UK floods

John Ashworth · Post by **John Ashworth** » 24 Jul 2007, 09:05

A few pictures of flooded railways in the UK in July 2007.

These were taken from free public news websites - we can remove if the copyright holders object.

John Ashworth · Post by **John Ashworth** » 25 Jul 2007, 08:17

Another UK flood picture

Steve Appleton · Post by **Steve Appleton** » 25 Jul 2007, 10:23

Stations along the UK's canals? What a neat idea. Where are the narrow boats? Bet their fares would be cheaper than those for the trains.

John Ashworth · Post by **John Ashworth** » 25 Jul 2007, 17:05

Just to show that these are not unique, here's another one from November 2006

John Ashworth · Post by **John Ashworth** » 25 Jul 2007, 17:25

And another old one...

John Ashworth · Post by **John Ashworth** » 25 Jul 2007, 18:49

Yet more UK flooding pictures, these ones from the North Norfolk Railway on 2nd August 2006.

http://www.nnrailway.co.uk

John Ashworth · Post by **John Ashworth** » 25 Jul 2007, 19:04

Off topic, but I couldn't resist these two bus pictures.

http://lower-edmonton.co.uk/images/scans/leip/49.jpg and http://lower-edmonton.co.uk/images/scans/leip/27.jpg

John Ashworth · Post by **John Ashworth** » 25 Jul 2007, 19:37

A different type of flooding - the sea breaks over railway lines along the UK coast.

John Ashworth · Post by **John Ashworth** » 25 Jul 2007, 20:53

And now back to July 2007

John Ashworth · Post by **John Ashworth** » 27 Jul 2007, 07:27

And a couple more...

John Ashworth · Post by **John Ashworth** » 27 Jul 2007, 10:10

And I suppose a leaking aqueduct could cause a flood of sorts?

When this railway was built circa 1917 it was obviously felt that it was important that this river continued on its path. In modern times it now leaks quite well down the left hand column in the picture.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/160431

John Ashworth · Post by **John Ashworth** » 27 Jul 2007, 18:15

And back to past floods - the main line to Cardiff in the winter of 1965.

Photos from http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/pentrebachStation.htm

John Ashworth · Post by **John Ashworth** » 29 Jul 2007, 19:06

Huge quantities of bottled water has been delivered to people whose tap water has been cut off or has become undrinkable, and some of this has been delivered by train.

These pictures are from http://www.petertandy.co.uk/Recentpics.html and have the following text with them:

The dreadful weather of the weekend on 21 July 2007 resulted in large tracts of Gloucestershire being inundated with flood water. One of the worst consequences of this for the residents of Tewkesbury, near Ashchurch, was the failure of their water supply due to a plant treating drinking water being flooded. Tesco and EWS made rapid arrangements to help out by ferrying large quantities of bottled from Mossend to the MOD depot, via Bescot. This picture shows 66207 arriving at Ashchurch with 6Z12, the 07.30 from Bescot. The water, carried on pallets in the ferrywagons, will be offloaded by fork-lift truck and then taken by road the short distance into Tewkesbury. The train will run beyond the exchange sidings to the south of the roadbridge upon which I was standing, reverse into the sidings and then propel its train along the branch, formerly the line to Evesham and Redditch, visible on the right of the picture.

Here is 66207 after the procedure I outlined above has taken place. The branch has 2 footpaths crossing it and a shunter walked alongside the track in front of the first wagon to ensure that no pedestrians were in danger, the man being in radio contact with the driver at all times. This train seems to have required some fairly complex manning arrangements in that a Didcot driver appears to have come here by road to relieve the Bescot man, who would not sign the branch, the latter returning to the West Midlands by road. Another crew came, presumably from Worcester, to unlock the ground frame allowing access to the the exchange sidings. All this would have to happen again, but in reverse when the train leaves Ashchurch for Bescot in the late afternoon when it runs to Gloucester to run round, there being no egress to the north for trains leaving the exchange sidings.

The sun had shone pretty much all morning up to the point when 66207 with 6Z12 appeared in the distance and went into the down loop at Ashchurch. A Voyager, a 170 and a 158 passed in sun but clouds built up just as the train of bottled water was given the road out of the loop onto the main line. The only glimmer of sun came as it reversed around the curve on the line towards the MOD facility. Here is 6Z12 about to disappear into the undergrowth surrounding the short branch.