Fife, Scotland
Kinnear Cutting
Double-track mainline through a wooded cutting. Three findings on a relay cabinet and two rail joints.
12
ha
Area covered
26
min
Flight time
3
flagged
Anomalies found
55
°C
Hottest reading
Findings
Location cabinet LC-12 relay rack at 54.8 °C
Two fishplated joints with heating at the gap
No vegetation encroachment inside the clearance envelope
Debrief
The corridor plan was drawn from the line centreline and flown both ways during a possession.
Vegetation within the clearance envelope was measured from the same flight, so one possession covered two inspections.
One possession, two inspections. That is how we get the hours back.
Graham Neill, track section manager
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