Recent content by lil Bear

Other way round, there is no EE loco at CVR. 47292 transferred to CVR last summer, and should be operational some point this year. There also 25322 and 08 D3800 onsite, plus a couple of YEC locos.

As a named Director with one of associated companies, I can tell you Moorlands & City have no involvement with the current Churnet Valley Railway. That relationship ended with the transfer of the Cauldon lease, and the resignation of the directors from the respective companies as spotted. CVR...

Churnet Valley was a double-track, 60mph mainline back in the day. In fact many of our heritage railways were built as more than light railways originally, GWSR / NYMR to name just two. GCR might be the only double-track preserved line, that is simply beacaue there was the will and determination...

GCR are only permitted to run at higher speeds only when closed to the public. Once open to Joe Public, 25mph is the limit for all services (the TPO demos are done under special dispensation, with Quorn crossing gates locked by station staff and station staff on the platform to keep people from...

Don't know where you've got your information from, but nothing could be further from the truth. Half Term running was cancelled after the agreement with the third party who was going to run the halloween trains was cancelled. There wasn't enough time to re-organise, so the week was spent...

There is no diagram in the series to show how to set up Auxiliary, which is why I ask. The closest offering is the Sheet 2, where a bracket leads from the Intermediate machine to the options shown. I've tried finding Aux machines in use on the mainline, but all those I've looked into have turned...

Sheet 2 does. It has the incoming terminals for an Intermediate, but then there is a bracket to internal wiring where it give you options for WR Aux/Int or Tyers Aux/Int or Terminal Conversions.

Last scoping I was part of there was a landslip to deal with around Abbey Hulton, a road bridge recommended for replacement due to bridge strikes in the same area, the two level crossings mentioned previously, and then drainage issues at Fenton Manor and Stockton Brook. And that's before we come...

Ahh, ok so the Aux Pair are always "out of phase" with the Terminal Pair "in phase" when no train present? Terminal Pair become "out of phase" with the withdrawal of a token, and if required the Aux Pair are set "in phase" by inserting a token? Any idea why E10000/70 diagrams show an Aux...

Certainly does help, Thank You. Though it doesn't answer how electrically they are wired up, I'm guessing the Aux. Pair are on the same line for Box A to Box B.

The MPs only got the funding in November 2021, they haven't worked that quick in organising the feasbility study!

The MPs put in for funding towards the feasibility study, to which they were succesful. For all intents and purposes its pretty clear cut. Should others decide this guarantees re-opening, more fool them... For a full resumption of services I'd agree a complete re-rail is required. Wait and see...

Is Aux. / Int. dependent upon geographical location then? So electrically you have : Box A --- Aux. / Int. --- Box B But geographically you have either: Box A --- Int. --- Box B Box A --- Box B --- Aux Having had a look at Diagram E10000/70/2 "Electric Token Working: Instrument Internal...

To answer all the questions in order asked; There hasn't even been a feasibility study tendered for, let alone completed so it's far too early to start guessing who will operate any regular services from Stoke. The line was successful in the "Restore Your Railway" scheme. Only the section from...

I'm doing a research project on Key Token Machines, and I'm trying to understand the use of Intermediate and Auxiliary machines. Both sit in between a section, but I'm trying to understand the need for both options? Are they wired the same and just named differently, or is there subtle...