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With a twin tracked railway line, does the lower of the individual track speed limits dictate the speed limit for both tracks? i.e. would a small section of 60mph in one of the tracks lead to the whole of the twin track (new and "old" 90mph) being downgraded to 60mph?

When did this last happen and was it over the newly laid track/signalling?

Did they cut them up on site or were they hauled away?

Based on a visit Fri 24/02/17, Leith dock metals looking pretty much unused:

RIP burndens

Some burndens spotted recently on siding adjacent Leith docks:

Definition: burnden [burn-den] noun, (pl-) a rake of burndens An obsolete piece of equipment, usually a wheeled railway wagon or similar, that has been abandoned in a siding on a long term basis. Especially in the case of such equipment becoming obscured from view, for part of the year...

The other thing I must report, on the back of Storm Doris, is that the roof leakes like a sieve

Does Chester Station hold the record for the most higglety-pigglety collection of roof designs? Must be half a dozen in this shot alone:

Yes, I find the wagons very curious and they have been mentioned several times on these boards under different topics.

Due to their "historical interest", maybe the MOSI should have asked for their inclusion in the compensation package for severing the historical link?

To compound matters, the station also looks very much on the edge of town.

Unless the Stephenson's bridge can be put to some form of practical use (e.g. visitor's area/viewing point) it just seems to me like a pointless blight. Then again, it would probably have cost a fortune to demolish.

An interesting thread that could form the basis of a book.

Only a personal theory but it could be that the landowner, with a vested interest in the the railway, just "took it upon himself" to make a start. Maybe he was looking to create jobs for his workers in straitened times or even a rich man's folly. Not my neck of the woods anymore but, as there...

I have read more detail elsewhere but there is some information on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_and_Longridge_Railway

I understand that this cutting is the only construction relating to a somewhat ambitious scheme to extend the Longridge line eastwards to connect with the Blackburn-Hellifield line.

On projects of this type, I think it can be deceptive in that all the big civil stuff and even the trackwork/primary electrics look complete but the thing that takes a lot of time is the small, unseen, electrical wire stuff, i.e. communications, protection, control, signalling and the successful...

Cheers, no disputing that one!

I think this has been touched on before but do the interconnecting points between the East Lancs Railway and the Metrolink serve any purpose? Noticed the points the other day on a trip from Manchester to Bury Market and they looked perfectly serviceable. Could you drive a steam engine into...