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You might have some luck at the signalbox forums as well, they’re pretty good for hard(ish) core technical questions! Equally someone like AnnetsKey I’m sure will have something to contribute here.

They did a number of tests on the Forth Road Bridge using loaded gritters to prove the emergency strengthening works had been successful! BBC News

Platform 5 is already in use at Haymarket - passengers going to it won’t find their trains (but will find a pint of some sort) :lol: Platform 5 0131 347 1616 https://maps.app.goo.gl/qrev14oSn8sDJfwj6?g_st=ic

The bridge at Haymarket Depot over Russel Road in Edinburgh was reasonably recently painted maroon. I always wondered if it had something to do with it's proximity to Tynecastle!

Mine is significantly. Solidarity to the guards and I hope it all turns out well - but I'm working from home.

They're certainly doing so as part of EGIP - though this probably has something to do with the 25kv string going in too. I've watched some of the teams renewing/repairing/installing it and it definitely doesn't look fun.

A lot of the bases have been done in the Winchburgh area, it's not easy work (lots of scaffolding needed to go in for this) but progress is being made. I'm guessing there was too much else going on during the Winchburgh blockade to do the wiring then? The Avon Viaduct at Linlithgow is also...

I've worked in a serious organisation that had a 'Fire Action Response Team' who had to investigate 'Areas Requiring Swift Examination' when the fire alarm went off. Slightly enlivened the 30 page fire procedures document!

Movement not expected here until 1100. Delay repay forms are on the way round!

Fingers crossed! On East Coast 1E04 at York right now, not a lot of information thus far (but a good quantity of coffee!)

Saw some just before Linlithgow (heading down) from the train home today. Good progress :)

They also sent one to Perth this morning STP as 3E13 (passed me at Bo'ness around 0740). More damage control?

Good list, much appreciated (though a lot of resignalling/recontrol due round here - allegedly by next year! We'll see). Thank you!

Informative post Nym (reply #22), thanks for taking the time to share!

The 170s can (could?) be easily fitted for RETB. The problems on the WHL are clearance related - mk3s and 156s being pretty much the only passenger stock permitted on the route. I think we're likely to keep 170s, keep minimum 156s (unless new stock replaces them on scenic routes in which case...

It was real indeed, my better half was on that train. Fairly awful journey for her!

Stirling's new gantry at the south end sounds like this. They're all lightweight LED signals so some sort of external access equipment will be required for cleaning. Either that or a big stick!

Out of interest - at what point in the SAK building process did TS step in? Things started to move on a bit easier (construction companies went back to work, jobs were done once more often, schedules and budgets became more realistic) when they took over the great tram debacle in my opinion -...

Not a regular thing, but it's been known to happen. Diesels are allowed in both low level stations but are not supposed to draw power from the entrances to the tunnels. It's a bit of a surprise when you're waiting on the (normal, boring) train home and suddenly a pair of 47s go by with...

Aye, it wouldn't go amiss! I think a repaint and refresh when they started would have been good, bit late now though.