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BRX replied to the thread Does Network Rail have an over-engineering problem?.I'm not sure that's a fair example because those two ramps will have been built according to different standards and there may be good... -
BRX replied to the thread Proposed new Channel Tunnel services discussion.I live in London and have a friend who lives in Brussels, that I might well visit a couple of times a year if they lived somewhere at a...
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BRX replied to the thread Proposed new Channel Tunnel services discussion.It's not just the time element that pushes people to fly though. There are various destinations that a lot of people would consider...
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BRX replied to the thread Deutschland ticket 2026.Unless you buy from here, in which case you can just buy one month. There's an additional booking fee though...
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BRX replied to the thread Is there a name for this element commonly found on Victorian railway bridges?.Thanks for this - having asked the same question elsewhere, there seems to be a strong consensus that "pilaster" is the correct term -...
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BRX replied to the thread Is there a name for this element commonly found on Victorian railway bridges?.Certainly "capital" can be used to describe the top of a column or pilaster but I'd expect there to be something sitting on top of it...
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BRX replied to the thread Is there a name for this element commonly found on Victorian railway bridges?.Would you use that to describe specifically that top part, or would it include the bit below them, down to ground level?
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BRX posted the thread Is there a name for this element commonly found on Victorian railway bridges? in Infrastructure & Stations.Outlined in the images below is a feature that's almost always present in Victorian bridges - most specifically girder type bridges...
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BRX replied to the thread Proposed new Channel Tunnel services discussion.I don't think there's much point thinking too much about the details of that image, which someone probably made in about 15 minutes with...
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BRX replied to the thread Does Network Rail have an over-engineering problem?.Yes!
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BRX replied to the thread Does Network Rail have an over-engineering problem?.Here's a gantry near Denmark Hill. I think this is one of the older style ones - but has been fitted with the new LED type signal. I...
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BRX replied to the thread Does Network Rail have an over-engineering problem?.I can see this makes sense for some things like OHLE stuff but I'm not convinced that this applies in this case - I keep an eye out for...
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BRX replied to the thread Does Network Rail have an over-engineering problem?.The earlier much slimmer design (as shown in posts 15 and 29) also catered for people on top of it. The need to support a person or two...
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BRX replied to the thread Catch them before they're gone.Can confirm all the above to be accurate having spent a couple of weeks in Italy in September. Sadly nearly all Regionale trains now...
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BRX replied to the thread European Sleeper experience.There's currently a whole YouTube genre of "I took X sleeper train and it was the worst thing in human history".
