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This is a photograph from the Tullamore Harriers AC "Quinlan Cup" Half Marathon was held on Saturday 30th August 2014 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland at 12:00. This is the second year of the event. Last year, 2013, the event commemorated the 60th Anniversary of the formation of Tullamore Harriers AC which today is one of Ireland's best known athletics clubs. The race was perfectly organised. There were stewarts all along the route, 3 drink stations with bottled water, superb facilities, and great after-race refreshments. The stewards along the route provided great encouragement to all of the runners. Tullamore Harriers and the local community really worked together to make this is a wonderful event. There was also a relay option where teams of two can run approximately 10.5km each. In total 568 participants completed the race which is almost 150 more than the 2013 event.
Reading on a Smartphone or tablet? Don't forget to scroll down further to read more about this race and see important Internet links to other information about the race! You can also find out how to access and download these photographs.
Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2100 with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q
This photograph is one of a set of photographs from the Tullamore Harriers Half Marathon 2014. The permanent link to the full set of photographs is [https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157646587496250/]. This set of photographs includes photographs of the start and then photographs of the finish up to the 2 HOUR finishing time.
As mentioned above last year this race marathon race celebrated the 60th Anniversary (a Diamond Anniversary) of the foundation of Tullamore Harriers AC. The club was formed in the town in November 1953. However, it was almost 1979 before facilities close to what we see today open in the present day site. Over 50 provincial and national athletics meetings are held at Tullamore Harriers every year. The facilities available combined with it's central geographical location joining routes from North, South, East, and West make it a very attractive venue. The half marathon today firmly brings competitive national road racing back to "The Harriers". In the past there was the famous Quinnlan Cup
Festival of Races (see a link below for some nostalgia) which was one of Ireland's Blue Ribband events with some very famous names of the past lining out for that four mile race. Today, the facilities at Tullamore Harriers are the envy of many athletics clubs in Ireland. The facilities provided by Tullamore make it one of the premier venues for local and national level athletics in Ireland. There is an Olympic standard tartan track, a fully equipped gym, changing facilities, press and media facilities, meeting room spaces, etc. The club also provides a social center and niteclub which makes "The Harriers" a very well known on the local social scene. Esssentially, the town of Tullamore would be a different place if it weren't for the presence of Tullamore Harriers AC.
Overall Race Summary
Participants: There was 568 participants of runners, joggers, and walkers.
Weather: The midday start seen warm pleasant conditions for running. The layout of the course meant that there was a stiff breeze into the face of competitors for the first few miles up to mile 6. When the race turned around to return to Tullamore the wind was somewhat more favourable to runners.
Course: The race starts on the Charleville Road just outside the entrance to Tullamore Harriers. The race proceeds south along the R421 and onto the N52 before taking a route onto local back roads. The race then completes a large rural road route before it joins to the R421 again and the final 1.5 miles are the same as the first mile of the race. The runners enter tullamore stadium and complete one lap of the tartan track before the finish line. The course is challenging in places with some undulations along the route. But overall it is fair course.
Location Map: Start/finish and registration and race HQ was all at Tullamore Harriers AC Club Grounds: goo.gl/maps/xZ4GM (Google Streetview)
Refreshments: There was a very impressive selection of refreshments including sandwiches, cakes, home-made breads, etc in the Harriers clubhouse afterwards. People were able to enjoy their post race refreshments outside in the warm pleasant sunshine.
Some Useful Links related to the race
Our photographs from the 2013 Quinlan Cup Half Marathon: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635307620452/
Youtube PhotoVideo from 2013 race: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbiHE5Eb5I
Another YouTube PhotoVideo from the 2013 race: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgCljXrl0BM
A long youtube video showing footage of the race in 2013 and the after-race ceremony: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Qg1gqRT9Y
2014 Race Results are available from PRECISION TIMING: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2136
2013 Race Results are available from PRECISION TIMING: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1448
Facebook event page: www.facebook.com/events/547723028583924/
The Tullamore Harriers AC Website: www.tullamoreharriers.com/
The Tullamore Harriers Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/tullamore.harriers (Facebook logon required)
Quinlan Cup EVENT PAGE on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Tullamore-Half-Marathon-Quinlan-Cu...
The Tullamore Harriers Half Marathon ROUTE on MapMyRun: www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/217165415
The Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread on the 2014 Race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057254069&p...
The Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread on the 2013 Race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056942637
Read about Tullamore Town on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullamore
Quinlan Cup 1997: ireland.iol.ie/~ar5meade/quinlan97.htm
The Entrace to Tullamore Harriers AC Club Grounds: goo.gl/maps/xZ4GM (Google Streetview)
An Aerial Image of the Facilities of Tullamore Harriers AC: binged.it/12UPZ9N (Bing Aerial BirdsEye )
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Ariel and Vidalia both entered the range of Magnus' leash just now, and their timing could not have been better. Magnus was alert but not hyper. Interested but not overzealous. Vidalia positioned herself closest. Magnus, lying down, saw her and stood up, his tail up in the air wagging. He took steps toward her in a deliberate fashion. No running involved. Vidalia stood her ground. They stood nose to nose with Vidalia intermittently hissing her superiority without giving an inch. Magnus' tail just kept wagging. No aggression at all. Then Ariel caught his eye. Well, really, his ear. Ariel was hissing just steps from Vidalia. Magnus cautiously approached Ariel, and she hissed in his face. Neither Vidalia nor Ariel ran, so Magnus just wagged his tail then returned to his place on the carpet. That, my friends, is what I consider a successful interaction. BTW, Curiosity thinks nothing of walking through the range of Magnus' leash. As long as he's not running, Magnus literally ignores him. But any fast movement, and Curio faces puppy exuberance. I have taken to, as funny as this may sound, hissing my own disapproval whenever Magnus oversteps boundaries with the cats (or me, actually). Magnus stops immediately, gets the funniest expression on his face, and stares at me almost audibly pondering the odd noise. He knows it is disapproval, and Magnus does not like disapproval. Well, I guess it's appropriate that Magnus learn right and wrong in cat language as long as he lives in this house. . .
Way to go, Vidalia! Way to go, Ariel!
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According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;
Dollands Moor Sidings ........1341..........................1338 3/4......................2E
Sandling [SDG].......................1344.........................1342 1/2........................1E
Westenhanger [WHA]...........1345.........................1345 1/2......................RT
Herringe...................................1347 1/2...................1347 1/2......................RT
Ashford East Junction..........1352.........................1351 3/4......................RT
Ashford International ...........1353.........................1353 3/4.....................RT
Hothfield..................................1357 1/2...................1358 1/2......................RT
Charing [CHG]........................1401..........................1402 1/4........................1L
Lenham [LEN].........................1406.........................1405 3/4.....................RT
Harrietsham [HRM]................1408 1/2..................1407 1/2......................RT
Hollingbourne [HBN]............1411 1/2.....................1409 1/2........................1E
Bearsted [BSD].......................1414 1/2....................1411 1/2.........................2E
Maidstone East [MDE]..........1418..........................1417 3/4......................RT
Barming [BMG].......................1422.........................1422 1/4......................RT
East Malling [EML].................1425.........................1424 1/2......................RT
West Malling [WMA]..............1426 1/2..................1424 1/4.......................2E
Borough Green ....................1435.........................1430 1/4.......................4E
Kemsing [KMS].......................1439.........................1432 3/4......................6E
Otford Junction[XOT]...........1443.........................1440.............................2E
Otford [OTF]............................1444.........................1442 1/2........................1E
Shoreham [SEH].....................1446 1/2...................1445..............................1E
Eynsford [EYN].......................1450 1/2..................1448.............................2E
Swanley [SAY]........................1456.........................1454..............................1E
St Mary Cray [SMY]...............1500 1/2..................1457..............................3E
St Mary Cray Junction..........1503.........................1458 3/4......................4E
Bickley Junction[XLY]..........1504 1/2..................1506 1/4........................1L
Bickley [BKL]...........................1506.........................1509.............................3L
Bromley South [BMS]...........1509.........................1511 1/4.........................2L
Shortlands [SRT]....................1511...........................1513 1/2........................2L
Shortlands Junction..............1512..........................1514 1/4........................2L
Ravensbourne [RVB]............1513..........................1519 3/4.......................6L
Beckenham Hill [BEC]..........1515..........................1521 1/4........................6L
Bellingham [BGM]..................1516 1/2...................1522.............................5L
Catford [CTF]..........................1518..........................1524 1/4.......................6L
Crofton Park [CFT].................1520.........................1525 3/4......................6L
Nunhead Junction................1521 1/2...................1527.............................5L
Nunhead [NHD].....................1522.........................1527 1/4.......................5L
Peckham Rye [PMR]..............1524 1/2..................1528.............................3L
Crofton Road Junction.........1525 1/2..................1529 3/4......................4L
Denmark Hill [DMK]...............1526 1/2..................1530 3/4......................4L
Brixton [BRX]...........................1529 1/2..................1532 3/4......................3L
Shepherds Lane Junction...1530 1/2..................1533 1/4.......................3L
Clapham High Street ...........1531 1/2....................1534 1/4.......................2L
Voltaire Road Junction........1532.........................1534 1/2.......................2L
Wandsworth Road ...............1532 1/2..................1535 1/4.......................2L
Factory Junction....................1533.........................1535 1/4.......................2L
Longhedge Junction............1535.........................1537 1/2.......................2L
Clapham Junction ................1541 1/2...................1544 1/2.......................3L
Wandsworth Town ...............1544.........................1546 3/4......................2L
Putney [PUT]...........................1548.........................1548............................RT
Barnes [BNS]...........................1552.........................1550 1/4........................1E
Barnes Bridge [BNI]..............1554.........................1552 1/2........................1E
Chiswick [CHK]......................1557.........................1553 3/4......................3E
New Kew Junction................1600........................1558 1/4........................1E
Kew East Junction.................1602.........................1600..............................1E
Acton Wells Junction...........1635 1/2..................1605..........................30E
Acton Canal Wharf................1637 1/2...................1607..........................30E
Dudding Hill Junction...........1646 1/2..................1612...........................34E
Brent Curve Junction...........1650 1/2..................1616...........................34E
Hendon [HEN]........................1655 1/2..................1619...........................36E
Silkstream Junction..............1701 1/2....................1643...........................18E
Mill Hill Broadway .................1704 1/2/1706 1/2..1707/1709...................2L
Elstree&Borehamwood ......1711...........................1713 1/2........................2L
Radlett Junction.....................1713 1/2....................1715 1/2........................2L
Radlett [RDT]...........................1714..........................1716 1/2........................2L
R. Redland Roadstone.........1715 1/2....................1717 1/2........................2L
St Albans [SAC]......................1718 1/2....................1723 3/4......................5L
Harpenden Junction.............1723 1/2...................1739 3/4....................16L
Harpenden [HPD]..................1724.........................1740 3/4....................16L
Luton Airport Parkway ........1731 1/2....................1748............................16L
Luton [LUT]..............................1733.........................1756..........................23L
Luton North Junction...........1733 1/2...................1802 3/4...................29L
Leagrave [LEA].......................1736 1/2...................1806 1/2....................30L
Leagrave Junction................1737.........................1807..........................30L
Sundon South Junction.......1739 1/2...................1809..........................29L
Harlington [HLN]....................1741 1/2....................1810 1/2.....................28L
Flitwick [FLT]...........................1745.........................1812 3/4.....................27L
Flitwick Junction....................1745 1/2...................1813............................27L
Elstow.......................................1754.........................1819...........................25L
Bedford South Junction......1756.........................1821 3/4....................25L
Bedford [BDM]........................1758.........................1840..........................42L
Bedford North Junction.......1759.........................1853 1/4....................54L
Sharnbrook Junction............1807/1817................NoRep/1914 3/4.......57L
Wellingborough [WEL].........1826.........................1924 3/4...................58L
Wellingborough North Ju....1826 1/2..................1925..........................58L
Harrowden Junction.............1829 1/2/1834........NoRep/1926 1/4.....52L
Kettering SouthJunction.....1841..........................1929 1/2....................48L
Kettering [KET].......................1843.........................1931 3/4....................48L
Kettering North Junction.....1846.........................1935..........................49L
Leicester [LEI].........................2012 1/2..................2009............................3E
Knighton Junction.................2015/2032 1/2.......NoRep/2005 1/4....27E
Leicester South Jn................2035 1/2.................2007.........................28E
Leicester [LEI].........................2036 1/2.................2009 1/2..................27E
Leicester North Jn.................2037........................2010 3/4...................26E
Humberstone Road..............2040/2040 1/2......2012 1/2/2013 3/4..26E
Humberstone Road Jn.........2041 1/2..................2015 1/2....................25E
Syston [SYS]............................2045 1/2.................2019 1/4....................26E
Syston South Junction.........2045 1/2.................2019 1/4....................26E
Syston North Junction.........2046........................2019 1/2....................26E
Sileby [SIL]...............................2048........................2021..........................27E
Sileby Junction......................2048 1/2.................2021 3/4...................26E
Mountsorrel Sidings.............2049 1/2.................2022 1/4...................26E
Barrow upon Soar ................2050.......................2023 1/4...................26E
Loughborough South Jn.....2052.......................2025 1/2...................26E
Loughborough ......................2052 1/2.................2025 3/4..................26E
Loughborough North Jn......2053........................2026 1/4...................26E
Kegworth.................................2057........................2029 1/4...................27E
East Midlands Pway .............2058 1/2.................2031 1/4....................27E
Ratcliffe Junction...................2059.......................2031 1/4....................27E
Trent South Junction............2059 1/2.................2032.........................27E
Sheet Stores Junction..........2100 1/2..................2032 1/2...................27E
Long Eaton [LGE]...................2101..........................2033.........................28E
Draycott...................................2103.........................2034 3/4..................28E
Spondon [SPO]......................2107.........................2038 3/4..................28E
Derby Way & Works Sdn.....2111 1/2....................2043 3/4..................27E
Derby London Rd Jn.............2112..........................2046.........................26E
Derby [DBY]............................2113/2150...............2047/2150.................RT
This is a photograph from the Tullamore Harriers AC "Quinlan Cup" Half Marathon was held on Saturday 30th August 2014 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland at 12:00. This is the second year of the event. Last year, 2013, the event commemorated the 60th Anniversary of the formation of Tullamore Harriers AC which today is one of Ireland's best known athletics clubs. The race was perfectly organised. There were stewarts all along the route, 3 drink stations with bottled water, superb facilities, and great after-race refreshments. The stewards along the route provided great encouragement to all of the runners. Tullamore Harriers and the local community really worked together to make this is a wonderful event. There was also a relay option where teams of two can run approximately 10.5km each. In total 568 participants completed the race which is almost 150 more than the 2013 event.
Reading on a Smartphone or tablet? Don't forget to scroll down further to read more about this race and see important Internet links to other information about the race! You can also find out how to access and download these photographs.
Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2100 with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q
This photograph is one of a set of photographs from the Tullamore Harriers Half Marathon 2014. The permanent link to the full set of photographs is [https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157646587496250/]. This set of photographs includes photographs of the start and then photographs of the finish up to the 2 HOUR finishing time.
As mentioned above last year this race marathon race celebrated the 60th Anniversary (a Diamond Anniversary) of the foundation of Tullamore Harriers AC. The club was formed in the town in November 1953. However, it was almost 1979 before facilities close to what we see today open in the present day site. Over 50 provincial and national athletics meetings are held at Tullamore Harriers every year. The facilities available combined with it's central geographical location joining routes from North, South, East, and West make it a very attractive venue. The half marathon today firmly brings competitive national road racing back to "The Harriers". In the past there was the famous Quinnlan Cup
Festival of Races (see a link below for some nostalgia) which was one of Ireland's Blue Ribband events with some very famous names of the past lining out for that four mile race. Today, the facilities at Tullamore Harriers are the envy of many athletics clubs in Ireland. The facilities provided by Tullamore make it one of the premier venues for local and national level athletics in Ireland. There is an Olympic standard tartan track, a fully equipped gym, changing facilities, press and media facilities, meeting room spaces, etc. The club also provides a social center and niteclub which makes "The Harriers" a very well known on the local social scene. Esssentially, the town of Tullamore would be a different place if it weren't for the presence of Tullamore Harriers AC.
Overall Race Summary
Participants: There was 568 participants of runners, joggers, and walkers.
Weather: The midday start seen warm pleasant conditions for running. The layout of the course meant that there was a stiff breeze into the face of competitors for the first few miles up to mile 6. When the race turned around to return to Tullamore the wind was somewhat more favourable to runners.
Course: The race starts on the Charleville Road just outside the entrance to Tullamore Harriers. The race proceeds south along the R421 and onto the N52 before taking a route onto local back roads. The race then completes a large rural road route before it joins to the R421 again and the final 1.5 miles are the same as the first mile of the race. The runners enter tullamore stadium and complete one lap of the tartan track before the finish line. The course is challenging in places with some undulations along the route. But overall it is fair course.
Location Map: Start/finish and registration and race HQ was all at Tullamore Harriers AC Club Grounds: goo.gl/maps/xZ4GM (Google Streetview)
Refreshments: There was a very impressive selection of refreshments including sandwiches, cakes, home-made breads, etc in the Harriers clubhouse afterwards. People were able to enjoy their post race refreshments outside in the warm pleasant sunshine.
Some Useful Links related to the race
Our photographs from the 2013 Quinlan Cup Half Marathon: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635307620452/
Youtube PhotoVideo from 2013 race: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbiHE5Eb5I
Another YouTube PhotoVideo from the 2013 race: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgCljXrl0BM
A long youtube video showing footage of the race in 2013 and the after-race ceremony: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Qg1gqRT9Y
2014 Race Results are available from PRECISION TIMING: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2136
2013 Race Results are available from PRECISION TIMING: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1448
Facebook event page: www.facebook.com/events/547723028583924/
The Tullamore Harriers AC Website: www.tullamoreharriers.com/
The Tullamore Harriers Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/tullamore.harriers (Facebook logon required)
Quinlan Cup EVENT PAGE on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Tullamore-Half-Marathon-Quinlan-Cu...
The Tullamore Harriers Half Marathon ROUTE on MapMyRun: www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/217165415
The Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread on the 2014 Race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057254069&p...
The Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread on the 2013 Race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056942637
Read about Tullamore Town on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullamore
Quinlan Cup 1997: ireland.iol.ie/~ar5meade/quinlan97.htm
The Entrace to Tullamore Harriers AC Club Grounds: goo.gl/maps/xZ4GM (Google Streetview)
An Aerial Image of the Facilities of Tullamore Harriers AC: binged.it/12UPZ9N (Bing Aerial BirdsEye )
Can I use these photographs directly from Flickr on my social media account(s)?
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Working The 410 N 05.50 Felixstowe North F.L.T. To Leeds F.L.T. According To Realtime Trains The Route And Timings Were
Felixstowe North F.L.T. 05.50 . 05.53 3L
Trimley 05.59 . 06.00 1L
Levington Signal Co622 06.05 . 06.06 1L
Derby Road 06.11 1/2 To 06.25 1/2 06.12 . 06.24 1/2 RT
Westerfield 06.30 1/2 No Report
Ipswich Boss Hall Jn 06.35 No Report
Ipswich East Suffolk Jn 06.36 . 06.37 1/4 1L
Ipswich S.S. 06.38 To 07.22 06.39 . 07.59 37L
Ipswich East Suffolk Jn 07.24 . 08.01 37L
Ipswich Europa Junction 07.25 No Report
Needham Market 07.34 1/2 No Report
Stowmarket D.G.L. 07.39 No Report
Stowmarket 07.39 . 08.36 1/2 57L
Haughley Jn 07.44 . 08.43 1/2 59L
Elmswell 07.49 No Report
Thurston 07.56 No Report
Bury St Edmunds 08.02 . 09.01 59L
Kennet Redland Ground Frme 08.13 No Report
Kennet 08.15 No Report
Chippenham Jn 08.19 . 09.17 58L
Soham 08.28 To 08.40 N/R 09.24 44L
Ely Dock Jn 08.48 No Report
Ely Up Goods Loop 08.50 To 09.21 09.33 . 09.37 16L
Ely North Jn 09.26 . 09.42 16L
Ely West Jn 09.27 No Report
Third Drove 09.30 1/2 No Report
Manea 09.35 No Report
Stonea 09.37 No Report
March East Jn 09.41 1/2 No Report
March 09.41 1/2 . 09.59 17L
March West Jn 09.42 No Report
Three Horse Shoes 09.47 1/2 No Report
Whittlesea 09.51 1/2 . 10.10 18L
Peterborough East Jn 09.59 No Report
Peterborough 10.01 To 10.15 10.20 . 10.22 7L
New England Nth Jn 10.18 1/2 No Report
Werrington Jn 10.21 No Report
Helpston Jn 10.24 1/2 . 10.31 1/4 6L
Tallington Jn 10.29 1/2 . 10.36 3/4 7L
Stoke Jn 10.51 1/2 To 11.07 N/R 11.07 RT
Highdyke Jn 11.10 No Report
Grantham 11.15 1/2 . 11.14 1/2 RT
Nottingham Branch Jn 11.16 No Report
Barkston South Jn 11.19 No Report
Claypole Loop 11.24 . 11.22 1/4 1E
Newark North Gate 11.27 1/2 . 11.26 1/4 1E
Newark F.C. 11.28 . 11.27 1E
Carlton On Trent Loop 11.33 No Report
Retford 11.46 . 11.42 1/4 3E
Retford Crossover 11.47 No Report
Ranskill Loop 11.50 1/2 No Report
Loversall Carr Jn 11.58 1/2 . 11.53 1/2 4E
Doncaster Decoy South Jcn 12.00 . 11.57 3E
Decoy Nth Jn 12.02 1/2 . 11.58 4E
Doncaster Sig D254 12.04 To 12.51 No Report
Bridge Jn 12.53 . 12.52 1E
Doncaster 12.54 1/2 . 12.55 1/2 1L
Donc. Marshgate Jn 12.55 No Report
Bentley (South Yorkshire) 12.57 1/2 No Report
Adwick 13.02 . 13.00 3/4 1E
Carcroft Jn 13.02 No Report
Adwick Jn 13.03 . 13.01 1/4 1E
South Elmsall 13.07 1/2 No Report
South Kirkby Jn 13.09 13.08 3/4 RT
Hemsworth Loop 13.14 To 13.27 13.13 . 13.29 2L
Fitzwilliam 13.30 1/2 No Report
Hare Park Junction 13.37 13.41 4L
Crofton West Jn 13.44 . 13.43 1E
Oakenshaw Jn 13.45 1/2 No Report
Calder Bridge Jn 13.48 To 14.00 1/2 N/R 13.47 13E
Turners Lane Jn 14.04 . 14.04 RT
Normanton 14.08 No Report
Altofts Jn 14.09 1/2 . 14.12 1/4 2L
Methley Jn 14.16 . 14.14 1E
Woodlesford 14.20 No Report
Stourton Jn 14.24 No Report
Leeds F.L.T. 14.26 . 14.27 1L
Cams getting timed, verified later by slowly turning engine over by hand several times and inspecting valves and pistons (timing) for proper sequence and clearance.
According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;
Luton [LUT] 2........................0820...........................0819 1/2......................RT
Luton Airport Parkway 1.....0822/0822 1/2.........0822/0823...............RT
Harpenden [HPD] 1..............0827 1/2/0828.........0827 1/2/0828 1/4...RT
Harpenden Junction...........0828 1/2....................0829............................RT
St Albans [SAC] 1..................0833/0834................0833/0834................RT
R. Redland Roadstone........0837...........................0836 3/4.....................RT
Radlett [RDT] 1......................0838 1/2/0839.........0838 1/2/0839..........RT
Radlett Junction...................0840...........................0840............................RT
Elstree&Borehamwood......0842 1/2/0843 1/2...0842 1/2/0843 1/4...RT
Mill Hill Broadway 1..............0846 1/2....................0846...........................RT
Silkstream Junction.............0847 1/2.....................0847 1/4.....................RT
Hendon [HEN] 1....................0848 1/2....................0848 1/4......................RT
Brent Curve Junction..........0849 1/2....................0849............................RT
Cricklewood Curve Jn........0850...........................0849 1/2.....................RT
Cricklewood [CRI] 1.............0850...........................0849 3/4.....................RT
Cricklewood South Jn........0850...........................0849 1/2.....................RT
W. Hampstead Nth Jn.........0851............................0850 3/4....................RT
W. H'stead Thameslink 1.....0851 1/2/0852 1/2...0851 1/4/0852 1/4....RT
West Hampstead Sth Jn....0853 1/2....................0852 1/2.....................RT
Carlton Road Junction........0855...........................0854...........................RT
Kentish Town Junction.......0855 1/2....................0854 1/2......................RT
Kentish Town [KTN] 1..........0856...........................0855 1/2.....................RT
Dock JunctionNorth............0857 1/2.....................0856............................1E
St Pancras International.....0859/0900 1/2........0858/0900................RT
Farringdon [ZFD] 3..............0905/0906...............0904/0906................RT
City Thameslink [CTK] 2.....0908 1/2/0909 1/2..0907/0910.................RT
London Blackfriars 1............0911/0912..................0911/0912...................RT
Blackfriars Junction.............0913............................0913............................RT
Southwark Bridge Jn..........0914............................0913..............................1E
Elephant & Castle 4.............0915/0916.................0915/0916..................RT
Loughborough Junction ...0919 1/2.....................0919.............................RT
Cambria Junction................0920 1/2....................0920............................RT
Denmark Hill [DMK] 4.........0921 1/2/0922 1/2...0921/0922.................RT
Crofton Road Junction.......0923 1/2....................0923............................RT
Peckham Rye [PMR] 4........0924 1/2/0925.........0923 3/4/0924 3/4..RT
Nunhead [NHD] 2................0927/0927 1/2.........0927/0927 3/4..........RT
Crofton Park [CFT] 2...........0930/0930 1/2.........0930/0931.................RT
Catford [CTF].........................0932 1/2/0933.........0932/0933................RT
Bellingham [BGM]................0935/0935 1/2.........0935 1/2/0936 1/4...RT
Beckenham Hill [BEC] 2.....0937/0937 1/2.........0938/0938................RT
Ravensbourne [RVB] 2.......0939/0939 1/2.........0940/0940................RT
Shortlands Junction............0941............................0941 3/4.....................RT
Shortlands [SRT]...................0942/0942 1/2.........0942 3/4/0943 3/4...1L
Bromley South [BMS] 3.....0944 1/2/0945 1/2...0944 3/4/0945 3/4..RT
Bickley [BKL] 2......................0947 1/2/0948.........0948/0948................RT
Bickley Junction[XLY].........0949...........................0949 3/4.....................RT
St Mary Cray Junction........0950..........................0953 1/4.......................3L
St Mary Cray [SMY] 2..........0952/0952 1/2.........0955/0955................2L
At platform.............................0956/0957...............1000 1/4/1000 1/2......3L
Eynsford [EYN] 2..................1001/1001 1/2.............1004/1005..................3L
Shoreham [SEH] 2...............1004 1/2/1005...........1008/1009..................4L
Otford [OTF] 2......................1007 1/2/1008...........1011/1012......................4L
Otford Junction[XOT].........1009............................1013 1/2........................4L
Bat & Ball [BBL] 2.................1010 1/2/1011..............1015/1015....................4L
Sevenoaks [SEV] 4..............1014.............................1018..............................4L
On Friday 13/11/2020, an early 1423s is seen powering away from a 20km/h TSR (on the Gawler River bridge) approaching Gawler River road crossing (between Virginia-Two Wells, SA) with CFCLA locos EL62-gl107 in charge. Note the faulty windscreen wiper (secured with blue rope) on the drivers’ side window.
You can't see the lever but there is one on the left side of the steering wheel that controls the timing.
So much in life is about timing.....
Blue Crab takes a swipe at a passing Black Skimmer!
Forsythe NWR
Oceanville, New Jersey
Working The 641V 10.03 Doncaster D.C.E Sdgs. To Holbeck Loco Sidings Via Hull According To Realtime Trains The Route And Timings Were
Doncaster D.C.E Sdgs. 10.03 No Report
Donc. Marshgate Jn 10.04 No Report
Doncaster [DON] 10.06 To 10.07 10.09 . 10.10 1L
Donc. Marshgate Jn 10.10 1/2 No Report
Bentley Jn 10.14 . 10.13 1E
Kirk Sandall Jn 10.18 No Report
Kirk Sandall 10.18 1/2 No Report
Hatfield & Stainforth 10.23 1/2 . 10.21 1/2 2E
Thorne Jn 10.25 1/2 . 10.24 1E
Thorne North 10.27 1/2 . 10.27 RT
Creykes 10.32 1/2 No Report
Potters Grange Jn 10.36 1/2 No Report
Goole Up Goods Loop 10.37 1/2 To 11.02 1/2 10.37 RT
Goole 11.05 1/2 . 11.02 3E
Saltmarshe 11.09 1/2 No Report
Gilberdyke 11.14 1/2 . 11.20 5L
Broomfleet 11.17 No Report
Brough 11.21 1/2 . 11.28 1/2 7L
Ferriby 11.25 No Report
Hessle 11.28 No Report
Hessle East Jn 11.30 No Report
Hessle Road Jn 11.31 1/2 No Report
Anlaby Road Jn 11.34 No Report
Hull [HUL] 11.36 1/2 To 11.56 1/2 11.45 . 11.55 1E
Anlaby Road Jn 11.59 No Report
Hessle Road Jn 12.01 1/2 No Report
Hessle East Jn 12.03 1/2 No Report
Hessle 12.06 No Report
Ferriby [FRY] 12.10 1/2 To 12.28 1/2 12.07 . 12.07 21E
Brough 12.31 1/2 . 12.29 1/2 2E
Broomfleet 12.36 No Report
Gilberdyke 12.38 1/2 . 12.36 1/2 2E
Eastrington 12.41 No Report
Howden 12.44 1/2 No Report
Wressle 12.47 No Report
Barlby Loops 12.53 No Report
Selby 12.53 1/2 . 12.53 RT
Selby West Jn 12.54 1/2 No Report
Hambleton East Jn 12.59 1/2 . 12.58 1E
Hambleton West Jn 13.01 1/2 . 13.00 1E
Gascoigne Wood Jn 13.05 1/2 . 13.03 2E
Milford Jn 13.09 1/2 . 13.11 1L
Castleford 13.17 1/2 . 13.20 2L
Whitwood Jn 13.20 1/2 . 13.22 1L
Methley Jn 13.23 1/2 . 13.25 1L
Woodlesford 13.26 1/2 No Report
Stourton Jn 13.29 1/2 . 13.31 1L
Holbeck Loco Sidings 13.36 1/2 . 13.38 1L
319364 named "Transforming Blackfriars" on the rear of 319 number 010 is soon to be transferred to Northern Rail AN (Allerton).
According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;
Bedford [BDM] 1 0722...0722 RT
Bedford South Junction......0724½......0723¾ RT
Flitwick Junction......0730½......0731½ RT
Flitwick [FLT] 1 0731½ 0732...0732¼ 0732¾ RT
Harlington [HLN] 1 0735½ 0736...0736¾ 0737 1L
Leagrave Junction......0740......0741¼ 1L
Leagrave [LEA] 1 0741 0741½...0742¼ 0742¾ 1L
Luton North Junction......0744......0745¼ 1L
Luton [LUT] 1 0745 0746...0746½ 0747 1L
Luton Airport Parkway [LTN] 1 0748 0748½...0749¼ 0749¾ 1L
Harpenden [HPD] 1 0753½ 0754...0754¾ 0755 1L
Harpenden Junction......0754½......0755½ 1L
St Albans [SAC] 1 0759 0800...0800¼ 0800¾ RT
Radlett Redland Roadstone......0803......0804¼ 1L
Radlett [RDT] 1 0804½ 0805...0805¾ 0806½ 1L
Radlett Junction......0806......0807¼ 1L
Elstree & Borehamwood [ELS] 1 0808½ 0809...0810 0811 2L
Mill Hill Broadway [MIL] 1 0812½ 0813½...0815 0816 2L
Silkstream Junction......0815½......0818 2L
Hendon [HEN] 1......0816½......0819½ 3L
Brent Curve Junction......0817½......0821 3L
Cricklewood Curve Junction......0818......0821½ 3L
Cricklewood [CRI] 1......0818......0821¾ 3L
Cricklewood South Junction......0818......0821¾ 3L
West Hampstead North Junction......0819......0822¾ 3L
West Hampstead Thameslink [WHP] 1 0819½ 0820½...0823¼ 0824¼ 3L
West Hampstead South Junction......0821½......0824½ 3L
Carlton Road Junction......0823......0826¼ 3L
Kentish Town Junction......0823......0826¾ 3L
Kentish Town [KTN] 1......0824......0827¾ 3L
Dock Junction North......0825½......0829 3L
St Pancras International [STP] A 0827 0828½...0830¾ 0831¾ 3L
Farringdon [ZFD] 3 0833 0834...0834¾ 0836 2L
City Thameslink [CTK] 2 0836½ 0837½...0837½ 0839¾ 2L
London Blackfriars [BFR]
Operated by Southeastern (SE) from here. 1 0839 0840...0840¼ 0841¼ 1L
Elephant & Castle [EPH] 4 0844 0846...0846½ 0847 1L
Denmark Hill [DMK] 4 0851½ 0852½...0852 0853 RT
Crofton Road Junction......0853½......0854½ 1L
Peckham Rye [PMR] 4 0854½ 0855...0855¼ 0855¾ RT
Nunhead [NHD] 2 0857 0857½...0858 0858¾ 1L
Catford [CTF] 0902½ 0903...0903 0904 1L
Bellingham [BGM] 0905 0905½...0906½ 0907¼ 1L
Shortlands Junction [XOR]......0910½......0913¼ 2L
Shortlands [SRT] 0911 0911½...0914¼ 0915 3L
Bromley South [BMS] 3 0913½ 0914½...0916¼ 0917 2L
Bickley Junction [XLY]......0918......0921¼ 3L
St Mary Cray Junction [XMU]......0919......0922½ 3L
Swanley [SAY] 2 0925 0926...0929½ 0929½ 3L
Otford Junction [XOT]......0938......0944 6L
Sevenoaks [SEV] 4 0945...0949 4L
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This is a photograph from the Tullamore Harriers AC "Quinlan Cup" Half Marathon was held on Saturday 30th August 2014 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland at 12:00. This is the second year of the event. Last year, 2013, the event commemorated the 60th Anniversary of the formation of Tullamore Harriers AC which today is one of Ireland's best known athletics clubs. The race was perfectly organised. There were stewarts all along the route, 3 drink stations with bottled water, superb facilities, and great after-race refreshments. The stewards along the route provided great encouragement to all of the runners. Tullamore Harriers and the local community really worked together to make this is a wonderful event. There was also a relay option where teams of two can run approximately 10.5km each. In total 568 participants completed the race which is almost 150 more than the 2013 event.
Reading on a Smartphone or tablet? Don't forget to scroll down further to read more about this race and see important Internet links to other information about the race! You can also find out how to access and download these photographs.
Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2100 with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q
This photograph is one of a set of photographs from the Tullamore Harriers Half Marathon 2014. The permanent link to the full set of photographs is [https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157646587496250/]. This set of photographs includes photographs of the start and then photographs of the finish up to the 2 HOUR finishing time.
As mentioned above last year this race marathon race celebrated the 60th Anniversary (a Diamond Anniversary) of the foundation of Tullamore Harriers AC. The club was formed in the town in November 1953. However, it was almost 1979 before facilities close to what we see today open in the present day site. Over 50 provincial and national athletics meetings are held at Tullamore Harriers every year. The facilities available combined with it's central geographical location joining routes from North, South, East, and West make it a very attractive venue. The half marathon today firmly brings competitive national road racing back to "The Harriers". In the past there was the famous Quinnlan Cup
Festival of Races (see a link below for some nostalgia) which was one of Ireland's Blue Ribband events with some very famous names of the past lining out for that four mile race. Today, the facilities at Tullamore Harriers are the envy of many athletics clubs in Ireland. The facilities provided by Tullamore make it one of the premier venues for local and national level athletics in Ireland. There is an Olympic standard tartan track, a fully equipped gym, changing facilities, press and media facilities, meeting room spaces, etc. The club also provides a social center and niteclub which makes "The Harriers" a very well known on the local social scene. Esssentially, the town of Tullamore would be a different place if it weren't for the presence of Tullamore Harriers AC.
Overall Race Summary
Participants: There was 568 participants of runners, joggers, and walkers.
Weather: The midday start seen warm pleasant conditions for running. The layout of the course meant that there was a stiff breeze into the face of competitors for the first few miles up to mile 6. When the race turned around to return to Tullamore the wind was somewhat more favourable to runners.
Course: The race starts on the Charleville Road just outside the entrance to Tullamore Harriers. The race proceeds south along the R421 and onto the N52 before taking a route onto local back roads. The race then completes a large rural road route before it joins to the R421 again and the final 1.5 miles are the same as the first mile of the race. The runners enter tullamore stadium and complete one lap of the tartan track before the finish line. The course is challenging in places with some undulations along the route. But overall it is fair course.
Location Map: Start/finish and registration and race HQ was all at Tullamore Harriers AC Club Grounds: goo.gl/maps/xZ4GM (Google Streetview)
Refreshments: There was a very impressive selection of refreshments including sandwiches, cakes, home-made breads, etc in the Harriers clubhouse afterwards. People were able to enjoy their post race refreshments outside in the warm pleasant sunshine.
Some Useful Links related to the race
Our photographs from the 2013 Quinlan Cup Half Marathon: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635307620452/
Youtube PhotoVideo from 2013 race: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbiHE5Eb5I
Another YouTube PhotoVideo from the 2013 race: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgCljXrl0BM
A long youtube video showing footage of the race in 2013 and the after-race ceremony: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Qg1gqRT9Y
2014 Race Results are available from PRECISION TIMING: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2136
2013 Race Results are available from PRECISION TIMING: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=1448
Facebook event page: www.facebook.com/events/547723028583924/
The Tullamore Harriers AC Website: www.tullamoreharriers.com/
The Tullamore Harriers Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/tullamore.harriers (Facebook logon required)
Quinlan Cup EVENT PAGE on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Tullamore-Half-Marathon-Quinlan-Cu...
The Tullamore Harriers Half Marathon ROUTE on MapMyRun: www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/217165415
The Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread on the 2014 Race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057254069&p...
The Boards.ie Athletics Discussion Thread on the 2013 Race: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056942637
Read about Tullamore Town on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullamore
Quinlan Cup 1997: ireland.iol.ie/~ar5meade/quinlan97.htm
The Entrace to Tullamore Harriers AC Club Grounds: goo.gl/maps/xZ4GM (Google Streetview)
An Aerial Image of the Facilities of Tullamore Harriers AC: binged.it/12UPZ9N (Bing Aerial BirdsEye )
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According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;
Treherbert [TRB]..................1417.....................1417...........................RT
Ystrad Rhondda [YSR]........1425 1/2/1428..1425/1428...............RT
Llwynypia [LLY]....................1430/1430 1/2...1430 1/4/1430 3/4..RT
Tonypandy [TNP].................1432 1/2/1433...1433/1433 3/4.........RT
Dinas Rhondda [DMG]........1434 1/2/1435...1435/1435 3/4........RT
Porth [POR]............................1437 1/2/1452...1438 1/2/1452.........RT
Trehafod [TRH].....................1454 1/2/1455...1454 1/2/1455.........RT
Pontypridd [PPD].................1500 1/2/1504..1500 1/2/1504.........RT
Trefforest [TRF]....................1506/1507.........1506/1506 3/4........RT
Trefforest Estate [TRE].......1510....................1510...........................RT
Taffs Well [TAF]....................1513/1514...........1513 1/2/1514 1/4.....RT
Radyr [RDR]...........................1517/1521...........1518/1521.................RT
Danescourt [DCT]................1524...................1523 3/4...................RT
Fairwater [FRW]....................1525...................1524 1/2...................RT
Waun-gron Park [WNG].......1526...................1525 1/2...................RT
Leckwith South Junction...1528 1/2.............1528..........................RT
Ninian Park [NNP]................1528 1/2.............1528 1/2...................RT
Penarth Curve North Ju.....1529...................1529 1/4...................RT
Cardiff Central [CDF] 6.......1534...................1534 1/4....................RT
According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;
London Victoria [VIC] 2.....0943........................0943........................RT
Voltaire Road Junction......0947 1/2..................0949.........................1L
Brixton [BRX]........................0949 1/2..................0952 1/4..................2L
Herne Hill [HNH] 3..............0952........................0955 1/4...................3L
Tulse Hill [TUH] 2................0956........................0958 3/4.................2L
Streatham [STE] 1................0959........................1001 3/4...................2L
Streatham South Jn...........1000 1/2..................1003 1/2....................3L
Tooting [TOO] 2..................1002.........................1005 1/2....................3L
Haydons Road [HYR] 2.....1004.........................1007 1/4....................3L
Wimbledon [WIM] 9............1006/1007 1/2........1009/NoRep............3L
Raynes Park [RAY] 3..........1011 1/2.....................1012 1/2.....................1L
New Malden [NEM] 3.........1014..........................1014 1/4....................RT
Berrylands [BRS].................1015..........................1017...........................1L
Surbiton [SUR] DF...............1016..........................1017 3/4....................1L
Hampton Court Jn..............1017..........................1018 3/4....................1L
Esher [ESH] 3.......................1018..........................1020.........................2L
Hersham [HER]....................1019 1/2....................1021...........................1L
Walton-on-Thames [WAL]...1020 1/2..................1022 1/4....................1L
Weybridge [WYB]...............1022 1/2..................1023 3/4...................1L
Byfleet & New Haw ...........1023 1/2...................1024 3/4...................1L
West Byfleet [WBY] 2.........1024 1/2...................1025 3/4...................1L
Woking [WOK] 4..................1027.........................1029 3/4..................2L
Woking Junction.................1027 1/2...................1030 1/4...................2L
Brookwood [BKO] 2...........1032.........................1034 3/4..................2L
Pirbright Junction...............1034.........................1037...........................3L
Farnborough Ldn end.......1037.........................1040 1/4....................3L
Farnborough (Main) 2.........1037 1/2...................1041...........................3L
Fleet [FLE] 2.........................1042.........................1045..........................3L
Winchfield [WNF] 2............1047 1/2/1055 1/2..1049 1/2/1052 1/4..3E
Hook [HOK] 2......................1101...........................1057.........................3E
Basingstoke [BSK] 2..........1112...........................1112 3/4....................RT
Worting Junction................1117...........................1115 3/4.....................1E
Overton [OVR] 2.................1122..........................1121...........................RT
Whitchurch (Hampshire) ...1125 1/2....................1126 1/2.....................1L
Andover [ADV] 2.................1132..........................1132..........................RT
Grateley [GRT] 2.................1138 1/2....................1137............................1E
Laverstock North Jn...........1148..........................1146 1/2.....................1E
Tunnel Junction..................1148 1/2....................1147 1/2....................RT
Salisbury [SAL] 3.................1151 1/2.....................1153..........................RT
Wilton Junction...................1158 1/2....................1157............................1E
Wishford................................1202.........................1202 1/4...................RT
Wylye Ahb............................1206 1/2..................1206 3/4..................RT
Upton Lovell.........................1211...........................1211 1/2.....................RT
Warminster [WMN] 1...........1216 1/2....................1217...........................RT
Dilton Marsh [DMH] 1.........1222.........................1220 3/4..................RT
Westbury [WSB] 1................1224 1/2/1238........1223 1/4/1236 1/4...1E
Hawkeridge Junction........1240.........................1238 1/4....................1E
Trowbridge [TRO] 1............1246.........................1242 3/4..................2E
Bradford Junction...............1248.........................1245 1/2...................2E
Bradford-on-Avon [BOA].....1251..........................1249.........................2E
Avoncliff [AVF] 1..................1253.........................1250 1/2...................2E
Freshford [FFD] 1.................1254 1/2...................1252 1/4...................2E
Bathampton Junction........1302.........................1258 1/4...................3E
Bath Spa [BTH] 1..................1307.........................1303 1/4...................3E
I should point out that both Meredith and Maile got major air, as well, but their timing was off ...
According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;
Dollands Moor Sidings ..........0810........................0806..........................3E
Sandling [SDG] ........................0814........................0808 1/2....................5E
Westenhanger [WHA].............0815 1/2..................0810...........................5E
Herringe.....................................0818 1/2..................0812............................6E
Ashford East Junction............0824.......................0816 3/4....................7E
Ashford International .............0825.......................0818 1/4.....................6E
Hothfield....................................0831........................0822..........................8E
Charing [CHG]..........................0835.......................0825 1/4....................9E
Lenham [LEN]...........................0840.......................0829 1/2..................10E
Harrietsham [HRM]..................0842 1/2.................0831 1/4...................10E
Hollingbourne [HBN]..............0845 1/2.................0835.........................10E
Bearsted [BSD].........................0848 1/2.................0837 1/2...................10E
Maidstone East [MDE]............0852.......................0848 1/4....................3E
Barming [BMG].........................0855 1/2.................0853...........................2E
East Malling [EML]...................0858 1/2.................0856 3/4....................1E
West Malling [WMA]................0900.......................0857...........................2E
Borough Green ......................0908.......................0904 1/4....................3E
Kemsing [KMS].........................0912........................0907 1/2....................4E
Otford Junction[XOT].............0915 1/2..................0910 1/2.....................4E
Otford [OTF]..............................0916 1/2..................0912 1/4.....................4E
Shoreham [SEH].......................0919........................0914 1/4.....................4E
Eynsford [EYN].........................0923.......................0917 3/4.....................4E
Swanley [SAY]..........................0928.......................0923 1/4....................4E
St Mary Cray [SMY].................0931........................0926..........................5E
St Mary Cray Junction............0933.......................0928 1/2....................4E
Bickley Junction[XLY]............0935.......................0930 1/2....................4E
Bickley [BKL].............................0936 1/2.................0931 3/4....................4E
Bromley South [BMS]..............0939.......................0933 1/4....................5E
Shortlands [SRT]......................0941........................0934 3/4....................6E
Shortlands Junction................0942.......................0935...........................6E
Ravensbourne [RVB]..............0942 1/2.................0936 1/4....................6E
Beckenham Hill [BEC]............0944.......................0937 3/4....................6E
Bellingham [BGM]....................0945.......................0939...........................5E
Catford [CTF]............................0947.......................0941 1/2.....................5E
Crofton Park [CFT]...................0948 1/2.................0943...........................5E
Nunhead Junction...................0950 1/2.................0945 3/4...................4E
Nunhead [NHD]........................0951........................0946...........................4E
Peckham Rye [PMR]................0953.......................0949 1/2....................3E
Crofton Road Junction...........0954.......................0953 1/4....................RT
Denmark Hill [DMK].................0956.......................0955 1/4....................RT
Brixton [BRX].............................0958 1/2.................0958 3/4...................RT
Shepherds Lane Junction.....0959.......................0959 1/2....................RT
Clapham High Street .............1000........................1001 1/2.......................1L
Voltaire Road Junction..........1000 1/2..................1001 3/4......................1L
Wandsworth Road ..................1002 1/2..................1002 1/2.....................RT
Factory Junction......................1003 1/2..................1002 3/4....................RT
Longhedge Junction..............1006........................1005 1/4.....................RT
Latchmere Junction................1008 1/2..................1007 1/4......................1E
Imperial Wharf [IMW]..............1011 1/2....................1010 1/2.......................1E
West Brompton [WBP]............1013 1/2...................1012 1/2......................RT
Kensington Olympia ..............1016 1/2...................1015 3/4.....................RT
Shepherds Bush [SPB]...........1018.........................1018 3/4.....................RT
North Pole Signal Vc813........1020........................1021 1/4.......................1L
North Pole Junction................1020 1/2..................1021 3/4......................1L
Mitre Bridge Junction.............1022 1/2..................1023 1/4.....................RT
Willesden Junction .................1029 1/2/1031 1/2..1029/1030 1/2...........RT
Kensal Green Junction...........1033 1/2..................1031 3/4.......................1E
Kensal Rise [KNR]....................1035 1/2..................1033 1/4......................2E
Brondesbury Park ..................1037 1/2..................1034 3/4.....................2E
Brondesbury [BSY]..................1039........................1036............................2E
West Hampstead ....................1040 1/2..................1037 1/2......................2E
Finchley Road & Frognal ......1041 1/2...................1038 3/4.....................2E
Hampstead Heath ..................1044 1/2..................1041 1/4......................3E
Gospel Oak [GPO]...................1046 1/2..................1044............................2E
Kentish Town West ................1048........................1046 1/2......................1E
Camden Road Junction.........1049 1/2..................1048 3/4.....................RT
Camden Road [CMD]..............1050........................1048 3/4......................1E
Copenhagen Junction...........1101..........................1051 3/4.....................9E
Holloway South Jn..................1104.........................1053 3/4..................10E
Harringay [HGY].......................1114..........................1100 1/2.....................13E
Hornsey [HRN].........................1115..........................1101 3/4......................13E
New Southgate [NSG]............1119 1/2....................1117 1/2........................2E
Oakleigh Park [OKL]...............1123 1/2...................1120.............................3E
New Barnet [NBA]...................1125.........................1121..............................3E
Hadley Wood [HDW]..............1127 1/2...................1122 1/2......................4E
Potters Bar [PBR].....................1131 1/2....................1125 1/4......................6E
Brookmans Park [BPK]...........1134..........................1127 1/4.......................6E
Welham Green [WMG]............1135 1/2...................1128 1/2......................7E
Hatfield [HAT]...........................1138 1/2...................1131..............................7E
Welwyn Garden City ..............1142 1/2...................1134.............................8E
Digswell Junction....................1144/1152................NoRep/1151 1/2.........RT
Welwyn North [WLW]..............1153 1/2...................1152 1/2.......................1E
Woolmer Green Jn..................1156.........................1154..............................1E
Knebworth [KBW]....................1157..........................1155 1/4.......................1E
Langley Junction.....................1158 1/2...................1156 3/4.......................1E
Stevenage [SVG].....................1159 1/2...................1158..............................1E
Hitchin [HIT]..............................1203........................1201 3/4......................1E
Arlesey [ARL]............................1207........................1207............................RT
Biggleswade [BIW]..................1210 1/2...................1211..............................RT
Sandy [SDY]..............................1213.........................1213 3/4......................RT
St Neots [SNO].........................1220........................1221 1/4.......................1L
Huntingdon [HUN]...................1227........................1228 1/2......................1L
Conington South Jn................1234........................1236 1/4......................2L
Holme Junction [XHO]...........1235 1/2..................1238 1/4......................2L
Fletton Junction.......................1241.........................1243............................2L
Peterborough [PBO]...............1242 1/2..................1246 1/4.....................3L
New England Nth Junction...1244 1/2..................1248............................3L
Werrington Junction...............1246 1/2..................1249 1/2.....................3L
Helpston Junction...................1249 1/2..................1252 1/2.....................3L
Tallington Junction.................1254........................1256 1/4.....................2L
Stoke Junction.........................1308/1309 1/2.......NoRep/1311 1/4..........1L
Highdyke Junction..................1312.........................1312 1/2......................RT
Grantham [GRA].......................1315 1/2...................1316 3/4.......................1L
Nottingham Branch Ju...........1316.........................1317..............................1L
Barkston South Junction.......1319.........................1319 1/4.......................RT
Claypole Loop..........................1324........................1324 1/2......................RT
Newark North Gate ................1328 1/2..................1328 3/4.....................RT
Newark F.C. [XNK]...................1329........................1329 1/4......................RT
Carlton On Trent Loop...........1336/1424 1/2........NoRep/1333 1/2....50E
Retford [RET].............................1440 1/2..................1346 1/2...................53E
Retford Crossover...................1441 1/2...................1347 1/2...................54E
Ranskill Loop............................1445........................1351 3/4...................53E
Loversall Carr Junction..........1452 1/2..................1401 1/2...................50E
Doncaster Decoy Sth Jn........1456........................1407 1/2....................48E
Donc. Marshgate Junction....1522........................1524 1/2.....................2L
Bentley (South Yorkshire) ......1523 1/2..................1526 1/2.....................3L
Adwick [AWK]...........................1526 1/2..................1530............................3L
Carcroft Junction.....................1527........................1531 1/4.......................4L
Skellow Junction.....................1528 1/2..................1533 1/2......................5L
Applehurst Junction...............1534 1/2..................1538 1/2.....................4L
Thorpe Marsh Junction..........1535 1/2..................1540 1/4.....................4L
Hatfield & Stainforth ..............1544 1/2..................1545 3/4......................1L
Thorne Junction......................1550/1615 1/2........NoRep/1555 3/4....19E
Thorne South [TNS]................1618.........................1616..............................1E
Crowle [CWE]............................1625 1/2..................1623............................2E
Althorpe [ALP]..........................1632........................1628 1/2.....................3E
Gunhouse Loop.......................1633 1/2..................1629 1/2.....................4E
Scunthorpe [SCU] 1.................1637 1/2..................1633............................4E
The Mekong is a trans-boundary river in Southeast Asia. It is the world's 12th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. Its estimated length is 4,350 km, and it drains an area of 795,000 km2, discharging 457 km3 of water annually.
From the Tibetan Plateau the river runs through China's Yunnan province, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. In 1995, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam established the Mekong River Commission to assist in the management and coordinated use of the Mekong's resources. In 1996 China and Myanmar became "dialogue partners" of the MRC and the six countries now work together within a cooperative framework.
The extreme seasonal variations in flow and the presence of rapids and waterfalls in the Mekong make navigation difficult. Even so, the river is a major trade route between western China and Southeast Asia.
NAMES
In English the river is called the "Mekong River", derived from "Mae Nam Khong", a term of both Thai and Lao origin. In the Lao-Thai toponymy, "rivers" translates to "mother of water", signalled by the prefix "mae", meaning "mother", and "nam" for water. In the Mekong's case, Mae Nam Khong means "khong, the mother of water". Many northern Thai and Laos locals refer to it as the "River Khong". Such is the case with the Mae Nam Ping in Chiang Mai which is known as the "Ping River". The Tonle Sap in Cambodia is a similar example, where tonle translates as "great lake" or "great river", making the Tonle Sap River an unnecessary repetition of what is in fact the "Sap River". In Khmer language, Mékôngk means "mother of water" translated as Mé "Mother" and kôngk for kôngkea "water".
COURSE
The Mekong rises as the Za Qu and soon becomes known as the Lancang (Lantsang) in the "Three Rivers Source Area" on the Tibetan Plateau in the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve; the reserve protects the headwaters of, from north to south, the Yellow (Huang He), the Mekong, and the Yangtze Rivers. It flows through the Tibetan Autonomous Region and then southeast into Yunnan Province, and then through the Three Parallel Rivers Area in the Hengduan Mountains, along with the Yangtze to its east and the Salween River (Nujiang in Chinese) to its west.
The Mekong then meets the tripoint of China, Myanmar and Laos. From there it flows southwest and forms the border of Myanmar and Laos for about 100 kilometres until it arrives at the tripoint of Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand. This is also the point of confluence between the Ruak River (which follows the Thai-Myanmar border) and the Mekong. The area of this tripoint is sometimes termed the Golden Triangle, although the term also refers to the much larger area of those three countries that is notorious as a drug producing region.
From the Golden Triangle tripoint, the Mekong turns southeast to briefly form the border of Laos with Thailand. It then turns east into the interior of Laos, flowing first east and then south for some 400 kilometres before meeting the border with Thailand again. Once more, it defines the Laos-Thailand border for some 850 kilometres as it flows first east, passing in front of the capital of Laos, Vientiane, then turns south. A second time, the river leaves the border and flows east into Laos soon passing the city of Pakse. Thereafter, it turns and runs more or less directly south, crossing into Cambodia.
At Phnom Penh the river is joined on the right bank by the river and lake system the Tonlé Sap. When the Mekong is low, the Tonle Sap is a tributary; water flows from the lake and river into the Mekong. When the Mekong floods, the flow reverses; the floodwaters of the Mekong flow up the Tonle Sap.
Immediately after the Sap River joins the Mekong by Phnom Penh, the Bassac River branches off the right (west) bank. The Bassac River is the first and main distributary of the Mekong; thus, this is the beginning of the Mekong Delta. The two rivers, the Bassac to the west and the Mekong to the east, enter Vietnam very soon after this. In Vietnam, the Bassac is called the Hậu River (Sông Hậu or Hậu Giang); the main, eastern, branch of the Mekong is called the Tiền River or Tiền Giang. In Vietnam, distributaries of the eastern (main, Mekong) branch include the Mỹ Tho River, the Ba Lai River, the Hàm Luông River, and the Cổ Chiên River.
DRAINAGE BASIN
The Mekong Basin can be divided into two parts: the 'Upper Mekong Basin' in Tibet of China, and the 'Lower Mekong Basin' from Yunnan downstream from China to the South China Sea. From the point where it rises to its mouth, the most precipitous drop in the Mekong occurs in Upper Mekong Basin, a stretch of some 2,200 km. Here, it drops 4,500 metres before it enters the Lower Basin where the borders of Thailand, Laos, China and Myanmar come together in the Golden Triangle. Downstream from the Golden Triangle, the river flows for a further 2,600 km through Laos, Thailand and Cambodia before entering the South China Sea via a complex delta system in Vietnam.
UPPER BASIN
The Upper Basin makes up 24 percent of the total area and contributes 15 to 20 percent of the water that flows into the Mekong River. The catchment here is steep and narrow. Soil erosion has been a major problem and approximately 50 percent of the sediment in the river comes from the Upper Basin.
In Yunnan province in China, the river and its tributaries are confined by narrow, deep gorges. The tributary river systems in this part of the basin are small. Only 14 have catchment areas that exceed 1,000 km2, yet the greatest amount of loss of forest cover in the entire river system per square kilometer has occurred in this region due to heavy unchecked demand for natural resources. In the south of Yunnan, in Simao and Xishuangbanna Prefectures, the river changes as the valley opens out, the floodplain becomes wider, and the river becomes wider and slower.
LOWER BASIN
Major tributary systems develop in the Lower Basin. These systems can be separated into two groups: tributaries that contribute to the major wet season flows, and tributaries that drain low relief regions of lower rainfall. The first group are left bank tributaries that drain the high-rainfall areas of Lao PDR. The second group are those on the right bank, mainly the Mun and Chi rivers, that drain a large part of northeast Thailand.
Laos lies almost entirely within the Lower Mekong Basin. Its climate, landscape and land use are the major factors shaping the hydrology of the river. The mountainous landscape means that only 16 percent of the country is farmed under lowland terrace or upland shifting cultivation. With upland shifting agriculture (slash and burn), soils recover within 10 to 20 years but the vegetation does not. Shifting cultivation is common in the uplands of Northern Laos and is reported to account for as much as 27 percent of the total land under rice cultivation. As elsewhere in the basin, forest cover has been steadily reduced during the last three decades by shifting agriculture and permanent agriculture. The cumulative impacts of these activities on the river regime have not been measured. However, the hydrological impacts of land-cover changes induced by the Vietnam War were quantified in two sub-catchments of the Lower Mekong River Basin.
Loss of forest cover in the Thai areas of the Lower Basin has been the highest in all the Lower Mekong countries over the past 60 years. On the Khorat Plateau, which includes the Mun and Chi tributary systems, forest cover was reduced from 42 percent in 1961 to 13 percent in 1993. Although this part of northeast Thailand has an annual rainfall of more than 1,000 mm, a high evaporation rate means it is classified as a semi-arid region. Consequently, although the Mun and Chi Basins drain 15 percent of the entire Mekong Basin, they only contribute six percent of the average annual flow. Sandy and saline soils are the most common soil types, which makes much of the land unsuitable for wet rice cultivation. In spite of poor fertility, however, agriculture is intensive. Glutinous rice, maize and cassava are the principal crops. Drought is by far the major hydrological hazard in this region.
As the Mekong enters Cambodia, over 95 percent of the flows have already joined the river. From here on downstream the terrain is flat and water levels rather than flow volumes determine the movement of water across the landscape. The seasonal cycle of changing water levels at Phnom Penh results in the unique "flow reversal" of water into and out of the Great Lake via the Tonle Sap River. Phnom Penh also marks the beginning of the delta system of the Mekong River. Here the mainstream begins to break up into an increasing number of branches.
In Cambodia, wet rice is the main crop and is grown on the flood plains of the Tonle Sap, Mekong, and Bassac (the Mekong delta distributary known as the Hậu in Vietnam) Rivers. More than half of Cambodia remains covered with mixed evergreen and deciduous broadleaf forest, but forest cover has decreased from 73 percent in 1973 to 63 percent in 1993. Here, the river landscape is flat. Small changes in water level determine the direction of water movement, including the large-scale reversal of flow into and out of the Tonle Sap basin from the Mekong River.
The Mekong delta in Vietnam is farmed intensively and has little natural vegetation left. Forest cover is less than 10 percent. In the Central Highlands of Vietnam, forest cover was reduced from over 95 percent in the 1950s to around 50 percent in the mid-1990s. Agricultural expansion and population pressure are the major reasons for land use and landscape change. Both drought and flood are common hazards in the Delta, which many people believe is the most sensitive to upstream hydrological change.
WATER FLOW ALONG ITS COURSE
By taking into account hydrological regimes, physiography land use, and existing, planned and potential resource developments, the Mekong is divided into six distinct reaches:Reach 1: Lancang Jiang or Upper Mekong River in China. In this part of the river, the major source of water flowing into the river comes from melting snow on the Tibetan Plateau. This volume of water is sometimes called the “Yunnan Component” and plays an important role in the low-flow hydrology of the lower mainstream. Even as far downstream as Kratie, the Yunnan Component makes up almost 30 percent of the average dry season flow. A major concern is that the ongoing and planned expansion of dams and reservoirs on the Mekong mainstream in Yunnan could have a significant effect on the low-flow regime of the Lower Mekong Basin system.
Reach 2: Chiang Saen to Vientiane and Nong Khai. This reach is almost entirely mountainous and covered with natural forest, although there has been widespread slash and burn agriculture. Although this reach could hardly be described as "unspoiled", the hydrological response is perhaps the most natural and undisturbed in all the Lower Basin. Many hydrological aspects of the Lower Basin start to change rapidly at the downstream boundary of this reach.
Reach 3: Vientiane and Nong Khai to Pakse. The boundary between Reach 2 and 3 is where the Mekong hydrology starts to change. Reach 2 is dominated in both wet and dry seasons by the Yunnan Component. Reach 3 is increasingly influenced by contributions from the large left bank tributaries in Laos, namely the Nam Ngum, Nam Theun, Nam Hinboun, Se Bang Fai, Se Bang Hieng, and Se Done rivers. The Mun-Chi river system from the right bank in Thailand enters the mainstream within this reach.
Reach 4: Pakse to Kratie. The main hydrological contributions to the mainstream in this reach come from the Se Kong, Se San, and Sre Pok catchments. Together, these rivers make up the largest hydrological sub-component of the Lower Basin. Over 25 percent of the mean annual flow volume to the mainstream at Kratie comes from these three river basins. They are the key element in the hydrology of this part of the system, especially to the Tonle Sap flow reversal.
Reach 5: Kratie to Phnom Penh. This reach includes the hydraulic complexities of the Cambodian floodplain, the Tonle Sap and the Great Lake. By this stage, over 95 percent of the total flow has entered the Mekong system. The focus turns from hydrology and water discharge to the assessment of water level, over- bank storage and flooding and the hydrodynamics that determine the timing, duration and volume of the seasonal flow reversal into and out of the Great Lake.
Reach 6: Phnom Penh to the South China Sea. Here the mainstream divides into a complex and increasingly controlled and artificial system of branches and canals. Key features of flow behaviour are tidal influences and salt water intrusion. Every year, 35–50 percent of this reach is flooded during the rainy season. The impact of road embankments and similar infrastructure developments on the movement of this flood water is an increasingly important consequence of development.
Flows at Chiang Saen entering the Lower Basin from Yunnan make up about 15 percent of the wet season flow at Kratie. This rises to 40 percent during the dry season, even this far downstream. During the wet season, the proportion of average flow coming from Yunnan rapidly decreases downstream of Chiang Saen, from 70 percent to less than 20 percent at Kratie. The dry season contribution from Yunnan is much more significant. The major portion of the balance comes from Laos, which points to a major distinction in the low-flow hydrology of the river. One fraction comes from melting snow in China and Tibet and the rest from over-season catchment storage in the Lower Basin. This has implications for the occurrence of drought conditions. For example, if runoff from melting snow in any given year is very low, then flows upstream of Vientiane-Nong Khai would be lower.
In a large river system like the Mekong, seasonal flows can be quite variable from year to year. Although the pattern of the annual hydrograph is fairly predictable, its magnitude is not. The average monthly flows along the mainstream are listed in Table 3, providing an indication of their range and variability from year to year. At Pakse, for example, flood season flows during August would exceed 20,000 cubic metres per second 9 years out of 10, but exceed 34,000 m³/s only 1 year in ten.
RIVER MODIFICATIONS
The Mekong is already heavily dammed, with many more dams planned and under construction. China has already built 6 dams on the Mekong since 1995, and plans another 14 dams in the coming years. Downriver countries such as Laos are planning to build an additional 11 large dams on the Mekong, making it the fastest growing large river basin in the world in terms of hydropower construction.
NATURAL HISTORY
The Mekong basin is one of the richest areas of biodiversity in the world. Only the Amazon boasts a higher level of biodiversity. Biota estimates for the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) include 20,000 plant species, 430 mammals, 1,200 birds, 800 reptiles and amphibians, and an estimated 850 freshwater fish species (excluding euryhaline species mainly found in salt or brackish water, as well as introduced species). The most species richness orders among the freshwater fish in the river basin are cypriniforms (377 species) and catfish (92 species). New species are regularly described from the Mekong. In 2009, 145 new species were described from the region, comprising 29 fish species previously unknown to science, 2 new bird species, 10 reptiles, 5 mammals, 96 plants and 6 new amphibians. The Mekong Region contains 16 WWF Global 200 ecoregions, the greatest concentration of ecoregions in mainland Asia. No other river is home to so many species of very large fish. The biggest include three species of Probarbus babs, which can grow up to 1.5 metres and weigh 70 kilograms, the giant freshwater stingray (Himantura polylepis, syn. H. chaophraya), which can have a length of up to 4.3 metres, the giant pangasius (Pangasius sanitwongsei), giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis) and the endemic Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas). The last three can grow up to about 3 metres in length and weigh 300 kilograms. All of these are in serious decline, because of dams, flood control and overfishing.
One species of freshwater dolphin, the Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris), was once common in the whole of the Lower Mekong but is now very rare, with only 85 individuals remaining.
Among other wetland mammals that have been living in and around the river are the smooth-coated otter (Lutra perspicillata) and fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus).
The endangered Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) occurs in small isolated pockets within the northern Cambodian and Laotian portions of the Mekong River. The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) once ranged from the Mekong Delta up the river into Tonle Sap and beyond but is now extinct in the river, along with being extinct in all of Vietnam and possibly even Cambodia.
WIKIPEDIA
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