Train Truckers - Immingham to London by road

[newshound]

IIRC there has been some relaxation on the rules, there was a post about it a while ago (maybe from Nightjar).

[newshound]

Maybe a rail tamper has a speed limit that made it difficult to schedule. Also, it would only have to be over the gauge or axle load for a small section of route.

[Vir Campestris]

What, 7ft and a half inch?

[charles]

I was thinking of height.not track width.

[Vir Campestris]

There are a few old broad gauge tunnels still in use on the Paddington-Bristol line.

They are _big_.

Andy

[Marland]

They arn?t that big , Box tunnel for instance had to have the trackbed lowered by digging down to accommodate the cables for the recent electrification . What makes it look big is a bit of theatrical architecture at the entrances which are larger than normal but the tunnel becomes smaller inside after a short distance.

GH

[Bob Eager]

This town used to have a small seaside swimming pool the same shape as Box tunnel. One of the main contractors for the tunnel came from here, and he re-used the formwork for the pool roof.