TIME TRAVELLER
Aug 31, 2020
2 minutes
20 YEARS AGO ... SEPTEMBER 1970
■ WESTERN CWR MILESTON The 1000th mile of continuous welded rail track was laid by British Rail's Western Region on September 21. From a small start in 1954, when 1 ¼-miles were laid, the Region's installation programme had built up to around 125 miles of completely new CWR track a year. Continuous welded rails mounted on concrete sleepers were used on
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