Thank you for your patience while we retrieve your images.
Taken 11-Apr-21
Visitors 229


68 of 140 photos
Thumbnails
Info
Categories & Keywords

Category:
Subcategory:
Subcategory Detail:
Keywords:
Photo Info

Dimensions9921 x 7758
Original file size2.33 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spaceUnknown
Date modified11-Apr-21 11:26
69530 1959-06-10 Aldersgate & Barbican

69530 1959-06-10 Aldersgate & Barbican

Aldersgate & Barbican station between Moorgate and Faringdon - the tracks are curving to avoid Smithfield Market.
Note an early use of 'zig zag' weld to build up the running rail surface (see turnout in foreground).

This was used to ensure track circuits will operate when "shorted" by train wheels. Usually found on infrequently used sections of line where a build up of rust/muck would otherwise make the correct operation of tack circuits unreliable.