Sandman
01-01-2009, 10:42 PM
Finding ourselves with a couple of spare hours and looking to do something fairly easy and close by headed out with mudlark and tictac.
The place has been well reported but none of us had ever been and as its just 5 minutes away from my frontdoor we decided to go and see for ourselves.
flashearth
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=54.907917&lon=-1.596223&z=18.1&r=0&src=msl
Decided that externals first would be the way to go as we where losing light.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1150.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1147.jpg
The place is priety fooked really. Most of the original switch gear is either smashed or been stripped out but theres still some bits that are worth a peak.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1154.jpg
handy boxes of electric
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1161.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1162.jpg
old switchgear circuit diagrams
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1167.jpg
racks of electrickery stuff
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1221.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1218.jpg
Then it was onto the main reason we came. The control room.
Access into this room is a lttle tricky if your of a "slightly bigger build" like yours truely so as I wasnt going to be denied it was a quick jump up onto the roof, a short but all to exposed crawl,and a climb down the remains of the internal walls...
Ok a little bit extream but worth it
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1176.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1191.jpg
looking over the live rail yard section
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1174.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1192.jpg
panorama of the other control desk.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/controlpanorama.jpg
then it was back up the wall, another crawl and a slight fail of my improvised climbing frame and home in time for tea and crumpets.
:thumb
The place has been well reported but none of us had ever been and as its just 5 minutes away from my frontdoor we decided to go and see for ourselves.
flashearth
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=54.907917&lon=-1.596223&z=18.1&r=0&src=msl
Decided that externals first would be the way to go as we where losing light.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1150.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1147.jpg
The place is priety fooked really. Most of the original switch gear is either smashed or been stripped out but theres still some bits that are worth a peak.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1154.jpg
handy boxes of electric
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1161.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1162.jpg
old switchgear circuit diagrams
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1167.jpg
racks of electrickery stuff
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1221.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1218.jpg
Then it was onto the main reason we came. The control room.
Access into this room is a lttle tricky if your of a "slightly bigger build" like yours truely so as I wasnt going to be denied it was a quick jump up onto the roof, a short but all to exposed crawl,and a climb down the remains of the internal walls...
Ok a little bit extream but worth it
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1176.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1191.jpg
looking over the live rail yard section
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1174.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/IMG_1192.jpg
panorama of the other control desk.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h320/landyloony/marshaling%20yard/controlpanorama.jpg
then it was back up the wall, another crawl and a slight fail of my improvised climbing frame and home in time for tea and crumpets.
:thumb