Melksham Substation

caldridge
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Melksham Substation Mar 31, 2011 14:58:22 GMT -5

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Post by caldridge on Mar 31, 2011 14:58:22 GMT -5

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rillington
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Melksham Substation Mar 31, 2011 17:14:16 GMT -5

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Post by rillington on Mar 31, 2011 17:14:16 GMT -5

Excellent pictures.

It does seem rather strange for routes to finish several hundred yards away from the actual substation as is the case with two of the routes at the substation in question. Two other examples of this come to mind. The first is the PL16 single string route which gopes around south and west Leeds, from Stourton to Kirkstall. The route ends adjacent to the final deviation tower of the L2 Kirkstall to Shipley route, and also adjacent to the third tower of the L4 route which goes in two stages from Kirkstall to the Leeds ring road. The second example is the L7 route on Anglesey between Valley and Wylfa power station. The route ends at least a mile away from Wylfa whereas the L6 route from Bangor has around five more towers to go before it gets to Wylfa. It seemd rather odd that they didn't run the L7 route through to Wylfa, running side-by-side of the L6 route for that final half mile or so.

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lesc
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Melksham Substation Apr 1, 2011 8:09:08 GMT -5

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Post by lesc on Apr 1, 2011 8:09:08 GMT -5

Nice set.

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Dr. F was looking for an alternative type L6MDT a while back. Here it is Dr. F - all the ones I've seen were like L8DT on steroids. Not like this thing that looks like an alternative pumped up L7MDT on extra steriods

York infra outfit Clough Smith only reports one type of L6MDT, and it ain't this.

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good ol' Blaw Knox PL16D2 (Scottish type) ED51106

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are L2ST90 ED51184. Neat. Terminal tower to left in 2nd pic is L2DT in all its graceful arcyness.

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Don't forget the graceful arcs of that L3DT ED51190 at the end of that L3DS line. Extended arcing horns = 132kV. Neat

The PL4D2 set terminate with the ubiquitous PL16DT ED51149 is there such a thing as a PL4DT as it always seems to be these 51149 efforts.

Could be the 1st 7 of that PL4 set clashed with the L2 line and they decided to route it underground instead.
i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd486/cmaldridge/DSCF5149.jpg is a Blaw Knox PL4D60 ED51130. Good looking deviation tower. Neat.

Would think PL4D2 were first here followed by the L2D / L3DS then L6MD with another 132 line now gone away.

Excellent set. +1 karma

Les

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caldridge
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Melksham Substation Apr 1, 2011 14:09:42 GMT -5

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Post by caldridge on Apr 1, 2011 14:09:42 GMT -5

There are quite a few PL16 pylons in the South West, there's even some single circuit ones. Flash said single circuit PL16s are rare, I'll see if I can photograph them.

Are PL4 pylons rare because this is the only PL4 set I know, are there some elsewhere?

lesc
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Melksham Substation Apr 3, 2011 16:22:35 GMT -5

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Post by lesc on Apr 3, 2011 16:22:35 GMT -5

The Scottish flavour of PL16S2 17/5789, ED51172 but seems to be the same type pylon as the D2 ED51106, also 17/5789 here:

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A variant, deviation on a suspension tower. LC ideed this as an ED51106 or 17/5789 (gasp).

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PL4 appear to be sporadic. The set beside the Pink Pylon are PL4DD2 and still exist. There's a set running by the A7 and another one (D2/DD2) goes from Kendal to Barrow, see the Around NW England thread.

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yv47r God Posts: 832	Melksham Substation Aug 11, 2011 18:02:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by yv47r on Aug 11, 2011 18:02:15 GMT -5 Hi Christopher, I must have missed this one oops. The L6 line goes towards the Severn cable crossing and it is the same line that you see in the Yate and Iron Acton areas alongside the L3 line. Cheers Paul

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