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Sstuving replied to the thread HS2 Old Oak Common.I think the point is that those northern three islands (P7-12) will be inaccessible for further work from the time the northern bridges...
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Sstuving replied to the thread Trains that became detached..In fact it was 1 a.m. on Thursday 27th January 1955. The press reports all stick close to the short text BR gave them, except this one...
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Sstuving replied to the thread Is there a name for this element commonly found on Victorian railway bridges?.A new term for me that came up only today is ballast wall, for something built immediately next to the bridge and above a wing wall. In...
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Sstuving replied to the thread School Lane bridge on the Styal loop line.I can answer the question I asked above, and - weirdly - from the page before in the same newspaper! The item being responded to...
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Sstuving replied to the thread School Lane bridge on the Styal loop line.This is from the Todmorden & District News, published Friday, 8 December 1933, page 6. It does appear to answer the question, albeit by...
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Sstuving replied to the thread Report of collision Bedford (Elstow) - 19/06/26.The relevant standard for CCTV systems (FF plus others, and including recorders and other elements as well as cameras) appears to be...
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Sstuving replied to the thread Report of collision Bedford (Elstow) - 19/06/26.I'd expect to see an interim report only if the investigation is long, and it would contain conclusions so far and what further work is...
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Sstuving replied to the thread Old Oak Common - Level Boarding for Elizabeth Line trains.But the platforms are not dead straight, with the northernmost one the most curved. A rough measure off satellite pictures gives a...
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Sstuving replied to the thread HS2 TBM Progress.The ventilation and intervention shaft is much wider then a running tunnel, not far short of the usual distance between those. So...
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Sstuving replied to the thread What Does The Word Terminals Mean Regarding a Railway Line?.This does appear to be standard transport and logistics jargon - you may be able to find a reference work on that. Of course the...
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Sstuving replied to the thread Italians working on British Rail in the 1950s?.The NUR had negotiated restrictions on these Italian workers, as described in the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer Published...
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Sstuving replied to the thread Noise protocols for overnight rail services.There have been persistent complaints of noise from Reading depot since before it was built. I think it was done as permitted...
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Sstuving replied to the thread Mystery Railway Uniform.Noting that reference I found to an "inquiry inspector" with such a jacket (I doubt anything more was that colour) in 1977, that of...
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Sstuving replied to the thread Mystery Railway Uniform.I have found a newspaper report of "an inquiries inspector, in the maroon coloured uniform that marks the Passengers' Friends of the...
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Sstuving replied to the thread Italians working on British Rail in the 1950s?.There is a fair amount of coverage of this in the newspapers in the British Newspaper Archive, as well as Italian workers in other...
