Re: Secs What are they ?

[lachie@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Lachie)]

In <3421280C.EDB1B76C@ozemail.com.au> David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> writes:

>Owen Cook wrote:

>> A coroners report on the death of a lengthsman in 1891, uses the
>> word   "secs" . I would have thought it meant sections, exception
>> the word section is spelt out a number of times in the report.

>From your extracts, I would say it is supposed to say "cess".  This is short for access
>and indicates the area between the boundary fence and the nearest rail on each side of the
>track.

"cess" is the drain between the ballast shoulder and a cutting wall or
similar earthwork according to the VR 1947 permanent way correspondence
courses. This is not an abbreviation!

cheers,

Lachie

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