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Title: Virtual Quarry Post by: grahame on November 27, 2024, 15:43:56 From Network Rail[url]
(https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/engineering-work-to-affect-journeys-on-cambrian-line-between-machynlleth-and-pwllheli-in-december) Quote They will install 1,800 new sleepers and 3,600 tonnes of ballast (track stone) using an auto hopper train which will be refilled from a virtual quarry at Marine Parade, Barmouth. What is a "Virtual Quarry"? Title: Re: Virtual Quarry Post by: bradshaw on November 27, 2024, 16:14:41 It is basically a place where aggregate is bulk delivered and stored for future use. Storage is often in civil engineers yards with accessible siding capacity. Westbury is one example and has been used as such since Meldon Quarry closed.
When needed the stone is loaded on to wagons and taken to the work site Title: Re: Virtual Quarry Post by: eightonedee on November 27, 2024, 18:48:46 I first came across this term many years ago, when Private Eye highlighted complaints by residents about Network Rail using the South Hinksey sidings for this purpose. My reaction was that this seemed a perfectly reasonable use of this asset by them!
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