[modeleng] Re: Train wreck

who mentioned the who Alan i mite have known

 Kenny


>I know the station used to bear the scars of that wreck, but havent been
> there for so long I wasnt aware they still showed.
>
> Funnily enough, last year I met a model engineer who used to be  a fireman
> in that area and regularly used to fire on the Harrow-Stanmore line.
>
> Now, had you had some time spare, you could have popped along the road to
> the Railway Hotel, which is where I used to drink, and where The Who used 
> to
> practice.
> But as I am now getting way off topic, I will give myself a slap wrist! 
> lol
>
>
> Alan Stepney
>
> http://www.alanstepney.info
> Model Engineering & steam engine information pages
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Head" <ron.head@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 12:46 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Train wreck
>
>
> Hi Alan
>
> Oddly enough, I went on a train journey recently which required me to 
> change
> trains at Harrow & Wealdstone.  Whilst waiting for my connecting train I
> strolled to the North end of the platform, mainly because I like looking
> around railway stations.  My attention was drawn to some deep gouging in 
> the
> brickwork of the opposite platform face, and I wondered what on earth 
> could
> have caused it.  The penny then dropped, I was standing at the very site 
> of
> the Harrow disaster of 1952.  Looking around further, I could see that the
> centre section of the footbridge was of welded construction whereas the 
> rest
> was riveted, showing that it had been replaced after that awful smash. 
> The
> scars of the tragedy are still there.
>
> Regards
> Ron
>
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