David Hansen wrote in message . ..
On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 21:57:19 -0000 someone who may be "Richard"
wrote this:-

Only car-on-car. Remember train crashes often see the line closed for days.

It now seems to be weeks.

Care to give an example? And don't try Great Heck, because a friend of
mine was duty Railtrack officer there, and I know what they were
looking for, where they had to look, and what they found. It's not
pretty.

Bear in mind as well that roads are hard to damage and can quickly be
patched up if they are damaged. Neither is true of railway lines,
particularly where pointwork or overhead are concerened.

Ian