Boden Rails Transrail liveried 37240 (Colas Operated) leads the 22.54 Kings Cross - Colchester Recep Test Train across Chappel & Wakes Colne Viaduct, enroute to Sudbury. 10 06 2021
See the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I20wi5iMDsw
The Chappel Viaduct is a railway viaduct that crosses the River Colne in the Colne Valley in Essex, England. It carries the Gainsborough Line which now is a short branch linking Marks Tey in Essex to Sudbury in Suffolk. The line previously, however, extended to Shelford in Cambridgeshire.
It was completed in 1849 by a company which was later absorbed into the Great Eastern Railway. It is the longest bridge in the East Anglia region at 1,060 feet (320 m), and one of the largest brick-built structures in the country. It was listed at Grade II in 1967.
The viaduct consists of 32 semi-circular spans, each of 30 feet (9.1 m) span with tapered piers; it is 1,060 feet (320 m) long and rises to a maximum height of 75 feet (23 m).
The seven million bricks used in the construction of the viaduct were made from clay excavated from the nearby village of Bures. It was built to carry a double-track railway but only a single track was laid. The bridge was built by Peter Bruff between 1847 and 1849 for the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury & Halstead Railway, later part of the Great Eastern Railway.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappel_Viaduct
Boden Rails Transrail liveried 37240 (Colas Operated) leads the 22.54 Kings Cross - Colchester Recep Test Train across Chappel & Wakes Colne Viaduct, enroute to Sudbury. 10 06 2021
See the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I20wi5iMDsw
The Chappel Viaduct is a railway viaduct that crosses the River Colne in the Colne Valley in Essex, England. It carries the Gainsborough Line which now is a short branch linking Marks Tey in Essex to Sudbury in Suffolk. The line previously, however, extended to Shelford in Cambridgeshire.
It was completed in 1849 by a company which was later absorbed into the Great Eastern Railway. It is the longest bridge in the East Anglia region at 1,060 feet (320 m), and one of the largest brick-built structures in the country. It was listed at Grade II in 1967.
The viaduct consists of 32 semi-circular spans, each of 30 feet (9.1 m) span with tapered piers; it is 1,060 feet (320 m) long and rises to a maximum height of 75 feet (23 m).
The seven million bricks used in the construction of the viaduct were made from clay excavated from the nearby village of Bures. It was built to carry a double-track railway but only a single track was laid. The bridge was built by Peter Bruff between 1847 and 1849 for the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury & Halstead Railway, later part of the Great Eastern Railway.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappel_Viaduct