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The method of failure at Potters Bar...exactly.

Caused on that occasion by a privatised inspection programme which didn't do what everybody thought it did.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Jul 13th, 2013 at 12:34:50 PM EST
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Oddly, there was talk of vandalism then as well

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Jul 13th, 2013 at 12:37:09 PM EST
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Well, a metal connector fixed with four bolts with locking washers doesn't come loose that easily. One can understand why the investigators are suspicious.
by Bernard (bernard) on Sat Jul 13th, 2013 at 01:01:17 PM EST
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So were our inspectors. Until they discovered the ocean of difference between what Network rail thought they'd contracted and what the 4th or 5th tier of lowest bid contractors thought they were in for

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Jul 13th, 2013 at 03:00:13 PM EST
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This was inspected a matter of weeks ago, apparently.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Jul 13th, 2013 at 02:21:49 PM EST
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