Shoeburyness MOD

[route101]

Noticed the line continues past Shoeburyness Station to a MOD site , how often does this line get used ?

 

[Fred26]

It's used to store out of use rolling stock. You used to be able to see a collection of old trains through the fence, not sure if you still can.

 

[Richard Knight]

It's used to store out of use rolling stock. You used to be able to see a collection of old trains through the fence, not sure if you still can.

I have heard that the storage of old units is being wound down due to trespass incidents, if you're talking about the QinetiQ site.

 

[Fred26]

Yeah I don't know much about that. I haven't been down there for years.

 

[30909]

ISTR it was used to both remove asbestos and store prior to scraping mk1 coaching stock especially EMUs

 

[route101]

I see , i noticed a video from 2009 of wagons going over the crossing . The rails didnt look rusty

 

[321446]

There are semi regular deliveries of things that go BANG! or things that are gonna have things go bang in in them. I can’t help on timetabling for this I’m afraid.

 

[ChiefPlanner]

In my day as Contract Manager - there were 3 weekly workings from Temple Mills for the MOD - M/W/Fri , often poorly loaded to the extent of one loaded wagon , dwarfed by the loco and barrier wagons either side.

 

[Chris125]

With so many vehicles going off lease in the next few years presumably sites like this will be much in demand.

 

[route101]

When i looked at Google Earth imagery there wasn't any wagons on the site .