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posted: 19 Aug 2014 13:44 from: Hayfield
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982_190842_380000000.jpg Thought this was a bit strange having GWR 2 bolt chairs on concrete sleepers, or were the GWR leading lights in sleeper development? |
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posted: 7 Sep 2014 11:57 from: gsmorris click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
GWR and concrete and mortal and pot sleepers all were part of GWR history! | ||
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posted: 28 Feb 2015 12:52 from: D Foster
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The distinctive thing about GW sleepers and chairs - which you might already know - is that the bolt comes up through the sleeper and then the chair with the nut being screwed down from the top. This made it a whole lot easier for them to experiment with concrete sleepers. The info that I vaguely recall on their early (? earliest) efforts was in the 1930s - probably in either the Engineer or Engineering. |
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posted: 3 Mar 2015 21:18 from: Martin Wynne
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Concrete sleepers and GWR 2-bolt chairs. I took this photo on 13th July 1968. 2_031551_430000000.jpg  An occupation bridge near Hartlebury on the Severn Valley branch. Apart from the tidy track, what is striking in this picture is the quality of workmanship in the bridge with neat dressed masonry and graceful curving wing walls. For a simple occupation bridge. There were thousands of similar bridges all over the country -- but if a single one was built like this today it would almost certainly qualify for an architectural award, media coverage, and an opening ceremony. Passenger services on this line had ceased within 2 years, and the track was lifted in 1981. The bridge is still there, unloved and uncared for, damaged by vandals, lost among the bushes and serving no practical purpose: 2_031605_110000000.jpg  I took this photo last week. Those who sweated and toiled to build it would be sad to see it looking like this, although maybe pleased that it is at least still standing. And I was sad, because I do remember taking the first picture, on a lovely summer's day 47 years ago. Martin. |
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posted: posted: 3 May 2015 23:36 from: DM
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British Rail CS1 chairs on E1 type sleepers? | ||
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3 May 2015 23:36 from: DM
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