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Recent content by Corporal Jones

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    Possible third rail electrifications

    The Stanlow oil refinery was developed from 1924 onwards. Stanlow and Thornton railway station opened in 1940 to serve workers at the plant. In those days trains would be steam hauled. Would not sparks from a steam locomotive be more likely to blow up the plant than an EMU of today? The place...
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    New Over/Under Bridges on Mothballed Lines

    The Chesterfield Canal, being restored by the Chesterfield Canal Trust in the Staveley area, has to pass under a former mineral line which is being retained by Network Rail for connection to possible future opencast workings but is currently out of use with the track lifted. Extensive mining...
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    Goring Gap/AONBs and Electrification of the GWML

    Considering that one has to log in to Facebook to follow the link it is useless for those of use who do not use Facebook.
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    Blackpool - Manchester Electrification

    Has the new bridge been cleared for use by any vehicle? The original bridge had been restricted to 7.5 tonnes gross for several years.
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    Ordsall Chord

    Out of curiosity, is there anyone or any organisation which stands to gain in any way if the project were to be abandoned?
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    Crossrail bits and bobs

    Indeed, considering what a trump is the polite name for in my part of the world!!
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    Network Rail to sell major stations?

    Following a possible takeover by one of the regional power distribution companies and a rationalisation resulting in fewer people, vehicles and depots, should there be widespread damage interrupting supplies following a storm what, with their reduced resources, would take priority to fix - the...
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    Crossrail bits and bobs

    On the topic of names it is perhaps a good job that Crossrail is not being built in north America or it might end up being called The Trump Tube!!
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    Ordsall Chord

    Is Whitby his own man or is he acting for somebody?
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    Ordsall Chord

    Litigation is ruinously expensive. Who is financing Whitby?
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    Manchester - Liverpool Electrification

    There were still unconnected droppers at Patricroft yesterday (25/9/13).
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    Ipswich Bacon chord

    . The Infrastructure Planning Portal, linked to in an earlier post, section 1.3.4. refers to part of the chord at its junction with the Great Eastern Mainline being electrified in case an electric train accidentally diverts on to the chord. Presumably this is to give it time to stop without...
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    Port of Felixstowe locomotive traverser now open!

    I read about it a couple of months ago somewhere in the railway press. Quite some piece of kit but how on earth will they incorporate the overhead if the Felixstowe branch is finally electrified, bearing in mind that there will be a whole train length of containers to be lifted off and on to...
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    Northern Hub: Picc, Oxford Road, airport

    Could Network Rail please check their dates? The 19th of July is a Friday and the 20th a Saturday.
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