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    GEML Unusual Engineering Block - sometime in the summer of 2017

    No you wasn't wrong. The person who developed the coasting was myself, Gary Desmond, a Project manager for NWR's OCR team. This required a 2 Line possession and a 3 line Isolation. I worked closely with NWR and Greater Anglia to devise a method of working The GE OLE was being renewed but 4 track...
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    Colne valley railway

    The track bed between Rayne and Felsted south of Dunmow would be a good idea, might encourage the line to Stansted to be re-thought through!
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    If you could travel back in time, what service would you like to travel on?

    The Marks Tey to Cambridge Line through Clare and Bartlow
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    Romford Engineering Work

    The pans are dropped at Line Speed, Over the UEL we lose hardly any speed over the Main line depending on distance no more than 15mph off line speed
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    Romford Engineering Work

    We instigated the Coasting on Anglia to do inside wire runs on the GE 4 track open wire route. It was an idea from LNE (Hitchin) but they only did track work. On the Sunday of the Hitchin weekend we took a 3 line Isolation to do the OLE renewals. Hence why some think that along with Track work...
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