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« Reply #345 on: August 31, 2011, 11:40:23 »

Best Improvement Reading Station can have is When the First Great Western Signage disappears to be replaced by A. N. OTHER operator.  Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #346 on: August 31, 2011, 11:42:24 »

Having travelled over 2,000 miles with them in the last 10 days there's a lot FGW (First Great Western) do get right.  However as with life in general you remember the bad times better than the good.
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« Reply #347 on: August 31, 2011, 12:36:27 »

Vortec fencing 'protecting' the workforce?...that's a joke isn't it? From what? Anything moving at under 1mph would get through that. Highl;ighting that there's work going on, maybe....
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« Reply #348 on: August 31, 2011, 13:34:02 »

Make me chuckle when people refer to the "Old Royal Mail Depot" the then new Royal Mail depot was built on the old Reading Signal Works so at last some of the site is "coming home" to railway use
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« Reply #349 on: August 31, 2011, 16:48:56 »

Vortec fencing 'protecting' the workforce?...that's a joke isn't it? From what? Anything moving at under 1mph would get through that. Highl;ighting that there's work going on, maybe....

Protecting as in it effectively prevents workers inadvertently stepping on to a live running track. Without any fencing, it's surprisingly easy to do after you've been on site for a few hours and your focus is maybe on a certain aspect of the task in hand.

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« Reply #350 on: August 31, 2011, 16:54:56 »

Oh, ok, workling in that direction, I understand.
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« Reply #351 on: August 31, 2011, 18:08:52 »

Vortec fencing 'protecting' the workforce?...that's a joke isn't it? From what? Anything moving at under 1mph would get through that. Highl;ighting that there's work going on, maybe....
It there to set up a "Fenced Green Zone" meaning there is no requirement for Lookouts or Site Wardens.
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« Reply #352 on: September 03, 2011, 09:35:39 »



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To view my GWML (Great Western Main Line) Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/
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« Reply #353 on: September 05, 2011, 13:55:19 »

Thanks for posting these!  Smiley
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« Reply #354 on: September 05, 2011, 14:41:29 »

As others have said thanks for posting these
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« Reply #355 on: September 05, 2011, 19:25:35 »

Yes fascinating reading (pardon the pun).  I remember that hairdressers/barbers in the subway.  When the station was last rebuilt the subway at the northern end was curtailed following the closure of the bus station.  Now its gone altogether...
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« Reply #356 on: September 12, 2011, 10:37:45 »

No problem.  Here's the latest edition:

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« Reply #357 on: September 12, 2011, 10:44:59 »

Is simply wrapping the new posts for the hoarding in hazard tape sufficiernt? Shouldn't they be cordoned off so visually impaired / blind don't walk into them, but meet the cordon tape first?....
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« Reply #358 on: September 12, 2011, 11:09:34 »

I often wondered why it is necessary to paint the wooden boards for the hording.  Apart from looking nice it seems an unnecessary expense.  Unless someone can enlighten me  Smiley
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