On 24 May 2006, at 10:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If Charles Hadfield is to be lieved (and I realise that he has his > sceptics on this list and elsewhere), the decision to build Foxton and > Watford locks narrow-beam was influenced by the Grand Junction > company's decision to ban broad beam craft from using Braunston and > Blisworth tunnels shortly after their main line opened, so as to avoid > the inconvenience of having to operate them with one-way traffic. > My copy of Nicholson no 1 (2000) has a navigational note on the Berkamsted page "BW request that no wide beam craft moor on line between here and Braunston". Is this a hangover from that decision?
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