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John Webb's latest activity
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Fire at Network Rail depot - Slough (12/08/26).Looking at their website, they are the owners of 0-6-0T Slough Estates No.3, which is at the Middleton Railway, not in Slough.
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Questions regarding signal overlaps and signalling history.The compulsory provision of quarter-mile posts required by the Railway Clauses Act of 1845 gave a regular measure of 440yards. Could...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Fire at Network Rail depot - Slough (12/08/26).Brief item on the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service website: link...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Track out of Cannon Street towards Charing Cross/Blackfriars.Thanks - I hadn't thought to look in my copy of "London's Termini" (2nd Ed , David & Charles, 1985). I note Jackson mentions some...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Track out of Cannon Street towards Charing Cross/Blackfriars.I can't find a date when the line to Charing Cross was widened from three to four lines. There was a 55 ft turntable added at some...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Pros and cons of Continuous Welded Rail (CWR).And for those on a train a con is you can't count the rail joints in, I recall, 41 seconds to get the speed of the train in mph......
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Railway water towers.Another view, from the 'Geograph' website - click on picture to go to the original on that site: May 1976: Between Duties at St David's...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Longest Point Rodding.There were various mechanical ways of compensating over a long distance - this includes a 'lost motion' lever to increase the length of...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Longest Point Rodding.The LMS had a policy of converting 'Isolated Distants' from mechanical to colour-light signals for some years prior to WW2. I understand...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Longest Point Rodding.The distance that the Board of Trade allowed points to be worked from a box varied considerably over time. At first it was basically...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Railway water towers.Bear in mind it was serving a turn-round point rather than a full engine-shed - the latter was at Kentish Town, as you probably know.
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Railway water towers.It has been converted into a residence. There was a TV programme about it some years ago. At the time the owner was the Chairman of the...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Kimbolton signal box west of Huntingdon.The line through Kimbolton was closed to passengers in 1953 - I do not know when it was closed completely. That line has not yet been...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread FIRE FIGHTING WAGONS.This unit was mentioned in posts 6 and 7 above.