In message , at 11:36:24 on Sun, 10
May 2009, Andrew Heenan remarked:
Once a bit of ageing has occurred, a railway doesn't look too bad at all -
just part of the scenery. Compare a four track with overhead wires to any
motorway, and tell me what looks best.

It does depend quite a lot on whether the OHL is gantries, or masts. I
agree that the ECML doesn't look too bad, but the WCML eg around Rugby
(especially with all the "extra" high level stuff they've put in
recently) is much more ugly.
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Roland Perry