Widmerpool and Folly Hall area

Some pictures of the changes in the area between Widmerpool and Folly Hall Curve

Click on the picture for a bigger image - all photographs are courtesy Paul Frost (Parsons Brinkerhoff) unless otherwise credited.

Widmerpool Straight The Widmerpool straight looking north from Folly Hall towards the A46 road bridge in the mid-1970's

The scaled OHLE represents stitched equipment

(Author's collection)

 Folly Hall bridge

The clearance between the overbridge at Folly Hall curve and the pantograph on the test vehicle is being checked on this view looking south. Just south of this bridge was the commencement point of the original OHLE equipment.
A46 bridge

More pantograph clearance work on the A46 road bridge just south of Widmerpool. The portal structure is original and used to carry the test length of non-energised OHLE which was used for dynamic pantograph testing for many years.

 Widmerpool Straight

The view south looking up the gradient towards Folly Hall curve on the Widmerpool straight. The TCS test line of 7 km length is on the left.

 

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