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Wenlocks letzte Aktivitäten

  1. Wenlock gefällt hyboys Beitrag in dem Thema Rother Valley Railway.

    I have clearly missed my cue by a couple of days but regarding that road and rail interaction... Every Concorde produced in Bristol ( Brabazon Hangars) had to negotiate the Filton to Hallen railway level crossing to reach the runway in...

    28 August 2026 um 10:43

  2. Wenlock gefällt Firelines Beitrag in dem Thema Rother Valley Railway.

    The intention is that it will be first used in 2028. I suspect that the track will be complete before then. However, there's fencing, wiring, tree planting, crew training, route proving and a whole host of imponderables to be dealt with before...

    28 August 2026 um 10:39

  3. Wenlock antwortete auf das Thema Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    Playing with acronyms was always popular. When BR decided to move over to computerised consignment details, to replace physical wagon labels and triplicate consignment orders, I accompanied an "implementation manager" for a while. The scheme...

    24 August 2026 um 22:29

  4. Wenlock gefällt NGChrisWs Beitrag in dem Thema Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    Certainly when I started with BR in the 1980’s it was always said that the railway ran on TLA’s. (three letter acronyms)! You gradually got to know them through experience although when Railtrack came along, there were so many people brought into...

    24 August 2026 um 22:22

  5. Wenlock antwortete auf das Thema Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    And in a Railway section of a forum, one could be excused to expect a common background or familiarity........ Mind you, my early railway experience was entirely on the Southern Region. Other regions differed. I recall a fellow volunteer at...

    24 August 2026 um 10:51

  6. Wenlock erstellte einen Anhang in dem Thema Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    The only problem with abbreviating is that it all depends on one's background/experience. [ATTACH]

    Screenshot_20260824_103253_Google.jpg 24 August 2026 um 10:36

  7. Wenlock antwortete auf das Thema Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    ;)

    23 August 2026 um 15:40

  8. Wenlock antwortete auf das Thema Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    The front pages of WTT (Working TimeTable) books, often took up two pages of abbreviations which were referenced to the timing columns.

    23 August 2026 um 15:38

  9. Wenlock antwortete auf das Thema Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    When my older brother was at diagrams office Beckenham, he said that SDPO, which was supposed to be Shut Down & Pass Off, was known to drivers as Shut Down & Piss Off.

    23 August 2026 um 15:32
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