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I am planning on investing in a two week all line rover to enable me to be able to explore britain by rail in the most efficent way. I am struggling to compile a intineray. Currently I was looking at the south west where I can stay over along with the south east around bristol and the area up...

The Chineese Maglev is a good contender- they can reach speeds of up to 400k/mH and can acceleratre very quickly.

The track measing train (HST) was fitted with a pantograph when it was build a few years back. It is used to check the overhead cables for faults.

There is a twice daily freight return service from the docks at ellesmere port to fiddlers ferry. The motive power is usually a class 70.

Virgin have displayed information about train length for a while now-at crewe they have done it for a year or so now.

I have seen the new 11 car pendolios quite alot round crewe over the last 3 weeks. They are certainly longer!

I am suprised that as DBS are only bringing a limited number back into service that someone like DBS of FL haven't got any as really they are quite good locomotives on heavy stone trains like those at peak forest. Couldn't they be used on FL heavy haul services?

I think they are still a set down of the 175's after the accident in Wales a few months back. There have been an increasing number of 158 units in 2/4 car formations running though crewe where I am near. The other week a 150 of which I didn't get the number of ran up to Manchester Picc from...