Recent content by mike57

But it wouldn't take long to summon rescue from Grosmont

I would like to see it happen, I was brought up in London and remember these trains as the mainstay of the 'tube' where I lived near Clapham South growing up in the 1960s. 80 years revenue service prior to presevation has to be close to a record. I have very hazy memories of using the Epping...

How feasible would a battery conversion of underground stock be for a preserved railway? How much would it cost. How close to the original design would you keep, maybe a standard stock motor car with control section ripped out and replaced by batteries and a modern control system. People do it...

To be honest I am very uneasy about the whole concept of private prosecutions, recent news stories in other areas (i.e. post office scandal) back that feeling up. It seems to be open to abuse. Maybe a totally different process is needed. Edit, after post split At the very least there should be...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/urgent-court-case-friday-12th-april.265704/ Original thread was in response to a private prosecution by a TOC. Maybe its time for the courts to set out what they see as 'reasonable' before a private prosectution is begun, and set...

If the proposal is go for a large scale electrification and BEMUs to fill in the gaps, then surely instead of taking each route on its own and trying to make a case we should be looking at every route and arriving at a sensible national approach. Some lines, e.g. Far North, Heart of Wales would...

Any security measures help to disrupt acts of terrorism, you will never eliminate them, but vigilance and checks help to make it more difficult for the bad actors to acheive their goal. You will never know how many attacks have been stopped, so all you can do is try and tip the odds in your...

The short stay parking at York, adjacent to Platforms 2 and 4

I would go further, every little bit of vigilance makes it more difficult for those who are planning an act of terrorism. Each small check or inspection on its own may not seem to matter but add them all up and it will make a difference. It wont stop them, but everything you do to disrupt and...

To be honest, given where we are now I dont think it matters. WCRC did not comply with the terms and got a prohibition notice. Its sad because if WCRC had complied with the original terms they could probably have made a good case for continuing under the current arrangements on the Fort William...

Its this bit that makes me think that the ORR will now insist on full compliance. Had WCRC complied with the terms of the exemption wrt to stewards and passed the inspection with flying colours then I could of foreseen a situation where they could of obtained a much longer term exemption (not...

Quite possibly not. I have no sympathy for WCRC, they had an exemption in place, and instead of sticking to the terms they let things slip and got caught. I work in a safety critical industry and we sometimes get regulator exemption for particular issues. In that case everyone is very careful...

A quick search and I came up with a cost of anything £1.25 to 2m per coach for brand new rolling stock, so £12m per rake claim just doesn't hold water. One assumes if the track access agreement expires in the autumn it will not be renewed if there is no service. Would the paths be offered to...

So having thought about it some, I think 2026, mainly because the path of totality is much longer with in Spain. Basing myself on the Madrid Irun line makes sense as a large part of it is in the zone of totality, and it looks to be quicker and easier to travel in via Hendaye from Paris. Maybe...

This is the question... 2027 is a small area of totality at the southern tip of Spain, but at a much better time of day. The problem is if the weather is bad there isn't really anywhere to go, even if the forecast 24hr ahead is horrible, where as 2026 has a long path across Spain from north to...