Recent content by machorne

Apologies if I've missed a response to this. LU (and before that LT) practice is to number sidings from 1 upwards. HOWEVER where access to sidings is authorized by shunt signals with (so-called) theatre type route indicators then the number 20 is added such that sidings are numbered 21 upwards...

When the Great Northern & City was built (it opened in 1904), it was shield driven and entirely lined with cast iron and cement grouted in usual way. As each section was driven forward, the lower cast iron segments were removed in short sections and replaced by a number of rings of brickwork...

I found the site on Friday, in East Road, near junction with New North Road. The railway runs well behind the building line owing to road curvature. The attached link goes to a plan showing the location (it is the left hand tunnel (northbound), the one further from the arrow). Depth below ground...