Two railway linesmen who were called out in the middle of the night to do some electrical repairs, found one of the lines over the 100ft.-high Lambrigg Viaduct, Westmorland, on the main Euston-Carlisle route was broken.<\/p>\n
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By their action in halting expresses while temporary repairs were carried out, they probably averted a disaster.<\/p>\n
This was stated at Oxenholme, near Kendal, yesterday, when cheques were presented to the men \u2013 Herbert Stephenson<\/strong>, of Seven Hill Place, Oxenholme, and his assistant, Richard Haythornthwaite<\/strong> \u2013 by British Railways.<\/p>\nYorkshire Post, Friday 16 December 1949<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two railway linesmen who were called out in the middle of the night to do some electrical repairs, found one of the lines over the 100ft.-high Lambrigg Viaduct, Westmorland, on the main Euston-Carlisle route was broken. 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