@@martinreed9565 Not Berne Gauge - the convention that brought that term into use didn't take place until 1912, well over a decade after the GCR was constructed. The GCR was built to a larger gauge for Watkins' plans for a Chunnel link, but back then continental Europe was a mix of gauges, and the GCR's "continental" loading gauge was probably more in line with the French (which was bigger than the UK but smaller than Berne's PPI).
Fascinating as always - thank you. Presumably at 5:01 we were looking southwards towards the EWR crossing? Your video logs are much appreciated. It is impressive that the Victorian ironwork and brickwork of the GCR bridge lasted over 120 years - which is the design life for the new HS2 assets currently under construction.
Wow... Not been there for ages, used to truck waste into the landfill long before the incinerator was there, if load was from MK or Brackley we would come down through Gawcott, turn left, past a big sailing place on the left, and turn right just before bridge over the railway, any load from Aylesbury came along the A41, past Wescott industrial park (the old rocket place) and turn right, think there was a prison up that way... Regardless of what is going to end up as, got to be better than a landfill . . Just a side note, as landfills go/went, calvert was one of the better run ones..
You may not be able to answer this but from Aylesbury I often see freight trains heading towards Quainton with about 20 carts attached. Where do they go now? When I was last up there a few months back there was no track beyond Quainton.
Very Sad they don't wont to use it . i been to Calvert by Road many time to look over the bridge, and i was lucky to ride on a special train from Paddington to Calvert vi Oxford before the rebuild of the Oxford Bicester line. to Calydon junction we then reversed to Calvert and Quinton to Aylesbury and Little Kemble Princes Risborough and the Greenford to Paddington on the now closed direct line.
@NWP-EXPLORING-HISTORY That's typical now a days. They smash up old engineering bridges by bricks and replace them with metal. Some times leave part structure or bricks.
The bridges are very well built and a shame the bricks cannot be recycled whole but I expect will be used as rubble infill somewhere. When they demolished Brackley viaduct years ago they had a tough job due to the quality of construction.
@@ToddingtonTed Agreed - with the net population gain of 750,000 people in the last year alone (announced today), the motorways cannot be widened to keep pace with the demand. The New Spine Railway will be needed even more urgently in the coming decades. At least, Brum to London will be running on a new alignment, freeing up the bottom half of the WCML for the stoppers through Nimby-land.
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Fascinating. I've been over the bridge many times (I grew up in Winslow) but have never seen it from the side before.
Nice to see a little bit of old platform hanging on!!!
Just get closer , there's so much more you'll have knowledge of
Oh that's good moving track bed further away from houses. I guess to get a better alignment for the higherspeed curve
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A beautiful blue brick bridge is going to be replaced by the crappie concrete construction that they are using on the HS2 route.
@@martinreed9565 Not Berne Gauge - the convention that brought that term into use didn't take place until 1912, well over a decade after the GCR was constructed. The GCR was built to a larger gauge for Watkins' plans for a Chunnel link, but back then continental Europe was a mix of gauges, and the GCR's "continental" loading gauge was probably more in line with the French (which was bigger than the UK but smaller than Berne's PPI).
Fascinating as always - thank you. Presumably at 5:01 we were looking southwards towards the EWR crossing? Your video logs are much appreciated. It is impressive that the Victorian ironwork and brickwork of the GCR bridge lasted over 120 years - which is the design life for the new HS2 assets currently under construction.
At 5:01 looking north towards EWR crossing
I gate to say it , even think it, but the Line is already there, its called the Great Central.
Thevlack of thinking, is the saving of the GCR .
Wow... Not been there for ages, used to truck waste into the landfill long before the incinerator was there, if load was from MK or Brackley we would come down through Gawcott, turn left, past a big sailing place on the left, and turn right just before bridge over the railway, any load from Aylesbury came along the A41, past Wescott industrial park (the old rocket place) and turn right, think there was a prison up that way... Regardless of what is going to end up as, got to be better than a landfill . . Just a side note, as landfills go/went, calvert was one of the better run ones..
You may not be able to answer this but from Aylesbury I often see freight trains heading towards Quainton with about 20 carts attached. Where do they go now? When I was last up there a few months back there was no track beyond Quainton.
That’s interesting to know I’ll find out
Those are ballast trains for HS2 running to just beyond the old Waddesdon station.
Very Sad they don't wont to use it . i been to Calvert by Road many time to look over the bridge, and i was lucky to ride on a special train from Paddington to Calvert vi Oxford before the rebuild of the Oxford Bicester line. to Calydon junction we then reversed to Calvert and Quinton to Aylesbury and Little Kemble Princes Risborough and the Greenford to Paddington on the now closed direct line.
As I'm aware the MLS bought up the navigation and built within the parameters. This current navigation appears to be somewhat out spread.
Great video ! ! !
There's so much you'll learn from me
Nothing going on. No wonder it’s taking so long.
Rumour is that it will converted into scalextric type electric hiway
RIP😢
Will the bridge be replaced?
Yes, it will as a road will reopen
@NWP-EXPLORING-HISTORY Will they be keeping the original bridge ?or replace it
Its being smashed up as we speak!
Need to pop there today to get the drone footage
@NWP-EXPLORING-HISTORY That's typical now a days. They smash up old engineering bridges by bricks and replace them with metal. Some times leave part structure or bricks.
The bridges are very well built and a shame the bricks cannot be recycled whole but I expect will be used as rubble infill somewhere.
When they demolished Brackley viaduct years ago they had a tough job due to the quality of construction.
It’s only a matter of time where HS2 i believe will be completely abandoned and the land sold off for road construction and housing 🙄
have you ever travelled at 3++ miles a minute ? (th-cam.com/video/Cc8_kjaUorI/w-d-xo.html)
Much more likely that it will be extended back to Manchester in the future.
@@ToddingtonTed Agreed - with the net population gain of 750,000 people in the last year alone (announced today), the motorways cannot be widened to keep pace with the demand. The New Spine Railway will be needed even more urgently in the coming decades. At least, Brum to London will be running on a new alignment, freeing up the bottom half of the WCML for the stoppers through Nimby-land.
Phase One won't be abandoned. Construction is far too advanced. We're only 2-3 years before track laying will start
@@ToddingtonTed th-cam.com/video/oXBl_9fgCFY/w-d-xo.html
What a waste of money 😮
Indeed like crossrail.. waste of money
interesting video but dead boring.