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What other possibilities are there to improve capacity around Reading?
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The answer to this depends on whether you want to make rail operation easier or facilitate travel around Reading. The rebuilding of...
Tuesday at 05:09
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Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates
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....and the inspection and detailed testing both statically and under load has to satisfy the various stakeholders before being...
21 Mar 2024
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Rail Preservation for Peace - did it work in Ireland?
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The mention of the Palestine Railways is very timely. It was IIRC built the army (ours) as a standard gauge widening of the previous...
20 Mar 2024
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Class 503 disposal
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Your perspective. WAO
13 Mar 2024
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Class 503 disposal
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Electrification would only be applicable to a heritage railway for the same reasons as on the commercial railway; when there is the...
13 Mar 2024
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Could electrically-heated steam locos be a solution for preserved railways?
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I don't think that there's any mileage in immersion heaters in boilers and pantographs on tenders - the thermodynamics are all wrong...
25 Feb 2024
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HS2 Manchester leg scrapped: what should happen now?
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I think that those figures just show that LNER is best at pulling in customers. WAO
25 Feb 2024
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Mark Harper announces in Llandudno North Wales electrification
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Wonderful what the proximity of a general election does to a government not just trailing but collapsing in the polls. Based on...
23 Feb 2024
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4VEP 3417 back on mainline, still fundraising
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I suspect that the VEP's were so rammed that nobody could be thrown around in an accident - passengers were airbags in effect - so fewer...
2 Feb 2024
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Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates
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The reason for the lead is surely to feed the GM system at the centre of the star of routes, rather than through one leg, a fault in...
29 Jan 2024
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4VEP 3417 back on mainline, still fundraising
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Wonderful achievement, just a shame it's not a (usable) 4CIG. The five a side VEP's were exquisitely uncomfortable - you always seemed...
28 Jan 2024
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Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates
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So that would confirm that we are now definitely seeing wiring from Church Fenton (North Junction) to Micklefield, although not...
28 Jan 2024
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ECML Power Supply Upgrade
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The ORR letter of 21/12/23 gives the following description (Quote): "Two No. new traction power supplies at Hambleton Junction with the...
22 Jan 2024
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Third rail - becoming a better option for electrification?
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Both the nuclear and aviation industries have tighter safety regimes than the Railway. Both produce cost effective schemes for...
18 Jan 2024
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Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates
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When HS2a(?) to Manchester was cancelled, a number of electrification schemes were touted by DfT for the North, such as Leeds - Hull...
18 Jan 2024
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