Prince271088
New member
Hey everyone,
I watch a lot of the cab ride videos on YouTube as more often than not it gives me little ideas about the bits and pieces I should be including trackside and lineside along my routes that I wouldn't normally think to include. I personally find it a handy tool for the most part, especially coupled with the number of great resources available around the web to help with signage and things like that. From what I've seen in these videos this has left me with a few questions and I'll probably eventually come up with more as well but:
Why is there so much loose rail left at trackside or in the centre of tracks along most railway lines? Does it serve a purpose or is it just too costly to remove or is it simply that the various engineering people haven't got round to removing the old rails etc. after completing works?
Secondly I see cable troughing down the side of the lines on some of the routes (basing this on similar stuff I've seen on the DLS and stuff) but where exactly do those trough cables lead? Just to a relay cabinet or is there some ultimate point where all of them will lead?
In regards to track measurements (mile posts) where does mile 0 begin (I'm guessing a London terminus somewhere for most of the UK?) and how does mileage work for branch lines. By this I mean if you have a branch line that diverges between two mile posts somewhere, on that branch line do you start from 0 to the entrance of the branch line or is there some other method in play?
Thanks for any help in advance
Ben =)
I watch a lot of the cab ride videos on YouTube as more often than not it gives me little ideas about the bits and pieces I should be including trackside and lineside along my routes that I wouldn't normally think to include. I personally find it a handy tool for the most part, especially coupled with the number of great resources available around the web to help with signage and things like that. From what I've seen in these videos this has left me with a few questions and I'll probably eventually come up with more as well but:
Why is there so much loose rail left at trackside or in the centre of tracks along most railway lines? Does it serve a purpose or is it just too costly to remove or is it simply that the various engineering people haven't got round to removing the old rails etc. after completing works?
Secondly I see cable troughing down the side of the lines on some of the routes (basing this on similar stuff I've seen on the DLS and stuff) but where exactly do those trough cables lead? Just to a relay cabinet or is there some ultimate point where all of them will lead?
In regards to track measurements (mile posts) where does mile 0 begin (I'm guessing a London terminus somewhere for most of the UK?) and how does mileage work for branch lines. By this I mean if you have a branch line that diverges between two mile posts somewhere, on that branch line do you start from 0 to the entrance of the branch line or is there some other method in play?
Thanks for any help in advance
Ben =)