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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2008 11:58:56 GMT
Hello,  only the Crossover have seen until (I think) 2007 - is now demolished! a little Help: Eastern part of London Good Luck! Greetings Dennis Edit by DavidH to correct title for clarity |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2008 13:05:16 GMT
is the little picture to difficult? here a other Picture!  left is water! Greetings Dennis |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2008 18:12:54 GMT
Is it West India Quay seen from WIQ DLR?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2008 18:20:14 GMT
good - OK - but photographed from the International Hotel Room  Have somebody more Information about this Track-Remain? Greetings Dennis |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2008 19:07:24 GMT
I think it's a remnant of Docklands' former life - for the big cranes that used to run up and down - and which can still be seen here and there in the area. More than that I do not know!
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Post by astock5000 on Jun 11, 2008 19:22:05 GMT
What livery is the train on the left in? I don't recognise it. Looks like an advert livery.
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Post by jimini on Jun 11, 2008 21:48:40 GMT
That's not West India Quay. That's the DLR tracks approaching Heron Quays (to the left), or approaching the sharp left hand bend before you reach South Quay station (to the right). Photo taken from the Britannia hotel on Marsh Wall, if I'm not mistaken?
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Post by c5 on Jun 11, 2008 21:49:53 GMT
I'm sure that that basin is now Canary Wharf LUL station. Just an edit to say it's in the basin just south. tinyurl.com/3zccdq <- Google map In the very first photo, I thought it was Ford's 'Nam plant. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2008 22:14:55 GMT
It's a fair cop - it looked like WIQ in the small pic, but I have to admit that it just isn't WIQ in the big photo!
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Post by suncloud on Jun 12, 2008 8:16:11 GMT
I doubt those are crane tracks... I wouldn't have thought they'd have points... but it's quite conceivable that there were tracks for goods trains along the docks.
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Post by mrfs42 on Jun 12, 2008 11:37:07 GMT
These are old Port of London Authority tracks from memory, possibly even from West India Dock Company days. They're definately not crane tracks.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 16:01:13 GMT
Ahhh! I spent a couple of years working at the 'Wharf and having seen cranes and tracks (separately, it turns out) just put them together in my ahead and assumed that one ran along the other. Thanks for enlightening me!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 20:37:50 GMT
have someone a Trackmap of the "Port of London Authority" rails on the Docks?
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Post by Chris M on Jun 12, 2008 21:31:02 GMT
Ahhh! I spent a couple of years working at the 'Wharf and having seen cranes and tracks (separately, it turns out) just put them together in my ahead and assumed that one ran along the other. Thanks for enlightening me! Some cranes were fixed, others moved. Movable cranes do run along tracks, but they run on a much wider gauge - standard gauge wagons could run underneath the ones in Bristol. I'll try and dig out some photos later. Chris |
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