Railway from East Grinstead towards London
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Railway from East Grinstead towards London
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 25 Feb 2020
At this time this section has been closed for some days because of serious slipping of an embankment just south of Cook's Pond Viaduct. Work was in hand with some road-rail vehicles present, which may have used this stretch of line. The up track on the left looks quite rusty, but may have been used by a lightweight vehicle. However the right, down, track, the least affected by the slips, looks more used, complete with a quite shiny conductor rail. Passenger services were withdrawn, so was this caused by electro-diesel locomotives that presumably contact the third rail even if the power is off, as seems likely?
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Image Location
Latitude
51.138292
Longitude
-0.00552