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Originally Posted by peter t
Imperial measurements generally are a completely out-dated format in this country, not just in terms of road signage but in any line of business. IR will eventually come round and change it, as within a generation people will simply not know what a mile is.
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I certainly hope so, but I wouldn't hold my breath. I despise the imperial system.
But that is somewhat off-topic for this thread.
I seem to recall some years ago, having read that concrete sleepers require a deeper ballast bed than older wood sleepers. Given the array of low bridges on that stretch, it doesn't seem practical to use concrete sleepers on ballast. So I just answered my own earlier question.
I would also wonder why the speed limit will be (probably) no higher than 30Mph? It will certainly be a welcome improvement over the crawling pace movement over the section at present, but still, you'd think with new rails etc it would be better. Any curves etc can't be that bad!