lineside fact

Thanks to Nick Howes for the following -

Amazing pre Marples fact 1:

Did you know that in steam days there were 55,000 men on the pway and 50000 track miles (20000 route)

That means that one man had a mile of track, associated cess embankment, civil work to maintain each year

1 mile =5280 feet in 52 weeks
100 foot per week
That’s fifteen feet per man length per day.

No wonder our pway was so immaculate…………….