Where is it? and what used to apparently be special about it? Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Very funny. :-)
Actually, the railroad system in Kansas is quite impressive. The state is pretty flat and almost entirely farmland, and the railroad lines run mostly in an east-west direction, separated by about 30 km. Then there is a series of north-south roads (mostly unpaved), separated by 5 km or so, that connect each little farming district to a grain silo on the nearest railroad line. There's a grain silo every 5 km or so. As a result of this grid layout, anyone with the ability to travel 15 km by foot, bicycle, horse, or car can get to a railroad station.
Here's what the silos look like. This one is somewhat bigger than average, but they are all big.
Map (loads slowly): http://www.ksdot.org/BurTransPlan/maps/RRStateMap.asp
Nowadays there's no passenger service, but the system is heavily used for freight and is in pretty good condition, so "low speed" passenger service could be added quite easily.
Here is a forum site about Kansas... http://flyoverpeople.net/v-web/bulletin/bb/index.php
Am I allowed to say ? keep to the Fen Causeway
And so like a line I used to know. And I might have a fix on it. But I have no idea why it's supposed to be special.
DoDo doesn't seem to be around, or he'd have already found it. So go on, shoot.
Maybe.
What's special about the Corby line? The Welland Viaduct?
That would be around 115 km? (Can't find a numeric reference.) Could have been Europe's longest, I don't know -- maybe Russia has something longer. (The longest in Germany was/still is Hamm-Minden, quadrupled by 1916 over 114.84 km.) I wonder how long the longest continuous quadrupled section of the WCML is now, BTW. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Prior to this work being carried out, the West Coast Main Line had four tracks between London and Rugby, comprising a "fast line" and a "slow line" in each direction (the slow lines diverting via the Northampton Loop Line). ... Additionally, the line between Rugby and Brinklow, which was formerly three tracks, was quadrupled on 2008 May 27. The line from Brinklow to Nuneaton will remain three tracks, at least for the time being.
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Additionally, the line between Rugby and Brinklow, which was formerly three tracks, was quadrupled on 2008 May 27. The line from Brinklow to Nuneaton will remain three tracks, at least for the time being.
That's over 140 km then. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
North of Kettering, bifurcation of the Midland Mainline.
As for the special significance: reading through Wikipedia, maybe you mean this? (My bold)
Kettering railway station - Wikipedia
Just to the north of Kettering is the junction for the Oakham to Kettering Line, which leads through Corby to Manton Junction where it joins the Leicester to Peterborough Line. This historically provided an alternative route for expresses to Nottingham via Old Dalby. Passenger services were withdrawn from this line in the 1960s, though it remains open for freight. In 1987 Network South East experimentally introduced a shuttle service between Kettering and a new station in the nearby town of Corby. The service was however withdrawn a few years later. Corby is often quoted as being the largest town in western Europe with no rail station.
Just to the north of Kettering is the junction for the Oakham to Kettering Line, which leads through Corby to Manton Junction where it joins the Leicester to Peterborough Line. This historically provided an alternative route for expresses to Nottingham via Old Dalby.
Passenger services were withdrawn from this line in the 1960s, though it remains open for freight. In 1987 Network South East experimentally introduced a shuttle service between Kettering and a new station in the nearby town of Corby. The service was however withdrawn a few years later. Corby is often quoted as being the largest town in western Europe with no rail station.
