Re: Beeching revisited

In message <eefc2f42-2f20-49db-b658-f6b2bbc87078@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
amogles@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On 7 Jan., 20:13, Graeme Wall <R...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


It was doubled during Big Mistake 2 to handle the D-Day traffic.


all of it? are you sure? I'm not doubting what you say, it just
surprises me as what is left of the cuttings etc at the Didcot end
looks quite narrow to me. I haven't has the opportunity to look at
otehr parts of this route.

Apparently 'much of it' was doubled, including the 20 miles at the Northern
end. Trouble is the quote comes from a wartime edition of RM and they were
being coy about exactly what had been done. I never had the opportunity to
travel the line so I can't speak from first hand experience.

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Graeme Wall
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