Thursday 8th April 2004 St Pancras specials. 2 locos top and tail each train as detailed: ++++++++++ 1Z44 (Fragonset 47 lead - 45112 on tail) DERBY 08:10 ...
OOPS!! - no super fantastic double runaround at Leicester necessary of course - I must learn to read emails I forward - the train gets turned by running via...
2004 is the centenary of the Loughor Rail Accident.A collection of local historical photographs is being published by the Bynea and Llwynhendy Local Historical...
I have been researching the records of Wappenshall Wharf (located where the Newport Branch meets the Shrewsbury Canal). Amongst the places where boats...
Where can I find a reliable history of the events leading up to the creation of the London & North Western Railway? I'm particularly interested in the...
The following question has been asked of me by Chris Woolstenholmes, a North Eastern Railway Association member. The only information I have been able to find...
Tony Jervis
editor.BLN@...
Apr 14, 2004 9:30 pm
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Reed, M.C. The London & North Western Railway: a history (Atlantic, 1996), esp. pp.33-7. There don't seem to be any articles written on this period. Matthew...
Matthew Searle
ms@...
Apr 16, 2004 9:38 am
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Having just navigated to Bishops Stortford, I came home and tried to find out why the locks are only 13 ft wide (very irritating but then neither the Stort nor...
A.Padfield@...
Apr 17, 2004 10:54 am
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From: <A.Padfield@...> To: <railwaycanal@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 11:53 AM Subject: [railwaycanal] The River Stort ... then ...
Hi Adrian ... Have you tried the huge tome by (the recently deceased) E W Padget-Tomlinson ? 'Canals & River Navigations' is the title I believe. I'd take a...
Try the House of Lords Record Office for Act & Committee stages. Historical Manuscripts Commission or National Register of Archives 020 8876 3444. Their...
Derrick Hunt
derrick@...
Apr 19, 2004 9:45 pm
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... then ... Martyn Denney, London Waterways. 1977 B.T. Batsford contains a chapter on the River Lea Navigation [pp.35-44] with references to the various Acts...
I've had the following query from John Shatlock, Secretary of the IWA Lee & Stort Branch: "The slender, fixed-angle, pivoting crane at Bishops Stortford,...
I have received the following letter, which I am circulating to as many as possible in the hope that someone can help with the photographs and/or film. With...
Graham H Wild
graham@...
Apr 25, 2004 3:11 pm
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I have received the following letter, which I am circulating to as many as possible in the hope that someone can help with the photographs and/or film. With...
Graham H Wild
graham@...
Apr 25, 2004 7:35 pm
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Tony, re your recent posting: Does anyone know when this section of line closed or anything about its latter years? My feeling is that it remained open during...
... From: David Thornhill To: notts-t2000@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 1:59 PM Subject: [notts-t2000] Prior to Thursday's meeting - one for the...
Any help? ... From: Stephen Parascandolo To: Tramlink Group Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 1:17 PM Subject: [TL] Point Operation on Old Trams I've had this email...
On Sun, 16 May 2004 13:25:58 +0100, "Steve Barber" ... That's right - there was a "skate" on the overhead - not normally connected to the contact wire itself....
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Sorry for the spam. I thought the coast was clear and so set the group to open membership as it was before. I'll reset it to moderated membership and I'm sorry...
Hi Roger, Thanks for the info on the Caithness Railway. My cousin in Scotland, Peter, has a friend in his model railway society who knows of the track in...
Patrick Rigby
patrickrigby@...
Jul 19, 2004 12:07 am
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A member of another Yahoo Group posed the following question: I am seeking info on the use by the military authorities to move troops by rail to put down civil...
May I direct you to 'The Oxford Companion to British Railway History' page 422, 'rioting' & notes at the end of the article. This should go some way towards...
Graham H Wild
graham@...
Jul 28, 2004 9:45 pm
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... Thanks Graham. I never thought to look in the above book. I will scan the item and send it to him. Ralph...
In Ipswich the line that served the Wet Dock and Cliff Quay on the east side of the River Orwell has been OOU since 1995 and the Lower Yard has not seen any...
This really applies if you live within striking distance of Beeston - I could do with your help. As you probably know I am chair of Beeston & Chilwell for...
The Crowther Rail & Canal Atlas for Essex shows a monorail running from the south bank of Benfleet Creek (almost opposite Benfleet station) SE for just over...