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    Century old LNER wagon unearthed in field near Antwerp

    Which dock did / Does the UK LSL Military Transport Ships use? (Like Sir Galahad) Usually running from Marchwood to Antwerp, there may be a continuity in use from WW1 - 2
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    british rail seat moquette

    I think that 2 of the producers, at the time, were British Furtex and John Holdsworths. Ii think they were both sited in Halifax.
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    Century old LNER wagon unearthed in field near Antwerp

    Could it have been buried as a quick method of providing an Air raid shelter during WW2? I recall that some current RAF Bases used covered Bulk skips as a way of providing bomb shelters in remote areas of airfields.
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    Landslips

    With the amount of slips being mentioned on here, I wondered just how many are there? So Where are they? How big? Are they being worked on and how? Cause? Are trains stopped or diverted? I don't want any detail of timetable affects other than those in my last point above.
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    Level crossing problem

    Kildwick and Cononley are the 2 nearest LCs both on the Aire Valley route A few miles South of Skipton. No LC on the Skipton - Settle line and a hand operated gate on the Rylstone line is the only other LC that I know of.
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    East-West Rail (EWR): Oxford-Bletchley construction progress

    And how many 60ft's came by road or other rail wagons? Not including pointwork.
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    What is this track object and associated markings?

    Have sprayed up this type of markings many times. Not just for greasers, but normally cabling and ducting and switches. Greasers can be removed by arrangement and is preferrable as it means the tamper does not leave a large area untamped with the potential for track faults.
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    Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates

    How long will it take to prepare the site for the actual work? Thinking of service diversions, locating existing anchor points. any crane pads to be provided. Then there will be the time taken to do the actual work. Finally the reinstatement and restoration of the site. For an example of how...
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    Grassington branch

    Spent a lot of time up there on track renewals in the early mid 90's. Just about relaid the entire branch from Skipton station up to the quarry boundary under the last bridge.
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    A363 Bridge replacement Bradford-on-Avon

    Is all the scrap and rubbish going to be cleared up before handover?
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    East-West Rail (EWR): Oxford-Bletchley construction progress

    Does anybody have the eventual layout and any connections for the Quainton Rd Heritage site?
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    UK to Sorrento, Italy by train

    If you do Pompeii then also consider Herculaneum. On the Amalfi coast it used to be Coach Tours were only allowed One Way travel North to South Whereas local buses could do Two way. From Sorrento the Coastal views are on the right.
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    Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates

    So A highly successful career history of working in major projects.
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    Baildon landslip

    Heard something about a landslip today on the Shipley - Ilkley line near Baildon. Wasn't there a couple of slips in that area about 8 years or so back?
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    Cost of building a new railway bridge over an A road?

    Bridges over Roads will probably be costlier due to the increased length of the ramps either side. Roads can better cope with the length of ramp required.

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