| Re: Test tracks, research facilities and storage yards Posted by grahame at 22:03, 16th July 2024 |      |
I've listed Long Marston as a test track though it's much more a storage facility as I understand it, with others at places like Papworth Sidings, Ely and Fenny Compton.
Fenny Compton - do you mean the sidings at MOD Kineton?...
Yes - I used to spend a lot of time at Fenny Compton and think of that as the main "rail point" there - though I know it's a couple of miles to Kineton
| Re: Test tracks, research facilities and storage yards Posted by ChrisB at 21:02, 16th July 2024 | |
I've listed Long Marston as a test track though it's much more a storage facility as I understand it, with others at places like Papworth Sidings, Ely and Fenny Compton.
Fenny Compton - do you mean the sidings at MOD Kineton?...
| Re: Test tracks, research facilities and storage yards Posted by MVR S&T at 11:23, 16th July 2024 | |
A fair few 701s in storage at Eastleigh and Marchwood MOD. https://www.47soton.co.uk/
| Re: Test tracks, research facilities and storage yards Posted by brooklea at 09:45, 16th July 2024 | |
Is there still storage at Eastleigh?
There used to be somebody who regularly photograhed what was in the works, although I can't remember a name.
Try searching Carl Watson railway photos
| Re: Test tracks, research facilities and storage yards Posted by CyclingSid at 06:57, 16th July 2024 | |
Is there still storage at Eastleigh?
Not clear from viewing as you go by, allowing for what you can see through the rampant foliage. I suspect that most of the stuff there is either "Goods Inwards" or "Work in progress". There are certainly some items that appear to have been there a long time.
There used to be somebody who regularly photograhed what was in the works, although I can't remember a name. David Hann on Flikr is a possibility.
| Test tracks, research facilities and storage yards Posted by grahame at 05:51, 16th July 2024 | |
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1984 also saw the spectacular staged crash of a Class 46 'Peak' loco and Mk I coaches into a nuclear flask at the Old Dalby test track.
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1984 also saw the spectacular staged crash of a Class 46 'Peak' loco and Mk I coaches into a nuclear flask at the Old Dalby test track.
This "popped" up on this day, 40 years ago ... though some sources say 17th July where mine popped it up for 16th July 1984. The ultimate of testing ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dalby_Test_Track
Where (in the UK) are there test tracks and facilities to this day?
Old Dalby
New one under construction in South Wales
Something happening at Dudley
Long Marston
I've listed Long Marston as a test track though it's much more a storage facility as I understand it, with others at places like Papworth Sidings, Ely and Fenny Compton. Is there still storage at Eastleigh, and I think at Burton-on-Trent ...
