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Hi,

A friend has just been given a couple of enamelled signs - presumably from a railway (they were found in a skip). Can anyone tell me what this one signifies as his google research has apparently drawn a blank.

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More specifically, somewhere in the vicinity of Dolphin Junction (between Langley and Slough) by my reckoning, given the distance is in km and 27.998km is near enough 17.5 miles (or 17 miles 40 chains) from Paddington.
 
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Many thanks - I've followed that up and it's spot on. I think it's from a gantry on the Paddington to Bristol line.
 
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OLE stanchion ID plate from the GWML. 27 miles (if it is in miles) puts it between Maidenhead & Twyford.

As the post above its in KM, (I‘ve just looked at some photos taken at Reading and the stanchions show 59 km which is 37 miles)
 
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The Railway Codes website suggests km. Thanks for all the replies. I wouldn't have known where to start. It shows a good forum can outdo silicon valley anytime!!
 
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Good old railway! How shall we identify an OLE stanchion?

I know, let’s use the Engineers Line Reference (ELR) where everything is measured in Miles & Chains but we’ll use KM instead! :rolleyes:
 
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FGW_DID said:
Good old railway! How shall we identify an OLE stanchion?

I know, let’s use the Engineers Line Reference (ELR) where everything is measured in Miles & Chains but we’ll use KM instead! :rolleyes:
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Even though there was a whole scheme devised for the entire county decades ago. Letter with suffixes for lines of route, then which km the structure is placed in, then consecutively numbered within that km.

Western Route was to predominantly be “J” with suffixed letters for various branches. The original electrification to Airport Junction follows (followed?) that scheme.

So for example Under the old scheme the first headspan within the Paddington trainshed was: J 0 1
 
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