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    Acton Works is a London Underground maintenance facility in West London, England. It is accessed from the District line and Piccadilly line tracks to...
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  • Acton may refer to: Mount Acton Acton, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra Acton, Tasmania, a suburb of Burnie Acton Park, Tasmania, a...
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    Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli, KCVO, DL (10 January 1834 – 19 June 1902), better known as Lord Acton, was an English...
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    to haul trains over any part of the system or shunt rolling stock at Acton Works. When the City and South London Railway (C&SLR) was authorised in 1884...
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    Acton Town is a London Underground station in the south-west corner of Acton, West London, in the London Borough of Ealing, close to its boundary with...
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    depot a month later. Another Mark 1 unit in a trial livery was sent to Acton Works to be used for shunting. One three-car unit (unit 3511)[citation needed]...
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    at Acton Works 2013. DM 3690 / L130 scrapped at Acton Works 2013. DM 3701 / L135 scrapped at Acton Works 2013. DM 3706 / 2 scrapped at Acton Works 2013...
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  • Theatre Workshop. Acton now works as a DJ. She has also been involved in charity work for local organisations. Hayward 1994, p. 1 "Dawn Acton". www.corrie...
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    Mill Hill Park Works. It subsequently became Ealing Common Works, and its status was reduced to that of a depot in 1922, when Acton Works was opened, and...
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    Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton CBE (5 July 1904 – 27 February 1994) was a British writer, scholar, and aesthete who was a prominent member of the Bright...
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    Eliza Acton (17 April 1799 – 13 February 1859) was an English food writer and poet who produced one of Britain's first cookery books aimed at the domestic...
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    batches from four manufacturers, with one built at London Transport's Acton Works. Each new batch included some improvements, but most used electro-pneumatic...
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    opening of the Heathrow loop, these units were converted to standard at Acton Works, entering service between 1986 and 1987. One three-car unit (166-566-366)...
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  • defence forces. Following the August 2005 closure of Wilkinson Sword's Acton works, Robert Pooley, who had been commissioning swords from Wilkinson’s since...
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    The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty is an American conservative and libertarian think tank in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with an office...
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    of the development of the Fleet line in the 1970s, London Underground Acton Works began work on designing new rolling stock for the line. The design was...
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    from the west to the north of London. It has two branches, which split at Acton Town, and serves 53 stations. The line serves Heathrow Airport, and some...
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    outer ends of the 1972 stock. The conversion work was carried out at Acton Works. Fourteen driving motor and fourteen trailer cars were added to the Victoria...
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    1962 stock Rail Adhesion at Acton Works next to a 1967 Stock...
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    Earl's Court regeneration scheme. Engineering facilities will be moved to Acton Works, and it will be replaced by stabling for twelve S7 Stock trains at a...
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  • staircases, and delves into the archives of the London Transport Museum's Acton Depot. The format of the programme generally centres around visiting two...
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    because of difficulties transferring the stock to Acton Works for heavy overhauls. After Acton Works closed, this no longer applies. The 2009 tube stock...
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    at Cockfosters depot. After the war the streamlined cars were sent to Acton works, where they were rebuilt into trailer cars, used with the 1938 stock...
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    Acton (population 9,376 in 2021) is a community located in the town of Halton Hills, in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. At the northern end of the Region...
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    Victoria: Northumberland Park Waterloo & City: Waterloo London Underground: Acton Works In the years since the first parts of the London Underground opened,...
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  • Ralph Acton (fl. 14th century), was a supposed English theologian and philosopher, apparently primarily known for his writings, some of which still exist...
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    Acton Main Line is a railway station on the Great Western Main Line in Acton, west London, England. Located 4 miles 21 chains (6.9 km) down the line from...
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    2013, the process resumed, with 5528+5588+5701 being transferred to Acton Works for removal from the system. The C stock was completely withdrawn on...
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    Anne Brontë (redirect from Acton Bell)
    poems with her sisters and later two novels, initially under the pen name Acton Bell. Her first novel, Agnes Grey, was published in 1847 at the same time...
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    and TSO 7296 have been preserved, all the other cars were scrapped in Acton works in 2013 alongside other old Standard Stock Cars. During November 2011...
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