Nottingham Express Transit : Pictures : rail grinding
Between 21st May and 4th June 2005, NET carried out rail grinding on the off-street sections of track north of Wilkinson Street. A Schweerbau rail grinding unit was used, which was transported by road from Germany. These pictures were taken before grinding began, and on the second night of work between Moor Bridge and Bulwell Forest.
Similar work was carried out on the on-street sections in 2003—follow this link for pictures on Stephen Dees NETTrams.net site. A similar rail grinder (possibly the same unit) was used in Croydon in 2004—follow this link for pictures on Stephen Parascandolos Croydon Tramlink site.
Schweerbau railgrinder at Wilkinson Street depot
21/05/2005 • 001482
Front car of the rail grinding unit
21/05/2005 • 001483
Rear car of the rail grinding unit
21/05/2005 • 001484
The rail grinding unit arrived on a low-loader from Germany
21/05/2005 • 001485
Front of the rail grinding unit, alongside NET's Renault Master van
21/05/2005 • 001486
The rail grinding unit is being prepared for use after the close of service on Sunday night
22/05/2005 • 001487
Lit up and ready to go—the rail grinding unit about to leave the depot
23/05/2005 • 001488
Rail grinding unit heading out of the depot on the way to Moor Bridge
23/05/2005 • 001489
Rail grinding unit waiting for clearance to cross the Carey Road level crossing at Bulwell Forest stop. The car drivers who waited for 5 minutes at the crossing must have been a little bemused to see this trundling along the tram tracks at twenty-to-one in the morning
23/05/2005 • 001490
Rail grinding unit at Bulwell Forest level crossing
23/05/2005 • 001491
The griding unit gets to work at Moor Bridge. The blue light is a SPAS (Signal Passed At Stop) indicator—these were flashing along the length of the single track sections north of Bulwell
23/05/2005 • 001492
Rail grinding unit at work in the small hours at Moor Bridge
23/05/2005 • 001493
Grinding stops for a moment
23/05/2005 • 001494
...and then starts again
23/05/2005 • 001495
Rail grinding properly underway
23/05/2005 • 001496
Rail grinding unit heads slowly south towards Bulwell Forest
23/05/2005 • 001497
Rail grinder unit at work, as seen from the A611 overbridge just south of Moor Bridge tram stop
23/05/2005 • 001498
The rail grinding unit heads off into the night
23/05/2005 • 001499
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