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59CosG95's latest activity
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59CosG95 replied to the thread Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates.As people above have said, the provision of the "bosses" (the little cylinders welded on at the pile tops) is indeed for holding the... -
59CosG95 replied to the thread Future of the GWR electrification.Neutral Sections are to separate different phases of the power supply. Most supplies to the railway at 132kV use 2/3 phases of the...
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59CosG95 replied to the thread ECML Power Supply Upgrade.Might Ferme Park have been added once the IC225s (first 90s, then 91s) came on stream? Not being around when it happened, I don't know...
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59CosG95 replied to the thread Future of the GWR electrification.I think there was also something about the viaduct over the A4 rdbt immediately west of the station, which (IIRC) is also listed.
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59CosG95 replied to the thread Future of the GWR electrification.Krejcárek in Prague, just east of the Hlavni nadrazí (main station) is also a good shout. This is from when I was there 6 years ago.
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59CosG95 replied to the thread MML Electrification: progress updates.Not necessarily. If completely new structures are installed, then they'll likely be mechanically independent. The exemption was more to...
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59CosG95 replied to the thread Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates.It's been a spectacularly tantric introduction into service, hasn't it? :lol:
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59CosG95 replied to the thread MML Electrification: progress updates.I'll have to defer to the other OLE specialists for that one! Back to the proposed wiring - pegs have started to appear NORTH OF DERBY...
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59CosG95 replied to the thread Acton Main Line to Acton Wells Jct electrification.Nothing wrong with the above - there are at least some solid steel sections there. It's more the Mk1 welded 4-angle TTC & portal...
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59CosG95 replied to the thread Acton Main Line to Acton Wells Jct electrification.No instances of collapse AFAIK, but I believe they probably aren't considered for coastal environments due to the corrosion risk from...
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59CosG95 replied to the thread Acton Main Line to Acton Wells Jct electrification.A big drawback with lattice designs is the increased likelihood of finding a poor-quality weld.
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59CosG95 replied to the thread MML Electrification: progress updates.Yes - according to isolation documents, it's still maintained as a backup supply, for when/if the southern half of Borehamwood goes...
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59CosG95 replied to the thread Greater Anglia Bombardier Aventras (Class 720): Technical discussion and introduction.Tyre turning, perhaps? Central Rivers isn't too far away, after all.
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59CosG95 replied to the thread Class 444/450 Pantograph wells.IIRC, it did a test run from Wimbledon EMU Depot, through the Thameslink Core, and all the way down the ECML to Peterborough. (It did...
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59CosG95 replied to the thread Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates.AIUI, E2, E3 & E4 have now all been merged into "E234".
