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All across the Great Western territory => Media about railways, and other means of transport => Topic started by: CyclingSid on May 24, 2023, 17:11:49



Title: What Are the Railways For?
Post by: CyclingSid on May 24, 2023, 17:11:49
BBC Radio 4
20:00 Monday 29th May
11:00 Wednesday 31st May
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mc65 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mc65)


Title: Re: What Are the Railways For?
Post by: GBM on May 25, 2023, 07:30:43
Is that a third rail picture, guessing one of the London stations then.
Anyone guess the site


Title: Re: What Are the Railways For?
Post by: grahame on May 25, 2023, 07:59:02
Is that a third rail picture, guessing one of the London stations then.
Anyone guess the site

Educated guess - between Waterloo and Vauxhall


Title: Re: What Are the Railways For?
Post by: grahame on May 25, 2023, 08:09:30
"What are the railways for" ... interesting that "On this day" has come up with the authorisation of the East Cornwall Mineral Railway ( https://saltash.org/onewebmedia/Broad%20Gauge%20to%20Calstoc1.pdf ) and that's what many of the original railways were for ... freight / heavy haul.  That still remains a major traffic at times, with freight trains getting in the way of scheduled passenger services.   Witness - cancelled train yesterday due to "congestion" at even the most unlikely of places.


Title: Re: What Are the Railways For?
Post by: stuving on May 25, 2023, 16:40:38
Is that a third rail picture, guessing one of the London stations then.
Anyone guess the site

Educated guess - between Waterloo and Vauxhall

No, I think it's actually looking south from the middle of Ebury Bridge towards Grosvenor Bridge (you can see the railings beyond the tracks in the background).

And "What are the railways for?" - a source of picture quizzes, that's what!



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