Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
NOISY TRACK WORK HARRINGAY - CROUCH HILL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
Network Rail posted the following on Twitter today:
This will involve a tamping machne like the one in the attached photographs. The machine is quite noisy and moves very slowly packing the ballast under two sleepers at a time. If the track is seriously below spec, move than one run may be needed. Of course the machine cannot work on the new concrete slab track through Crouch Hill tunnel.
Glenn Wallis, Secretary, Barking - Gospel Oak Rail User Group
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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A robot that lays out railways...
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Permalink Reply by Antoinette on
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Thanks for the heads up, Glenn. Am I right in thinking that it is just that tiny section marked in yellow they will be working on?
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Permalink Reply by Glenn Wallis on
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No Antoinette, that is Crouch Hill Tunnel where there is concrete slab track. I would bet that the section they will be working on will be between the west end of Harringay Green Lanes platforms and the east end of the tunnel
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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Right behind us Antoinette. I remember the first time I heard and saw one of these machines operating at night - it seemed like a fire-breathing monster through the trees...
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It is a very distinctive and disturbing noise.....I was reading Freddy Ted Hughes' The Iron Man at the time and was concerned he might think it was the Iron Man on the tracks!
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