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AAndy873 posted the thread Great Video Around Martholme With Some CGI in Railway History & Nostalgia.A new video about the area around Martholme (East Lancs) has been made by Nodrog (Gordon to you and me!) just a couple of days ago. He...
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AAndy873 replied to the thread Can We Overturn This Loss of a Line from 1964?.PW Gang No. 10 based at Harwood should have had a compliment of five. 1 Ganger, 1 Sub-Ganger, and 3 Lengthmen, the reality was 1 Ganger...
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AAndy873 posted the thread Can We Overturn This Loss of a Line from 1964? in Railway History & Nostalgia.I must say straight away, this one is not a Beeching topic, It's one about overturning a loss of £3,600 at one particular station in...
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AAndy873 replied to the thread What Does The Word Terminals Mean Regarding a Railway Line?.@Dr Hoo , Thanks for more details on the CCD's, it's very helpful. Yes, there were many arguments about costs back then, some were...
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AAndy873 replied to the thread LM Supplies Manager Question Regarding Sale Of Ballast.The bottom line then - It's not practical that way, could as an alternative BR simply say to the contractor they are lifting the...
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AAndy873 replied to the thread LM Supplies Manager Question Regarding Sale Of Ballast.While on the subject of ballast I'd like to ask what might sound a silly question - If you have a double line and one of the two lines...
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AAndy873 replied to the thread Lifting Tracks in the 1960s - Main Contractors.It seems it was BR with a track lifting train pulled by a class 40, One person on Facebook says they used to live close to the line in...
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AAndy873 replied to the thread What Does The Word Terminals Mean Regarding a Railway Line?.Thanks for the explanation. The coal traders at Padiham then could only have gone to two possible places, Burnley Daneshouse or Burnley...
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AAndy873 replied to the thread What Does The Word Terminals Mean Regarding a Railway Line?.That's truly superb, thanks very much fir that. The dates tie in very nicely with Padiham goods depot closing 17 June 1968. Blackburn...
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AAndy873 replied to the thread What Does The Word Terminals Mean Regarding a Railway Line?.Thanks for the replies, very helpful. And thanks for clarifying the point. It appears these terminals are Blackburn and Rose Grove. By...
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AAndy873 posted the thread What Does The Word Terminals Mean Regarding a Railway Line? in Railway History & Nostalgia.I'm struggling to understand what the word "Terminals" means when describing a railway line? One internal BR letter dated December 1963...
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AAndy873 replied to the thread Lifting Tracks in the 1960s - Main Contractors.You can see it on the White Bear article: Disused Stations - White Bear Station
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AAndy873 replied to the thread Lifting Tracks in the 1960s - Main Contractors.Yes, that's right, house building was one arm of the company. That's certainly one then to add to the list albeit a smaller company...
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AAndy873 posted the thread Lifting Tracks in the 1960s - Main Contractors in Railway History & Nostalgia.After having no luck with regards to which company recovered the tracks on the branch line I'm researching, I decided to look at the...
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AAndy873 posted the thread How to Dispose of a Branch Line During the Beeching Era - Who did what Template and Brief Explanation in Railway History & Nostalgia.What I've done here is to simplify the BR departments involved with the disposal of a branch line during the 1960's. Firstly, you will...
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