Recent content by ZL exile

Another order in the coming years to think about, is eventually 22x will need replacing on the XC network, they are now past their half life. As well as the Scottish HST’s will need replacement, then the Welsh Mk IV sets, although they still have some life, they won’t last forever. In an ideal...

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Correct he states they are still investigating where to locate the facilities for the various activities currently carried out at Loughborough, notable saying they may not all be in the same locations in the future

More news on the main line in the shed area in a GCR video on YouTube, (link below), appears life expectancy of the shed at Loughborough is much reduced with a double track mainline to run straight through it.

If you look further through the same album, can get a glimpse of 93007’s cab 1707411615 And 93009, hit send too quickly

Not on the railway, but here in Doncaster the tactile sections on new cycle way and footpaths are a mixture on metal strips attached to the pavement or a metal grid with the studs on attached to the surface them]n they have a textured substance applied by hand roller and allowed to dry, so no...

Another possible way with this is to wire to Settle from Skipton and Armathwaite from Carlisle, no tunnels on either section should allow more time to fully charge either end snd make the journey achievable. Of course this comes at a cost which with the current service density is probably /...

But unfortunately most local authorities don’t have the powers to stop the large amount of inconsiderate motorists who believe that cycle lanes and pavements are just there to be used to park their polluting contraptions on. i have a car, but prefer to walk or cycle for local journeys and days...

Correct re ZL being Swindon Works, exiled from there to the frozen north, via a lot of other now mostly closed railway employment locations. full batch from ICRS: 99723 (1) 18767/25767 (99710) thé cut one, half at Warner Bros. Japan - so has carried 2 x 997xx numbers 99712 18893/25893...

Latest ICRS (2023) combined has : 99710 - not listed 99716 - 25808 99721 - 25806 99722 - 25756 99723 - 25767 cut in half with one half scrapped - extant half in Japan!

Are we forgetting a key point here? Freight on rail supports business / industry in its logistics needs. How many users on here work 24/7 365? If the producers ‘ users of the goods being delivered are working then the need to move those items are reduced, hence why the number of lorries on the...

But staff could go from there to fix them, or do we not bother repairing units in 2023?

Might be 2.5 hours from Bristol, but not from Reading, closer to an hour!

Why would you need a class 37 replacement? They work so few core trains, the way forward is Class 66 et al with RT3973 or whatever it is called today restrictions, test trains can be multiple units repurposed, no need for a few cranked trainspotter type locos that the taxpayer doesn’t nned to...

458, 745,755 and Mk 4’s, all due to dislike of the seating. The strange thing is, the Mk 4’s were much nicer before the awful mallard refurb carried out at Doncaster