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Old October 5th 04, 06:08 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Clive D. W. Feather Clive D. W. Feather is offline
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Default Obscure dictionary trivia

In article ,
Tom Anderson writes
I'll guess Moorgate; the term 'Moorgate control' is now used in describing
some sort of fail-safe signalling thingummajig,


Timed train-stops to ensure a train speed is reduced.

so you might expect it to
be in the dictionary.


No, it's railway jargon. I wouldn't expect "Welwyn Control", or the
railway use of "in advance", to be there either.

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