[Talk-GB] Is there an operating railway line to the east of Sleaford?

2009-08-28 Thread Peter Miller
Anyone fancy a bit of detective work on a railway line? Question: Is there an operating railway line to the east of Sleaford in Linclonshire and how many tracks does it have? Even the information from Network Rail in contradictory and is certainly wrong in parts. The 'Strategic Business

Re: [Talk-GB] Is there an operating railway line to the east ofSleaford?

2009-08-28 Thread Peter Miller
On 28 Aug 2009, at 12:12, Peter Childs wrote: 2009/8/28 Peter Childs pchi...@bcs.org: 2009/8/28 Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.com: Anyone fancy a bit of detective work on a railway line? Question: Is there an operating railway line to the east of Sleaford in Linclonshire and how many

[Talk-GB] Sleaford Avoiding Line

2009-08-28 Thread Richard Fairhurst
To confirm: double track, southbound freight-only, northbound out-of-use (there's track there but it's overgrown). I found a message from aforementioned train driver on some Usenet archive somewhere: On Nov 7, 8:47=A0pm, allan tracy wrote: According to Gensheet, ECML rail services are

[Talk-GB] Sleaford Avoiding Line

2009-08-28 Thread Peter Miller
On 28 Aug 2009, at 15:41, Richard Fairhurst wrote: To confirm: double track, southbound freight-only, northbound out-of- use (there's track there but it's overgrown). I found a message from aforementioned train driver on some Usenet archive somewhere: Very useful thanks. So I guess I

Re: [Talk-GB] Sleaford Avoiding Line

2009-08-28 Thread Peter Miller
On 28 Aug 2009, at 16:11, Matt Williams wrote: 2009/8/28 Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.com: On 28 Aug 2009, at 15:41, Richard Fairhurst wrote: To confirm: double track, southbound freight-only, northbound out- of- use (there's track there but it's overgrown). I found a message from

[Talk-GB] Tenfoot

2009-08-28 Thread Chris Hill
In many towns and cities in the UK there are small ways behind rows of houses. In my part of the world (Yorkshire) we know them as a tenfoot (they are traditionally 10 feet wide). I have not mapped many - they often seem private to the houses, but today I did follow a couple. I wonder how

Re: [Talk-GB] Tenfoot

2009-08-28 Thread Matt Williams
2009/8/28 Chris Hill chillly...@yahoo.co.uk: In many towns and cities in the UK there are small ways behind rows of houses.  In my part of the world (Yorkshire) we know them as a tenfoot (they are traditionally 10 feet wide). I have not mapped many - they often seem private to the houses, but

Re: [Talk-GB] Tenfoot

2009-08-28 Thread Peter Miller
On 28 Aug 2009, at 20:15, Matt Williams wrote: 2009/8/28 Chris Hill chillly...@yahoo.co.uk: In many towns and cities in the UK there are small ways behind rows of houses. In my part of the world (Yorkshire) we know them as a tenfoot (they are traditionally 10 feet wide). I have not

Re: [Talk-GB] Tenfoot

2009-08-28 Thread Alex Mauer
On 08/28/2009 02:05 PM, Chris Hill wrote: In many towns and cities in the UK there are small ways behind rows of houses. In my part of the world (Yorkshire) we know them as a tenfoot (they are traditionally 10 feet wide). Any ideas? These are extremely common in the US as well. I have