HS2 Waste Soil Train arrives for unloading at Rugby Quarry - RailCam Edition

[@ianbird9143]

3 men to open a gate , with a train waiting….. no wonder HS2 is so expensive 😂😂

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

One chaps from Colas Rail another chap is site manager and the third chap had just finished cleaning the grab machine area with the bulldozer.

[@hamptonequipment5853]

Well, there is one key and two gates, so three men.

[@itsmyview2024]

@@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures one of them looks like he's cacked himself

[@davidmccall2897]

Don,t forget the black cat

[@BRI535D]

Exactly the first thing I thought!!

[@mikehindson-evans159]

Thank you for this informative video. Having travelled through Rugby for decades, that is one BIG hole in the ground. I take my hat off to the planners and co-ordination which are obviously involved to make this look seamless.

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Finally a positive remark about the place

[@andyyorath2732]

There had to be a more efficient method of emptying those wagons ! Purpose designed tilting bodies maybe?

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Like the old iron stone tiplers

[@malcolmpym507]

Good old London Clay filling the hole. I remember as a kid the Branch trains running to Leamington with a Push pull Class 2 steam loco. Memories

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

The good ol days

[@timcarnell5133]

I can hear the driver saying “ Where do you want this muck ? “😂

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Rugby will have any old cr**

[@stevewareing8525]

Great video Purple, those machines are amazing. 👍.

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Big boys toys

[@AndrewCooper-eo7oh]

Thank s guy's great lovely film.

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

I'm glad you enjoyed the views and thanks for letting us know that you did

[@simongurden9848]

The cat!

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

I have that awesome cat captured on 3 separate scenes 😄

[@davecooper3238]

Is this the rail line that used to serve the cement works and run onto Royal Leamington Spa ?

[@brian.7966]

meow meow,

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Yes Dave it is

[@LewiH9]

Diesel trains, diesel waste handlers, all on a governmental project when said government are pushing electric. Can you imagine trying to do this with an extension lead! 🤣

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

A Greta panel (Solar panel) wouldn't do it neither 😆

[@neilcrawford8303]

Not as daft as it sounds. Many quarries and mines use electric rope or hydraulic face shovels like the CAT 6060. They are powered through a cable. Likewise, many material handlers are electric powered from manufacturers like Terex-Fuchs or Sennebogen. Those two material handlers on site could have been electric, assuming there is sufficient power available from the local grid, which isn't always the case.

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

hmmmm interesting

[@stevedj2707]

Great video chaps, great to see, a sub from me 😊

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Thank you and welcome aboard

[@andrewswift4894]

when this project is completed in 2/3 years time the railway line will disappear when the nature reserve is constructed as i assume there will be no further use for it, unless if part funded by the cement company a small railway station/platform could be created for people to travel to the reserve since a concrete platform already exits but also incorporate a bus stopping service say the Coventry service to and from, but could also provide a service for people who live close to the reserve who travel to other destinations by train on a regular basis. that means people from Cawston, Bilton, Long Lawford etc could travel to here instead of Rugby station looking for parking when space could be provided here, catch a train from here to the main station then change platfoms depending on your destination and return at the days end hopefully easing on some of the traffic jams in the mornings. Could be a use for college students in the mornings/afternoons as well.

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

You're right, it would relieve congestion. Doubt anyone in parliament would think like that though

[@roxycrossdresserinhighheel1272]

Glad my staff ain't that slow

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Fair play

[@timcarnell5133]

That was our cat at 3:40 😂

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

What legend.

[@jacko10001-n]

HS2 is the real Black Hole....money pit. !

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

I agree 👍 💯

[@davecooper3238]

I hope they will be able to reopen a public footpath. It ran down the side of the quarry but had to be closed when part of it dropped into the quarry.

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Ah OK. I saw the landslip from the side we walked

[@JL-rx6hl]

they obviously dont do a lot of work judging by how cleam the hi vis are

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Sit down job in a cab I suppose

[@keithbeddoe305]

Hi purple x co 😊 Great informational video 👍 glad to see it's going to be made into wildlife sanctuary when finished 🐦🐦‍⬛🦜🦅🦉🦆🦢🦦🦔🦡🦨

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Yh but it's not like they can do anything else with it. 😄 🤣

[@CRIMSONANT1]

HS2 "say" it's going to be made into a wildlife sanctuary but the reality is, they don't give a toss about the environment. Are you aware that they've already incurred numerous fines for multiple breaches of environmental issues? Thousands of trees planted along the route in Warwickshire where the vast majority perished due to lack of aftercare. The pollution of streams, rivers & other waterways with toxic chemicals. The bulldozing of mile upon mile of hedgerows containing nesting birds when they specifically promised to wait until the nesting season was over. The whole sorry project has been an environmental disaster since day one & continues to be so.

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Now your speaking my language

[@brianlever3767]

Not rushing are they must be day work

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

I'm not in any position to judge.

[@letrainavapeur]

And I used to think that unloading on a MGR was slow, especially if the train arrived just before grub time.

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

This was just after lunch

[@gaz4276]

Seams to be a bit of a long winded process.

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Well compared to being a domestic household waste landfill site. Thisnis quite quick

[@PeterUn-h1i]

On the Kenilworth road between Balsall Common and Hampton in Arden there is that much mud that HS2 leave on the road I'm surprised they have any left to take to Rugby. As a note I was at a set of HS2 traffic lights today and one of their employees was asleep in the cab of a large green tractor. Wish I could get a job like that, their on 50k a year I hear

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Proper false economy

[@johnnewbold3225]

Im sure s9me of that soil could be useful either side of the stranded bridge over the A46 at stoneleigh.

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Probably could

[@williammorrissey3069]

3 to open a fekking gate no wonder it cost so fekking much

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Careful of that assumption bud. There's reason for three people

[@65Lynchy]

Three people?that's putting up the cost of HS2 😂 clearly no idea how rail jobs work

[@keithmatthews1673]

How do I get to be a HS2 Gate Warden and what qualifications are needed? Ideally I'd like to be the one who supervises the other two who do the gate opening donkey work. Good employment prospects for sure as it will take a VERY long time to fill that hole. If they create a deep cold lake it will be another spot for kids to get into trouble in the water the hot summers.

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Like these balancing ponds all over new build estates

[@julianhaw9267]

3 days training and a28 page risk assment just open a gate 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

😂😂

[@michaeljohnson4636]

I would fancywaking on that gloop it will take ages to dry out so it can be landscaped

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Better than a landfill rubbish dump

[@mandrillfoden]

Hope he remembered to report any slips, trips or falls.😮😅

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Haha you spotted that too

[@Crepello100]

Scale all this down and it looks just like the magpies and jays eating out of my OO gauge birdseed train!

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

😄 🤣 😂

[@roxycrossdresserinhighheel1272]

By the time they got back be time for tea break then walk back to open gates again hope they on minimum wage !!

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Hmmm. I'm not one to judge tbf

[@stevepashley795]

Never in all my days have I ever seen a waste of time, money and resources when it takes 3 people to open a couple of gates to allow the loco and train to enter the work area. You only need 1 person to do that!!!!!

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Ah assumptions make us both look like fools. Careful of that one

[@rugbyrailhub]

I semi regularly spot there usually its only 1 or 2 people

[@glynrogers1018]

Hi do they wash the trucks out at any time

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

I could'nt answer that

[@tombrydson781]

What a carry on to open gate could gate not be opened before traffic arrives

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Yh timing was a little off but in their defense the train was running 30mins late due to Northampton being flooded

[@roxycrossdresserinhighheel1272]

The black cat moved quicker

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Like a ninja across the tracks

[@davidoswald9253]

What weight per waggon please? 100T?

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

I'll let you google it first 😄 🤣

[@nialloconnell5895]

I unloaded stone wagons the same size in the past they would carry 75tons so 100 tons gross weight, i'd say they wouldn't be far off.

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

It's a lot but not as much as I'd expect

[@milehighclassics]

Your camera realy cuts the depth of field

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Epic ain't it. I'm quite happy with it

[@hamptonequipment5853]

I bet he wont dig his tracks out before he goes home🤣

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

The fella in the bulldozer cleans up

[@65Lynchy]

Wheels

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

hahaha

[@alanbartlett9523]

It,s like death warmed up,no wonder this country is on its arse.

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

That's a way of putting it

[@jeremynorman1330]

Don't break into a sweat whatever you do

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

lol

[@milehighclassics]

Why,

[@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures]

Why not