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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Gas leak at Salisbury (18/04).I'm not clear exactly what sort of gas leak it was. One problem is that if even diluted gas is drawn into an internal combustion (ic)...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Mystery Key.Signal 3 allows trains from the Goods loop onto the main line, signal 7 appears to allow trains to cross over into the Down Sidings, and...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Motorway Driving - too many idiots.My late father, born 1913, learnt to drive between WW1 and WW2; I'm not certain exactly when. But post-WW2 he steadfastly refused to get...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Mystery Key.In that case Highdyke Box was a short distance away from the North end of Stoke Tunnel. Could this have been a key for locking a...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Mystery Key.Where was Highdyke Box? There seem to be a number of places with a similar name scattered around the country. Does the Number 3 refer...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Bardic Lamp Bulb Installation.I think the clip can replaced on the back of the lampholder from behind, as you don't have the revolving colour mechanism in the way...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Calculating Railway Height.The horizontal line of the benchmark is at the declared level - or at least it is the declared level when the measurement was made. As...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Calculating Railway Height.The scientific convention is that 277.48 would be rounded down to 277; 277.52 would be rounded up to 278. On the other hand 277.5 is...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Calculating Railway Height.That conversion to 1/8th inch is approximate as there are 96 eighths of an inch in a foot. (12 x 8=96). All levelling was done by the OS...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Calculating Railway Height.Decimals of a foot, I understand.
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Trivial - The stone signal box like structure in Carnforth.The Furness Railway was noted for the use of local stone for station buildings and signal boxes - there are a number of more usually...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Stonehaven Signalling Observation - Question.The signaller may have been busy sending the 'Train entering Section" to the next box and "Train out of Section" to the previous box and...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread The Great British Train Scandal (Channel 5).It wasn't only 1984-1994 prices rose. In 1969 I started a cross-London commute, having taken on a new job. From January 1975 to January...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread A scam phone calls and emails discussion..I've noticed a further upswing in the number of unwanted calls on my landline following my early March posting. February and March had...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Electric Shower tripping RCD.Most likely cause of an RCD tripping in a shower or other water-heating device is a fault in the element (most likely corrosion of the...