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I think the point is that those northern three islands (P7-12) will be inaccessible for further work from the time the northern bridges over the Central Line and Old Oak Common Lane are ready and the first track reconfiguration happens. I don't recall ever seeing a date for that in the original...

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, which adds something about the danger to the crew: The Rugeley Times; Saturday 29 January 1955; Page 3 The main bit of detail that version omits is the...

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 functional terms I think it's the bit being discussed here. The bridge parapet (or just the lower solid part if there is a railing above) stops ballast dropping...

I can answer the question I asked above, and - weirdly - from the page before in the same newspaper! The item being responded to there, printed on 1st December, was as implied by the item of 8th December - its first paragraph less the first six words. The remaining text of that later item...

This is from the Todmorden & District News, published Friday, 8 December 1933, page 6. It does appear to answer the question, albeit by introducing a red herring in talking about the "widening" of a pre-existing bridge. Was there is small pedestrian tunnel there? So what's new about ABC*, then...

The relevant standard for CCTV systems (FF plus others, and including recorders and other elements as well as cameras) appears to be RIS-2712-RST issue 1.2 (2024). It says it contains requirements, but much of it is worded as suggestions - for example: That wording is unchanged since issue 1...

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 still needed. That would appear roughly when a final report might be expected - say 9-12 months. This one is more like a second, expanded, preliminary report...

But the platforms are not dead straight, with the northernmost one the most curved. A rough measure off satellite pictures gives a radius of only a little over 1 km. I did wonder if there was any scope for a very late tweak in that platform to straighten it, but looking at the current state of...

The ventilation and intervention shaft is much wider then a running tunnel, not far short of the usual distance between those. So, depending on the sites available, it can come down centrally, over one tunnel, or (in principle) to one side. The Canterbury Works one is central, according to this...

This does appear to be standard transport and logistics jargon - you may be able to find a reference work on that. Of course the railways usage of the time may not be exactly what's common now for other modes. Terminal costs are the fixed costs of a journey, working or whatever that is called...

The NUR had negotiated restrictions on these Italian workers, as described in the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer Published Monday, 14 January 1952: Jackson then turned up to welcome these 98 Italians on arrival in the name of the union. They were, at least initially, living in the...

There have been persistent complaints of noise from Reading depot since before it was built. I think it was done as permitted development, replacing lineside sidings between the running lines and Cardiff Road. While the western (out of town) end adjoins fields and industry, at the town end there...

Noting that reference I found to an "inquiry inspector" with such a jacket (I doubt anything more was that colour) in 1977, that of course is within the memory of a lot of us here. So I have been trying to remember if I ever saw someone with such a jacket - most likely sitting at an inquiry...

I have found a newspaper report of "an inquiries inspector, in the maroon coloured uniform that marks the Passengers' Friends of the London Midland Railway" who retired in 1958 after 20 years service at St. Pancras. 1790016676 This is from December 1932 - apparently the starting date (but no...

There is a fair amount of coverage of this in the newspapers in the British Newspaper Archive, as well as Italian workers in other industries (the best known being brick-making). A lot of the news is about the impact on labour relations and the attitude of the unions. I can see mention of track...