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Northbound train services have resumed as safety inspections along the Highland Main Line are completed.
(Permalink) Carrbridge Inverness Track inspection |
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A nightmare breakdown left rail passengers stuck in 'freezing' conditions for eight hours in the middle of the night - 'without food or heating'.
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The Big Yin is now assembled and currently towers over Carrbridge Station. If you look very carefully you might just notice that it has a wee light on the top to warn low flying aircraft! The 'smaller' cranes (huh!) are now loading up the remaining containers and flats that have been lying in the yard for several weeks. These are being taken away on low loaders via the temporary roadway giving direct access to the A9. [This avoids the problem that occurred in January with articulated lorries getting stuck in Carrbridge village.] The site has now being secured, with the main gate at the station closed and 'minders' in place at the temporary yard. [Gus Carnegie]
(Permalink) A9 Carrbridge  Carrbridge: See me! The fully assembled 1000 tonne crane stands alongside Carrbridge station on 12 February 2010 ready for the big lift see image [[1503]]. |
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With the locomotive together with several wagons and containers still resting as they landed on January 4th, at last some progress has been seen this week. 2000 tonnes of aggregate has been laid to form a roadway from the A9 to the temporary yard and then on to Station Road. In addition, 700 tonnes of mats are now in place on the roadway. There are temporary traffic lights on the A9 to accommodate the numerous trucks entering the site - the exit is by station road.
The 'big crane' is currently being assembled, having arrived on 15 lorries - some lorries only carried counterweights, of which there are many. The crane seems to have come from Cromarty Port Services and I guess it is the sort that can lift a trawler out of the water. [From Gus Carnegie]] (Permalink) A9 Carrbridge  Carrbridge: Under fading light at Carrbridge on 11 January the Ainscough crane (the 5th crane to be used) works flat out lifting the containers. [See addendum to today's Railscot News Item.]  Carrbridge: Bit of a mess! Organising the recovery operation at Carrbridge - 11 January 2010. |
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Carrbridge derailment day 8 [from Gus Carnegie]. Various Class 66s have now arrived at the Carrbridge crash scene to provide assistance. Both of the J Jack cranes have now left the site and a large Ainscough crane is currently handling the ongoing recovery of the Stobart containers and flats ... Addendum PM 11 January : Under fading light the Ainscough crane (the 5th crane to be used so far) is working flat out lifting the containers. A Class 37 and yet another Class 66 have appeared from the North with a snowplough - perhaps a line reopening is imminent ? The crashed Class 66 is now under a huge tarpaulin - presumably waiting for crane No 6 for which a special road is being built.
(Permalink) Carrbridge Crash Derailment Carrbridge: Bit of a mess! Organising the recovery operation at Carrbridge - 11 January 2010.  Bathgate: Platform scene at Bathgate on 12 December 2010 with Karen Whitefield MSP and Mary Mulligan MSP awaiting departure of the first train of the day.  Carrbridge: Platform scene at Carrbridge station on 11 January with container recovery ongoing. |
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Carrbridge derailment day 6 [from Gus Carnegie]. Network Rail have now got their crane started, after borrowing batteries from a local haulage firm. The Stobart containers are being placed in the field to the West of the station and Jimmy Jack also has 2 cranes on the job. Rumour about the locomotive is that they are to build a new access road in from the A9 and then bring in a 1000 tonne crane ... watch this space.
(Permalink) A9 Carrbridge Derailment Network Rail  Carrbridge: ... and the flats are even longer than the b*!!#y containers! Ongoing recovery manoeuvres at Carrbridge, scene on Friday 8 January 2010.  Carrbridge: Following the derailment at Carrbridge on 4 January 2010, removal of the Stobart containers is currently taking place. The photograph shows lifting operations underway on the morning of 9 January - se ...  Carrbridge: Carrbridge clearup 2. Articulated lorry with recovered container having problems negotiating the junction on Station Road on 7 January 2010, with traffic halted for a good 30 minutes. [With thanks to ... |
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Train services between Inverness and Aviemore continue to be disrupted after a freight train was derailed at a Highlands station.
(Permalink) Carrbridge Derailment  Carrbridge: Jones Goods waits for the late running Edinburgh train to cross at Carrbridge in 1965.  Carrbridge: 40065 calls at Carrbridge with a southbound train from Inverness on a snowy 22 March 1980. |
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From First ScotRail site 4 January 2010 ... As a result of a freight train derailment at Carrbridge, buses will be replacing trains until further notice between Inverness and Aviemore. The Inverness-London Sleeper will be rerouted via Aberdeen with an extended journey-time.
From Gus Carnegie 1645 4 Jan 2010 ... It is some mess with 20 Tesco wagons all piled up on their sides and the locomotive down in the 'bomb hole' beside Bob Grantham's house ... and his shed is no more! One of the drivers is slightly injured. Luckily there wasn't a passenger train in the station otherwise it would have been a major incident. Additional am 5 Jan: See movie and images supplied this morning courtesy of Roy Brown. (Permalink) Carrbridge Derailment ScotRail  Perth: 66412 arriving at Perth for a crew change with the 1320 Inverness to Grangemouth Tesco Stobart container service. The locomotive is in Malcolm Logistics livery.  Carrbridge: The Long Wait, Carrbridge, November 2005. A crewman on the held 10.10 Glasgow Queen Street - Inverness looks out onto Carrbridge viaduct for signs of the delayed southbound crossing service.  Carrbridge: View south from Carrbridge station on 27 December 2009, with the 'signs of life' having been left by a passing class 37 on snow clearance duty. |
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