This week I noticed a fair bit of activity between the old Midland goods yard and the scrap yard in Cadwell lane. Further tree clearance along the old Bedford line embankment had been carried out albeit only on the former trackbed rather than the embankment slopes. This was presumably for access from the goods yard end. Also more redundant track maintenance machines were removed by road from the goods yard latterly a Fastline Permanent Way Depot until the failure of the parent company Jarvis. However at lunchtime on Thursday, disaster struck when a digger somehow managed to collide with the parapet wall of the Grove Road underbridge. Brickwork was hanging over the road which resulted in three way temporary traffic lights and rush hour chaos. The damaged brickwork has now been removed and a temporary site fence erected. It was fortunate that no one was injured as a result. My first photo shows the hole in the wall.
Looking towards the site compound where a substantial block of site offices has been installed. Path of the new embankment is quite clearly defined now that the fields either side have been ploughed. New access gates have also been erected since my last visit.
Looking towards the main line from the end of Wilbury Way, two cranes have appeared in the sewage treatment works along with some assorted plant. In the foreground a water pipe is in the process of being connected and runs across the field to the haul road.
Site toilets have moved again!
Looking back towards the bridge by the scrapyard
A pile of scrap formed of what I guess is the remains of the diverted gas main
Same cranes from the other side of the main line
Looking back towards the scrapyard. The surface where the machines are is now levelled and hardcore laid.
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