DIRFT expansion

The latest addition to rail facilities at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal.
Ken Strachan

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<h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Temporary exhibit: this rail-under-road bridge (see new tracks in background, for imminent expansion of DIRFT) was due to be jacked under the A5 over the weekend of 4th-7th March. In the meantime, it is nicely obscuring the site of the former Kilsby station. 1/42</p><p>04/03/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Looking in the opposite direction to the previous view see image <a href='/img/33/773/index.html'>33773</a> is not easy, due to cramped access and large holes in the pavement. But a levelled and ballasted trackbed is now visible between 'old DIRFT' and 'new DIRFT'. Notice the Freightliner and DRS class 66 locomotives lurking in the sidings in the background. 2/42</p><p>13/04/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Progress at DIRFT since 4th March. This picture is taken slightly to the right (North) of the previous view, standing over the box which was prominent in that picture see image <a href='/img/33/66/index.html'>33066</a>. The concrete apron in the right background looks like the start of a warehouse with multiple sidings running through it. And could that be an alternative main line access point taking shape on the left? 3/42</p><p>13/04/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Significant progress on the expansion at DIRFT since my last visit here see image <a href='/img/33/773/index.html'>33773</a>. View is towards Rugby on 20 May 2011, with rails shown in place here on the north west side of the A5. The wagon in the middle distance looks like it is being used in loading tests. 4/42</p><p>20/05/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Progress at DIRFT looking south east towards the main depot and yard on 20 May see image <a href='/img/33/772/index.html'>33772</a> with rails now passing under the A5. The class 66 lurking in the undergrowth on the right is no 708. 5/42</p><p>20/05/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Railfreight_Terminal'>Daventry International Railfreight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/N/Network_Rail'>Network Rail</a></small></p><p>Progress on the expansion at Daventry International Railfreight Terminal on 4 July 2011 looking towards Rugby. A lot more detail work since my last visit see image <a href='/img/34/184/index.html'>34184</a> 6/42</p><p>04/07/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Railfreight_Terminal'>Daventry International Railfreight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/N/Network_Rail'>Network Rail</a></small></p><p>When I was a schoolboy, my analysis of this view would have been: what a shame, they've cut this railway short. That buffer stop must be the stub of some lovely old main line, and before long it will be gone completely. In 2011, however, it's the headshunt for the latest extension to an International Railfreight Terminal, and if we come back in a couple of years, there could be a lot more to see. View looks South-West from the A428 road linking the A5 to Rugby see image <a href='/img/35/428/index.html'>35428</a>. 7/42</p><p>18/07/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Railfreight_Terminal'>Daventry International Railfreight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/N/Network_Rail'>Network Rail</a></small></p><p>Looking North-West on 24th August 2011, we can see that this part of DIRFT is now well and truly tidied up see image <a href='/img/34/827/index.html'>34827</a>. Notice the pile of containers on the left side of the TESCO concrete apron, and the tracks disappearing into the distance and round the corner 8/42</p><p>24/08/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Railfreight_Terminal'>Daventry International Railfreight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/N/Network_Rail'>Network Rail</a></small></p><p>Looking South-East to the original yard at DIRFT in late August 2011, the new line is clearly complete; even if there's some more concrete to add to the bridge. 9/42</p><p>25/08/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Railfreight_Terminal'>Daventry International Railfreight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/N/Network_Rail'>Network Rail</a></small></p><p>A shunter called Malcolm - there was only just enough light to shoot this class 08 on 16 December, but I was elated - it was the first locomotive I had seen on the North-West side of the A5 at Daventry. See image <a href='/img/35/428/index.html'>35428</a> 10/42</p><p>16/12/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Railfreight_Terminal'>Daventry International Railfreight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/N/Network_Rail'>Network Rail</a></small></p><p>DIRFT on 1 February 2013 - now fully operational see image <a href='/img/35/428/index.html'>35428</a>. Notice the rake of wagons on the left-hand track. 11/42</p><p>01/02/2013<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>I went looking for the terminal shunter, 37194; which I had previously seen on the North side of the A5 see image <a href='/img/42/686/index.html'>42686</a>, but on this occasion found it feeling rather shy, and burying its nose in the vegetation. So I just had to settle for a picture of 66305 heading North with containers. see image <a href='/img/43/151/index.html'>43151 for a similar train, much further North</a> 12/42</p><p>03/04/2013<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>At last! Ever since they extended DIRFT across the A5, I've been trying to photograph a main line engine in daylight see image <a href='/img/36/944/index.html'>36944</a>. This is 37194, apparently on the naughty step on 9th April. The sting in the tail is that it is currently not a main line engine, as it is employed as the North terminal shunter. 13/42</p><p>09/04/2013<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>After two and a half years see image <a href='/img/33/772/index.html'>33772</a>, I finally photograph a train passing under the A5. The train headed South out of the yard about ten minutes after this shot was taken on 27 September 2013. 14/42</p><p>27/09/2013<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>And then there were two see image <a href='/img/42/686/index.html'>42686</a>. DRS 37069 and 37714 relax at DIRFT between duties just before Christmas 2013. 15/42</p><p>20/12/2013<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Railfreight_Terminal'>Daventry International Railfreight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/N/Network_Rail'>Network Rail</a></small></p><p>My previous shot see image <a href='/img/47/296/index.html'>47296</a> is now impossible, as there is a retaining wall in the way. Some embankment infill and a large drainpipe are also in shot as the North abutment of the A428 rail-over-road bridge takes shape. The destination of this new line, DIRFT3, can be seen on the horizon. 16/42</p><p>25/06/2014<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>When a new railway is being built, a sign notifying a forthcoming road closure is usually a promising sign. Since my last visit on 25th June see image <a href='/img/47/777/index.html'>47777</a>, two long side girders have been lifted into place across the A428, and a number of lateral girders have been bolted into place between these two. This should look very impressive when trains eventually pass across it. 17/42</p><p>17/07/2014<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>To paraphrase the famous soft drink advert, <I>made in Daventry - from girders</I>. You can't beat playing with a full deck see image <a href='/img/48/46/index.html'>48046 for a similar view a few days earlier</a>. The embankment behind the North pier is also taking shape. 18/42</p><p>22/07/2014<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Some progress since my last visit seven months ago see image <a href='/img/48/46/index.html'>48046</a>. The retaining wall and fence on the right are finished; as is the embankment on the left, complete with acoustic fence to protect residents of the new housing estate to be built beyond. The warehouse in the background belongs to Sainsbury's, and faces a longer established Tesco warehouse. There is also a new warehouse going up behind the camera. 19/42</p><p>30/01/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>The line of trees that previously stood in the background see image <a href='/img/35/428/index.html'>35428</a> seems to have been sacrificed to build DIRFT 3. View north west on 18 February 2015 with Rugby station just off the end of the 'Northampton loop' in the left background. 20/42</p><p>18/02/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>The northern rail limit at this ever expanding terminal has increased by about half a mile since last photographed see image <a href='/img/35/439/index.html'>35439</a> - note the orange buffer stop on the right. The acoustic fence is to reduce noise for a new housing estate. The warehouse on the left is part of DIRFT 2 and belongs to Sainsbury's. 21/42</p><p>27/02/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Amazing what a couple of days with an excavator and several large packets of grass seed can do see image <a href='/img/50/226/index.html'>50226</a>. All ready for the next extension across the A5 on 20 August 2015? 22/42</p><p>20/08/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Latest DIRFT developments north of the bridge over the A428 in early September 2015. see image <a href='/img/52/348/index.html'>52348</a>. The Sainsbury's warehouse is visible on the left. Notice the stack of containers and the new container crane left of centre. A 'super shunter' like 37714 (centre) can be seen here most weekday afternoons. To the right, the embankment has been extended towards the proposed crossing of the A5. 23/42</p><p>04/09/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>A rare view of the DIRFT 'super shunter' on 25 September 2015 see image <a href='/img/52/516/index.html'>52516</a> with a load in tow. That pile of containers on the left seems to be getting taller by the day. 24/42</p><p>25/09/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>A 'just-in-time' picture. On the last Friday before the clocks went back, 66424 is leading the 18.39 departure from Daventry to Coatbridge FLT into the DIRFT yard on 23rd October 2015. This image was captured at 1734, giving the locomotive ample time to run around see image <a href='/img/52/864/index.html'>52864</a>. The train has just crossed the recently built bridge over the A428. 25/42</p><p>23/10/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Only eight months ago see image <a href='/img/50/466/index.html'>50466</a>, this Eddie Stobart warehouse was just a steel frame. Now it is in use, ready to exchange freight with the line of Cargowaggons on the siding. The 350 is heading for London via Northampton. 26/42</p><p>23/10/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Here's one I prepared earlier see image <a href='/img/53/55/index.html'>53055</a>. The DRS service for Sainsbury's is about 12 hours away from its scheduled arrival at Coatbridge FLT. The foreground is surprisingly pleasant as the environs of warehouses go; a small gap in the vegetation makes it hard to avoid getting a lamppost in front of the locomotive. This view will, however, be impossible in a few years' time, when those trees have grown up a bit. 27/42</p><p>23/10/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Come along now, don't be shy. 66424 is lurking in the Sainsbury's sidings at DIRFT on 23 October see image <a href='/img/53/55/index.html'>53055</a>. View north across the A428 road bridge. 28/42</p><p>23/10/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>I may be losing count, but I think this hoarding, adjacent to the A5 Southbound, foreshadows DIRFT terminal 4. This will need an overbridge across the A5 similar to that over the A428, and an extension of the existing embankment past DIRFT 3 see image <a href='/img/52/516/index.html'>52516</a>. 29/42</p><p>04/12/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>It's a lonely life a-shunting. Malcolm group locomotive 08823 returns to the main yard at DIRFT on 18 December 2015 after depositing a rake of Cargowaggons by the Eddie Stobart warehouse see image <a href='/img/53/111/index.html'>53111</a>. The Northampton loop off the WCML is out of view to the right of the concrete fence. 30/42</p><p>18/12/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>70.014 is the first 70 I have seen at DIRFT. It is about to draw its train out of the Sainsburys sidings, in fading light and with flurries of snow. see image <a href='/img/53/55/index.html'>53055</a> 31/42</p><p>10/02/2017<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>This line under the A5 looks quite normal during the day see image <a href='/img/35/455/index.html'>35455</a>, but as darkness falls and reference points disappear into the gloom, it looks rather steep. 70.014 is pulling a Sainsburys train into the main yard on 10th February. 32/42</p><p>10/02/2017<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Spotters welcome? This is the railway section of the information boards at the DIRFT viewing point off the A5. See image <a href='/img/46/262/index.html'>46262</a> for the view of the yard. 33/42</p><p>10/02/2017<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>The board which welcomes rail enthusiasts to the viewing platform at DIRFT see image <a href='/img/58/147/index.html'>58147</a>. There is another board for naturalists and archaeologists. 34/42</p><p>10/02/2017<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Looking North East from the A5 on 16 March 2017. This is the railway embankment which will meet up with the new bridge over the A5 when they build it see image <a href='/img/52/516/index.html'>52516</a>. Notice the rail-over-road bridge already built below the left-most wind turbine. The M1 passes behind the wind turbines. 35/42</p><p>16/03/2017<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>DRIFTs at DIRFT: DRS loco' 66.434 loads its train at the Tesco sidings. 68.003 can be seen in the background. 36/42</p><p>12/12/2017<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Looking the other way from image 62140, a couple of Class 90s can be seen in the headshunt at DIRFT, with a down 350 passing on the Northampton loop. 37/42</p><p>12/12/2017<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>The embankment from the current Daventry container terminal (by a Tesco warehouse) over the wildlife underpass bridge to the new bridge over the A5 appears to be complete. View looks North West from the A5. See image <a href='/img/52/516/index.html'>52516</a>, which overlaps this POV. 38/42</p><p>20/10/2021<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>As an update to my earlier photograph of this Daventry bridge (see image <a href='/img/76/553/index.html'>76553</a>), I notice it is now possible to drive an excavator across it; which implies some useful progress on the solum. The embankment to the left of this view has been completed to join with the existing trackbed. 39/42</p><p>01/12/2021<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Looking North at DIRFT3, the new layout comprises a Royal mail terminal on the left, five through sidings to the locomotive traverser, and a cripple siding to the right. The M1 can also be seen to the extreme right. 40/42</p><p>10/03/2022<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>Looking South West from the bridleway footbridge at the throat of the DIRFT3 sidings, the completed trackwork and associated fully lit footpath can be clearly seen; also the bridge over the industrial estate road (see image <a href='/img/74/717/index.html'>74717</a>). 41/42</p><p>10/03/2022<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal_Network_Rail'>Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Network Rail)</a></small></p><p>They are clearly taking concrete steps to improve accessibility at the new DIRFT3 freight terminal. There are two sets of steps, one either side of the bridleway bridge over the throat of the new yard. They are presumably intended to allow horse riders to dismount and lead their nervous nags over the footbridge (hoofbridge?) before remounting on the other side. Notice that they are designed for reversible working. View looks NE towards M1. 42/42</p><p>10/03/2022<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>
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