Dawlish landslip: Army to help clear rail line
You know things are serous when the army are pressed into action. I think the collapse of this railway line will stand as one of the great reminders of the floods of 2013/14. What do you think?
This story tells us:
More than 300,000 tonnes of unstable rock and soil has to be removed near Dawlish in a controlled landslip.
Network Rail hopes the Royal Engineers will be able to use specialist equipment to remove part of the rock face so the line can be reinstated.
It added it hoped the line would still be reopened on 4 April.
Network Rail said it was unable to work below the area close to Teignmouth Road, Dawlish, because of the risk of rock and soil collapsing.
Rail bosses are considering blasting the rock face and even using a specialist tug based at Falmouth, Cornwall, to fire water at the cliff.