It was repainted many times which extended its life, the new bridge is designed to lay less time but requires no painting, shorter life for low maintenance
Excellent, but if I'd been in charge of this reconstruction I'd have taken the opportunity to eliminate that short section of single track just east of the bridge. A scissors crossing about half a mile outside York station would allow far more flexibility. A train could enter York from Scarborough at the same time another one is departing for Scarborough.
Actually yes, and it would not be the first time the Political nose was thrust into sensible public works projects. It was probably presumptuous or my part to criticize without more information but there has been clear examples of this behavior where I live. Your point is taken.
Hats off to the crew at Story! I never stepped foot in England but I bet the workers are treated better then American trade workers. I am a HUGE fan of light rail and trains. !
because of the junction design - to add double track would require 2 additional sets of points, resignalling and would require more maintenance - there would be little to no benefits since the volume of traffic is extremely low and basically a complete waste of money.
@Giuseppe Battagliese You're wrong - I drive trains here at York and you don't understand the track layout, trust me there is no benefit despite what it may look like. We will be doubling trains over this route in December this year and there won't be any issues caused by this junction whatsoever. I completely agree that there are many bottlenecks, particularly at York but this is not one of them - if they were going to spend money on York I'd say an additional track out the north end would make a huge difference, up to skelton jn, and realign the slow over skelton bridge so that speeds could be raised to 60-70mph.
Just wondering why they hauled the bridge sections and the crawler through the streets when the could have just railed it in? It's your rail line so you can put it in a yard and move it in and out when you want without permits or the possibility of damaging historic buildings. It'd be quieter for the residents too.
to me .... this is a story about an amazing crane ...which could not exist without a smaller brother ....there is a kids book in this video....ps my idea so call me if you want to write it
I don't think any state DoT takes on the task of bridge replacement. I don't know of any states that have the equipment or specialized personnel to do that. Are you sure it wasn't contracted out?
@@Miko_Jones Source? The railway embankment was steepened to accommodate the crane pad but no houses were affected. The Abbey guest house is the end terrace and it's still standing.
cos the older one was lattice style which is lighter as its made out of crisscrossing bars where the new ones one straight plate girder with no holes in it & its thicker steel plates where the lattice it layered plates & bars to build up its strength
Not a Black face anywhere on this site..... MMmmm... No wonder it went smoothly! Here in South Africa, all the rail sections would have been Stolen, the staff would continuously be on Strike and funds for their salaries would not be available halfway coz the directors embezzled all of it to buy themselves Ferraris and 6 million Pound houses for their 3 wives!
