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Colin Rosenstiel · March 17th 07, 11:49 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Jack Taylor) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:

Oh, not that again! Acetylene gas cylinders should be banned or
else some way found of protecting them from this nonsense.

Something should be done about many things that are stored on
properties adjacent to major rail and road arteries.

Up until a while ago there was a yard at Neasden (the old
McNicholas yard), just on the Dollis Hill side of Neasden South
Junction, that was full of skips of different sizes. There were
several piles of them, stacked up to ten or twelve skips high,
backing onto the Chiltern line. At the top they were leaning
towards the railway. I often wondered what would have happened if
they had toppled over in a gale, or something, onto the track.

I was being more specific about acetylene cylinders because the London
Fire Brigade insist on cooling them down for a long period before
approaching them if they have been in or near a fire. If the precautions
the LFB specify are necessary then the cylinders shouldn't be allowed out
without proper protection for the public.

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Colin Rosenstiel