Speed Restrictions

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mojo36
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Speed Restrictions

Post by mojo36 »

Were there permanent or temporary speed restrictions through Peterboro station in the 1937 period?
If so what were the reasons and when were they altered?

Maurice C.
jwealleans
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Re: Speed Restrictions

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Which Peterborough station?
Hatfield Shed
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Post by Hatfield Shed »

Permanent speed restrictions due to curves. I believe it was 1973 before the track layout was significantly revised to improve matters. (Taking a chance that it's the GN origin station.)
mojo36
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Re: Speed Restrictions

Post by mojo36 »

Thanks for the responses.

North station mainline.
I think that I have seen somewhere that it was 10 mph. If correct it seems very low.

Maurice C.
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Re: Speed Restrictions

Post by drmditch »

If you look at the splendid thread for 'Peterborough North' on RMWeb, ....here.... you will find not a lovely model railway, but plenty of other information.

On the first page Gilbert suggests that there was a permanent 20mph restriction through the station.
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Re: Speed Restrictions

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I think there's an 'only' gone astray there.....?
Darryl Tooley
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Re: Speed Restrictions

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'A permanent speed restriction of 20mph in each direction had therefore bedevilled ECML trains there until after a saga of prevarications which lasted through three generations. Then in 1973 new lines were built at long last to provide a high-speed alignment'

E S Beavor, Steam was my Calling, Ian Allan, 1974, p40

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mojo36
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Re: Speed Restrictions

Post by mojo36 »

Thanks for the input, looking at the track plan I can see why they had the restrictions.
Maurice C.
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