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PHILIP Hang on.... You chased me off the other thread, and now you're trying to chase me off this one as well ?? I know you work in the industry, probably within NR, and have access to day-to-day and strategic management of this Project - however, that doesn't mean that you're always...

MR MUGRIDGE….and P08CRG A lovely picture of the Lune Valley…. It might be more honest, however, when trying to compare the impact of the rail line to that of the motorway, if you and other Twitterati were to inform your followers that the Goring Gap does not ( yet ! ) have a six lane...

Yes....Thank You Mods....Posting on the previous thread was like trying to run a gin bar in Jeddah…. JIMM.... The Woodhead Line - is that the one which used to have the 'Tommy Sheds' or was it the 'BoBo Sheds' near Reddish North station in the early 50's ? I grew up in Reddish and we used...

JIMM.... It’s always interesting to discuss whatever with people who have opposing views….And on this thread I’ve always appreciated your help when I’ve asked questions - even if sometimes your answers are as myopic as my own but from the opposite direction….Doesn’t mean either of us are...

You mean they used to have to look at OLEs before ? Only joking....C'mon, only joking....

ADROCK - It's usually me who's accused of putting forward straw man arguments ( as HowardGWR does again here ) so better not introduce the ugliness that is Cumbernauld and Coatbridge into this thread....Loved the trumpet sound on 'Violently' by the way.... AM9 - Come on, it's not me or the...

Really ?? Then go ahead and suggest it to MC.... Instant NR Board appointment for outstanding blue sky thinking, perhaps....If, that is, you're not already an NR Board member....

AM….Absolutely correct….But the intention and the hope is that the courts might insist that a couple of the AONBs’ and residents’ boxes get ticked….At the moment, it’s only NR’s boxes which have been ticked…. PHILIP….Yes, it’s bloody annoying….And as I said a few months ago when we...

PHILIP – As always, genuine Thanks for your reply – at least it is technically possible, then….Although I completely agree with you that it is highly unlikely that this will be offered or suggested by NR given the massive delays and £1.7bn (and counting) overspend that this Project has...

PHILIP..... Your suggestion about 'side tension' as a possibility.... Could this be a 'local solution' for the 4 or 5 miles of track we are discussing through the Goring Gap only ? If so, together with painting the steelwork ( yes, I know....Should have been done before delivery /...

OK....Thanks.... By the way - you were about Friday's meeting....People who went said it was a bit of a non-event in terms of the NR people there having any technical knowledge relating to the project....

Mod Note: Split from this thread. Could this arrangement work as mitigation through the Goring Gap ?? Current plans don't seem to include this 'solution' for the Gatehampton and Moulsford viaducts....

Got it..... Many Thanks.....

PHILIP.... Genuine Thanks for your quick reply.... You'll perhaps recall my very first post - I asked if and how viable it would be to paint the OLE retrospectively which would be, at least, some mitigation if the OLE can't or won't be replaced....The rest is history.... I try to...

PHILIP…. Sorry but not surprised to hear that NR get dragged into the Compensation Culture which plagues the UK these days….Driven by the low-life spivs masquerading as lawyers who pander to the ‘instant-get-rich-quick’ mentality of the Jeremy Kyle generation which nowadays seems to be the...

PHILIP P Wrong in this case….Everyone knows that BBC producers live either in Islington or Maidenhead…. However, I’ll tell you how the BBC became involved…. About 25 years ago, a local Housing Association acquired the Grade 2 Listed Brunel designed / built hotel and station in Moulsford...

AM9 That’s about the 3rd or 4th time you’ve made some sarcastic and offensive comments about the residents of the Goring Gap, none of whom you know – neither those involved in the Railway Action Group nor any of the 5,000 or so residents who live in the Goring Gap…. You have viewed and...

Promise ? Until retiring, I spent almost all my spare time enjoying my family and friends, good food, nice wine, etc, etc.... I certainly didn't spend my spare time hanging around internet chat forums, getting terribly excited about disused railway lines and old carriages being transported...

Quite a while since I posted and, more importantly, failed to thank Phillip P for his answer to a technical question....Many apologies, Phillip.... The main reason for the delay was helping put together more information and to get it into the media..... No preaching from me this...

PHILIP.... Genuine question, please, based on your technical description above ( which completely lost me, by the way, not being an engineer ) about NR's insistence that the Project wasn't suitable for the use of the ECML type OLE.... We were told that pylons and gantries are absolutely...