tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post5682690612986325567..comments2023-09-25T11:40:37.840+01:00Comments on Steaming to Broadway!: Dizzy heights are reachedBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01318720512739905663noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-966495536787556342015-03-22T18:07:56.931+00:002015-03-22T18:07:56.931+00:00On the question of the potential risk of warping o...On the question of the potential risk of warping or swelling, all the wood we use is tanalised and its our intention to get it felted up as quickly as possible. <br /><br />Other questions have been answered by observant followers.<br /> <br />My thanks to Jo for 2 great blog posts this weekend.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318720512739905663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-28596690801077691632015-03-22T17:55:14.541+00:002015-03-22T17:55:14.541+00:00Just a comment on the Broadway budget - our origin...Just a comment on the Broadway budget - our original request was accepted in principle, but once all the budgets were in there was a shortfall in respect of general infrastructure maintenance - not enough loaves and fishes to go round. There is only one greater priority than getting Broadway finished and that's having a Railway to run to it, when it is finished!<br /><br />That why the Broadway Project needs as much financial support as it can get, from you our valued friends.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318720512739905663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-76998209931203418112015-03-22T17:18:07.741+00:002015-03-22T17:18:07.741+00:00Eric
Thanks very much, where is my red face smiley...Eric<br />Thanks very much, where is my red face smiley?!<br /><br />I'll keep taking the tablets.HowardGWRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-28079122177514049252015-03-22T15:48:02.102+00:002015-03-22T15:48:02.102+00:00drainage blog is excellent. great fun and exciting...drainage blog is excellent. great fun and exciting. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-44659872075125798982015-03-22T13:24:33.307+00:002015-03-22T13:24:33.307+00:00To Howard GWR
Andy Protherough's drainage sit...To Howard GWR<br /><br />Andy Protherough's drainage site is already linked on this page. It's the first tab marked "Drainage Blog", and has been for a few weeks, since it replaced the Bridges Blog.<br /><br />And I agree, it is excellent too.<br /><br />EricEric Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12713849651205556523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-51948541276436030532015-03-22T11:58:15.504+00:002015-03-22T11:58:15.504+00:00The comments of "bob tb" in keeping the ...The comments of "bob tb" in keeping the roof covered are very important. Modern t&g, particularly the cheaper thinner stuff warps very easily.<br />Mike R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-26095773530430643462015-03-22T10:52:57.113+00:002015-03-22T10:52:57.113+00:00Well done again to the folks at Broadway for press...Well done again to the folks at Broadway for pressing on and making such good progress. I'm also a fan of Andy Protherough's drainage site and it shows only too well just how much work went into drainage on the line and just how much needed to be done and, because of years of neglect, still needs to be done to keep the line "healthy". I think tin1 nit2 only needs to look at the various blogs, especially the drains blog, to see where money is going to answer his/her question. All that drainage work alone is costing a great deal I'd imagine but worth every penny! Running a railway costs, never mind extending it at the same time. We need to reach for our wallets, as HowardGWR suggests! Looking at that signal box even in its unfinished state shows that it'll be worth it.Toddington Tednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-47217744457760221982015-03-22T10:08:04.403+00:002015-03-22T10:08:04.403+00:00Hello Bill,
For what reason has the Broadway budge...Hello Bill,<br />For what reason has the Broadway budget been so drastically reduced, are there issues elsewhere on the railway?<br />Surely such a cut will delay opening the extension.<br /><br />Cant wait to return to the station to see all the great progress you and your colleagues have made.<br /><br />GrahamAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125542058863690539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-17476420069567391582015-03-22T08:02:20.955+00:002015-03-22T08:02:20.955+00:00If the sarking on the roof is to be seen from unde...If the sarking on the roof is to be seen from underneath, and you don't want a sea of ripples where it swells if it gets wet, I hope you're fly battening it in between work days till you at least get a vapour barrier or felt on? Be a real shame to waste all that timber and work if it got soaked, I've seen it happen many times, lifts like a pig and you never get them back, for the sake of a £30 tarp.bob tbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-84617706583716320202015-03-21T23:17:10.742+00:002015-03-21T23:17:10.742+00:00Peter,
Yes, the rafters and boarding inside are le...Peter,<br />Yes, the rafters and boarding inside are left open to view. In the roof space thus exposed hang the oil lamps - have a look at Winchcombe box for example.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-81956214741400874512015-03-21T22:20:37.958+00:002015-03-21T22:20:37.958+00:00And another thing..... :-)
Sorry apologies, I kn...And another thing..... :-)<br /><br />Sorry apologies, I know gratuitous suggestions are not always welcome, but we need a facility on GWSR blogs that give a gift aid contribution facility where one can specify to which project you wish the money to go on an where you can relieve us of our cash, like eBay and Paypal, as easy as winky - just a click, as it were.<br /><br />Perhaps this could be passed onto the central accounting team as an idea. Apologies if it's already there and I missed it. I did contribute to the bridges appeal but I suspect that was a different system. HowardGWRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-49835469933477109642015-03-21T22:08:20.363+00:002015-03-21T22:08:20.363+00:00I love the drainage blogI love the drainage blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-43930822244561039042015-03-21T21:58:51.554+00:002015-03-21T21:58:51.554+00:00Good to see you give a mention of Andy Protherough...Good to see you give a mention of Andy Protherough's team. A bit disappointed that this and the GWSR other blogs don't give a link to his Flickr blog, which is tremendous and shews the amazing work they do.<br /><br />This is the link,<br /><br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/gwr-lineside-drainage-management/<br /><br />Hope you will consider bunging it up there, thanks for your own great blog.HowardGWRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-51789935343152779502015-03-21T20:56:25.568+00:002015-03-21T20:56:25.568+00:00I always wondered where the drains ended up- would...I always wondered where the drains ended up- would they go onto Sustrans land? And they do!<br /><br />Oh dear- agreement needed here methinks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-8663809579203220642015-03-21T20:07:06.566+00:002015-03-21T20:07:06.566+00:00Jo
Smashing progress on the SB! I assume from wh...Jo<br /><br />Smashing progress on the SB! I assume from what you write that the rafters and roof joists are left open to view, i.e. there is no ceiling inside?Peter Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013746639474025464noreply@blogger.com