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« Reply #75 on: March 20, 2026, 20:23:26 »
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As an aside, while I commend their wearing of apparently 'fresh out of the packet' orange high visibility gear, I will point out that there are some woefully badly adjusted hard hats there. Roll Eyes
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« Reply #76 on: March 20, 2026, 21:57:02 »
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As an aside, while I commend their wearing of apparently 'fresh out of the packet' orange high visibility gear, I will point out that there are some woefully badly adjusted hard hats there. Roll Eyes



Is the chap in the blue hard hat a photo bomber from another building site?   Grin
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« Reply #77 on: March 22, 2026, 11:22:12 »
I found this video, posted rather obscurely on something called 'Face Book', which gives an indication of how things have progressed: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1533852407867827

Incidentally does anyone else find it odd that Network Rail feel that they have to call ballast 'track stones', assuming that people who are interested in railway maintenance wouldn't know what ballast was? Next they'll be calling the rails 'shiny steel strips'...
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« Reply #78 on: March 22, 2026, 21:38:39 »
Quote from: Red Squirrel on March 22, 2026, 11:22:12

Incidentally does anyone else find it odd that Network Rail feel that they have to call ballast 'track stones', assuming that people who are interested in railway maintenance wouldn't know what ballast was? Next they'll be calling the rails 'shiny steel strips'...

Yes, it's bananas.

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« Reply #79 on: March 22, 2026, 21:49:12 »
The term track stones is used to help the hard of thinking…
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« Reply #80 on: March 23, 2026, 07:40:39 »
Brabazon is one of 7 new towns (although some are more like a new district on edge of an existing conurbation) in today's Government announcement

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Built for the future from the ground up, the next generation of new towns will create well-connected new communities with homes, jobs, schools, green space and transport links planned from the start.

Each proposed location is expected to deliver at least 10,000 homes, with several delivering 40,000 or more in the decades to come.

Brabazon and the West Innovation Arc, South Gloucestershire — up to 40,000 homes at the heart of a world-class research and advanced engineering economy

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/seven-new-towns-proposed-to-kickstart-housebuilding-push
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« Reply #81 on: June 02, 2026, 11:15:43 »
Rail Advent has an article regarding the latest at Brabazon with he accessible lift now installed.  There's pictures on the link below.

https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/06/installation-progress-made-at-new-bristol-station.html
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