the title of the "OHLE live" warning 
notice - "Junctipn".

On the diagram, I was surprised to see limits of 75 on the TV Slows. I 
thought the idea of the reversible working on the fasts was that for 
maintenance purposes they could use (for example) the Down Slow and the Down 
Fast (in reversible mode as an Up line) to produce a two-track railway - and 
that for this reason the limit on the slows was going to be 110 or 
thereabouts. Did I dream this?

There's a bit more on the TV4/Rugby progress in October's MR.

I know that mid-September was stated to be crunch time for decisions on the 
December TT change. I've been away and haven't seen any comment. Do we take 
it that TPTB are now satisfied that the project can be completed by December 
without egg on face?

Regards

Jonathan

Jonathan Morton wrote:
> "barkingbill"  wrote in message 
> news:NZWdnbsOFu7yzkDVnZ2dnUVZ8qXinZ2d@giganews.com...
>> I went for a little five mile amble through the Staffordshire countryside 
>> this afternoon and took a few photos at the new Amington Junction on the 
>> way.
>> It still seems to be a work in progress with only about half of the new 
>> crossovers in use and still some OLE work needed. All the new LED signals 
>> are up and running including the bang road fast lines ones, although the 
>> bi-di is not yet commissioned. (It is supposed to be finished in time for 
>> the start of the VHF timetable in December).
> 
> Interesting pictures, Bill. Thanks for posting.
> 
> You have a slip of the keyboard in the title of the "OHLE live" warning 
> notice - "Junctipn".
> 
> On the diagram, I was surprised to see limits of 75 on the TV Slows. I 
> thought the idea of the reversible working on the fasts was that for 
> maintenance purposes they could use (for example) the Down Slow and the Down 
> Fast (in reversible mode as an Up line) to produce a two-track railway - and 
> that for this reason the limit on the slows was going to be 110 or 
> thereabouts. Did I dream this?
> 
> There's a bit more on the TV4/Rugby progress in October's MR.
> 
> I know that mid-September was stated to be crunch time for decisions on the 
> December TT change. I've been away and haven't seen any comment. Do we take 
> it that TPTB are now satisfied that the project can be completed by December 
> without egg on face?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Jonathan 
> 
> 

Thanks Jonathan.

I've corrected the typo and also uploaded another six pictures of the 
area this morning.

The line speed limits on the new slow lines between Tamworth and 
Lichfield are indeed 110 mph (125 dispensation for tilting trains). 
Perhaps it is the intention to upgrade the slow lines between Nuneaton 
and Tamworth as the work progresses.

There was plenty of equipment (including two road/rail diggers) in the 
compound at Amington yesterday which I guess will be used during this 
weekends two day block.

-- 
Bill.

On Sep 27, 2:47�pm, barkingbill  wrote:
> Jonathan Morton wrote:
> > "barkingbill"  wrote in message
> >news:NZWdnbsOFu7yzkDVnZ2dnUVZ8qXinZ2d@giganews.com...
> >> I went for a little five mile amble through the Staffordshire countryside
> >> this afternoon and took a few photos at the new Amington Junction on the
> >> way.
> >> It still seems to be a work in progress with only about half of the new
> >> crossovers in use and still some OLE work needed. All the new LED signals
> >> are up and running including the bang road fast lines ones, although the
> >> bi-di is not yet commissioned. (It is supposed to be finished in time for
> >> the start of the VHF timetable in December).
>
> > Interesting pictures, Bill. Thanks for posting.
>
> > You have a slip of the keyboard in the title of the "OHLE live" warning
> > notice - "Junctipn".
>
> > On the diagram, I was surprised to see limits of 75 on the TV Slows. I
> > thought the idea of the reversible working on the fasts was that for
> > maintenance purposes they could use (for example) the Down Slow and the Down
> > Fast (in reversible mode as an Up line) to produce a two-track railway - and
> > that for this reason the limit on the slows was going to be 110 or
> > thereabouts. Did I dream this?
>
> > There's a bit more on the TV4/Rugby progress in October's MR.
>
> > I know that mid-September was stated to be crunch time for decisions on the
> > December TT change. I've been away and haven't seen any comment. Do we take
> > it that TPTB are now satisfied that the project can be completed by December
> > without egg on face?
>
> > Regards
>
> > Jonathan
>
> Thanks Jonathan.
>
> I've corrected the typo and also uploaded another six pictures of the
> area this morning.
>
> The line speed limits on the new slow lines between Tamworth and
> Lichfield are indeed 110 mph (125 dispensation for tilting trains).
> Perhaps it is the intention to upgrade the slow lines between Nuneaton
> and Tamworth as the work progresses.
>
> There was plenty of equipment (including two road/rail diggers) in the
> compound at Amington yesterday which I guess will be used during this
> weekends two day block.
>
> --
> Bill.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Bill

Fascinating website!

ibilola1@aol.com wrote:

> Bill
> 
> Fascinating website!
> 

Thanks.

-- 
Bill.

Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as barkingbill 
 gently breathed:
>I went for a little five mile amble through the Staffordshire 
>countryside this afternoon and took a few photos at the new Amington 
>Junction on the way.
>It still seems to be a work in progress with only about half of the new 
>crossovers in use and still some OLE work needed. All the new LED 
>signals are up and running including the bang road fast lines ones, 
>although the bi-di is not yet commissioned. (It is supposed to be 
>finished in time for the start of the VHF timetable in December).
>
>Anyway the pictures are on my Flickr photostream at -
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/barkingbill/

Very interesting - thanks for taking and posting them!

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