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      Pressman Spirit of the Vine

    Location: Wherever the Tin Chook or Qantas takes me
    Noted the following dates during a scan of the T2T project website

    Temporary closures of the Outer Harbor rail line for the construction of a rail overpass over the lowered motorway and the South Road surface roads.
    The scheduled closure dates are:
    5 and 6 November 2016 (weekend)
    2 to 22 January 2017 (3 weeks!)
    25 and 26 March 2017 (weekend)

    Looks like the overpass will go up during January next year

    For you interstaters the T2T project is the River Torrens to Torrens Road upgrade to South road
    Posted: 24 Jul 2016 15:33

    Last edited by Pressman on 24 Jul 2016 15:35; edited 1 time in total

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      steam4ian Chief Commissioner

    Will it be a viaduct? LOL:lol:
    Posted: 25 Jul 2016 22:04
      62430 Assistant Commissioner

    Location: Metro Adelaide
    Will it be a viaduct? LOL:lol:
    steam4ian
    Well, in the T2T fly-through video on the DPTI website, it has at least 3 spans!  If the Port canal had been built, would we now have an aqueduct over South Rd?

    Alex C
    Posted: 25 Jul 2016 22:29
      Pressman Spirit of the Vine

    Location: Wherever the Tin Chook or Qantas takes me
    Will it be a viaduct? LOL:lol:
    steam4ian
    Will the signalling cables be run via-a-duct too?
    Posted: 25 Jul 2016 23:40
      62430 Assistant Commissioner

    Location: Metro Adelaide
    Some photos taken last Thursday of rail related progress at T2T.  Easier to photograph than flying sheets of steel or exploding CB's.

    Alex C

    1. View E from Queen St showing TSRs and lineside barriers.  Also a stock of new rail (sufficient for 400-500 m of double track) has been placed next to Day Terrace.


    2. Concrete foundation piles for abutment retaining wall viewed from Euston Terrace


    3. West Surface Road showing eventual vertical alignment under rail line
    Posted: 06 Sep 2016 00:07
      62440 Chief Commissioner

    I understand that the new flyover will be in operation after the January shutdown also that staging works for the other Torrens project, Torrens junction, will take place to use the T2T closure.
    Posted: 07 Sep 2016 14:58
      Pressman Spirit of the Vine

    Location: Wherever the Tin Chook or Qantas takes me
    DPTI video animation


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-9Wgu5f42Q

    Edit to show the latest vid
    Posted: 30 Nov 2016 22:22

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      Pressman Spirit of the Vine

    Location: Wherever the Tin Chook or Qantas takes me
    As of this afternoon 14:30pm 4th Jan
    The rail has been cut and removed, the eastern roadway is being excavated through the old rail alignment.
    Bridge sections appear finished ready to be lifted into place
    South Road will be closed to all traffic this weekend (7pm Friday to 6am Monday) so the bridges can be placed and a new temporary road diversion opened.
    Posted: 04 Jan 2017 17:23
      BillD Chief Train Controller

    Afternoon, 4th Jan 2017. The attached image is taken from the Queen St level crossing

    The 400 ton capacity crane in the foreground and the (350 ton?) unit behind it have placed the initial bridge members on robust foundations.

    A stream of trucks, and earth working machines were filling between the concrete walls to form the bridge's ramps.

    Bill.

    Posted: 04 Jan 2017 21:39
      BillD Chief Train Controller

    The first span of the T2T overpass was in place by 4pm today (8 Jan 2017).

    One person watching the works said that he was told that the span weighs 268 tons.
    This would be in keeping with the big crane which can lift 600 tons as long as it's reaching less than ten metres.

    Bill


    http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/billd_photo/Jan_8_2017_DSC_1143_zps7wb9m7go.jpg
    Posted: 08 Jan 2017 17:47
      BillD Chief Train Controller

    South Road traffic passing under the new span 9th Jan 2017.

    Bill.

    Posted: 09 Jan 2017 17:48
      BillD Chief Train Controller

    Second span being bolted to the first 11th Jan 2017

    Bill.

    Posted: 11 Jan 2017 12:51
      BillD Chief Train Controller

    12th of Jan 2017. The third span is being supported in its final location awaiting joining plates and a couple of hundred nuts and bolts .

    Bill.

    Posted: 12 Jan 2017 16:12
      BillD Chief Train Controller

    T2T Link to video of the overpass placement.

    Bill.



    https://youtu.be/r3iMjIKHIa8



    Edit: Change URL
    Posted: 13 Jan 2017 13:08

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      62430 Assistant Commissioner

    Location: Metro Adelaide
    Track is now in place on overpass.  A ballast regulator and a tamper were working on the down track this evening.  Some track work was still going on on the Coglin St ramp on the up track which has yet to be be tamped.

    Alex C
    Posted: 20 Jan 2017 21:53
      Pressman Spirit of the Vine

    Location: Wherever the Tin Chook or Qantas takes me
    Track is now in place on overpass.  A ballast regulator and a tamper were working on the down track this evening.  Some track work was still going on on the Coglin St ramp on the up track which has yet to be be tamped.

    Alex C
    62430
    The ballast regulator and tamper were working the relayed section between Woodville station and Port rd early this afternoon
    Posted: 21 Jan 2017 00:01
      62430 Assistant Commissioner

    Location: Metro Adelaide
    Track is now in place on overpass.  A ballast regulator and a tamper were working on the down track this evening.  Some track work was still going on on the Coglin St ramp on the up track which has yet to be be tamped.

    Alex C
    The ballast regulator and tamper were working the relayed section between Woodville station and Port rd early this afternoon
    Pressman
    There have been three different sets of machines in use during the closure.  The DPTI machines have been at Woodville, Downer machines at T2T and Coleman Rail doing the level crossing work at Hargrave and Gedville Sts and the Port River Bridge.
    Posted: 21 Jan 2017 10:05
      normangerman Junior Train Controller

    I've uploaded a video which shows the works on the Torrens to Torrens project to date, including the rail bridge.



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwjNAQp1rM0
    Posted: 23 Jan 2017 00:59
      62430 Assistant Commissioner

    Location: Metro Adelaide
    Looking good for tomorrow.  3018/23 were shuttling hourly between ARS and the branch platform at Woodville this afternoon.  Seemed to be for route familiarisation rather than track testing.

    Alex C

    Posted: 23 Jan 2017 18:16

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      BillD Chief Train Controller

    Thanks to a heads-up from Alex C, I got a shot too.

    Bill.


    Posted: 23 Jan 2017 20:11
      David Peters Dr Beeching

    Location: "With Hey Boy".
    Looking good for tomorrow.  3018/23 were shuttling hourly between ARS and the branch platform at Woodville this afternoon.  Seemed to be for route familiarisation rather than track testing.

    Alex C

    62430
    Probably part that but more like to wear the rust off, of the rails on the bridge as all new rail and sleepers were used on it. It was all stockpiled along side the track just after Croydon Station going towards Adelaide before it was used. Sleepers and rails by the way.
    Also probably to ensure that the signalling all worked again as well.
    Posted: 23 Jan 2017 21:01
      justapassenger Minister for Railways

    Quite the opposite David. Many more runs would be needed for route learning than the couple needed to scrub off the surface rust, presuming there was any rust left after the tamper had been over it.
    Posted: 23 Jan 2017 23:56
      Pressman Spirit of the Vine

    Location: Wherever the Tin Chook or Qantas takes me
    Latest DPTI video showing time lapse construction and test train


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2BiDu2nEAk
    Posted: 24 Jan 2017 19:16
      normangerman Junior Train Controller

    Here's the footage from the train going across the bridge:



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn0_5ex_YII
    Posted: 25 Jan 2017 00:49
      David Peters Dr Beeching

    Location: "With Hey Boy".
    Quite the opposite David. Many more runs would be needed for route learning than the couple needed to scrub off the surface rust, presuming there was any rust left after the tamper had been over it.
    justapassenger
    Why would they need to learn the route it has not change at all only two minor grades installed in it. All the drivers cover all lines and going up and down a slight hill would not be a problem as they do it elsewhere without problems. Goodwood underpass Belair line etc. I don't really think any of us really know the reason for it though. But you have to remember also that the trains have not run along the whole track for 3 weeks so all the signalling circuits on the whole line and the undisturbed rail sections would need the rail top to have the rust removed from it during the down time. Also to test the signalling circuits activate as well. We have had some good rain during the period the trains were out.

    On the first day of service I had to go to St Clair station and there was a fault there by the way the level crossing was stuck in the down position and had been for some time judging by the road traffic build up there. I was there about 1 pm. I went to Bunnings and was there about 1/2 hour or more and when I returned to St Clair station the level crossing was still down and holding up traffic. About 5 minutes before my train was due they finally got it to go up and 5 minutes later the train I had to get set it off again, I did not see if it went back up though as it was a three car set and I got on the closest car with what I had bought which was the middle car.
    Posted: 27 Jan 2017 01:04

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