On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:36:50 +0000 someone who may be Graeme Wall
wrote this:-

That's a bloody big if. I've not noticed spare turnouts lying about the
network just in case.

From memory of an article in one of the house journals there
are/were two suppliers of such equipment in the UK. If one wanders
around their yard one might be lucky and find a suitable bit. It may
need a bit of adjustment, which will take a day or so. If one is
unlucky there will be nothing suitable and it will take a fair time
to make. However, that is where substituting plain line is the thing
to do temporarily.

Overhead is quick and easy to install, even if masts have been
destroyed. One may need a speed restriction for a few days until a
proper repair is made, but that is a process that is easy enough to
manage.

So you admit the delays of days are not that unreasonable?

Nice try, but that distortion is not what I said. The speed
restriction does cause a short delay to trains, but the line is open
and services are running.


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