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  1. Class 66's

    [Trivia] Termini stations with least facilities

    Have to agree, Tweedbank was quite disappointing when I got there in the summer. A building, which turned out to be for staff based there, and the ticket machines are card only, which isn't a great deal of use for someone who only had cash with him.
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    2017 Predictions

    Another year will pass, and my local photting spots still won't be unencumbered by wire. My end of the Midland Mainline will be as quiet, or quieter than ever, and Sharnbrook Tunnel won't have gone back to double track formation. I will still have DOO arguments with my mother at the dinner table.
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    Rolling stock game

    Berwick-upon-Tweed- HST?
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    Trivia: Platforms which have no trains scheduled to call there.

    Rugby Bay Platforms. I've only ever seen a 92 and VTWC Thunderbird locos stabled there, however I don't visit often, so may be wrong. Platforms 3a and 3b?
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    North Pole International

    Hovering over the Guard, produces the mouseover text of, 'He needs all the help he can get'. Very good. Merry Christmas to you all, and Happy New Year.
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    Trivia:Major design faults

    I thought it was only early conversions which had the ETH supply tapped from the main generator?
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    Best loco engine sound

    To be honest, I think this video is a lot better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gjV7WpoyLs
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    MML Electrification: progress updates

    Haven't seen any addition or signs of change just south of Wellingborough, so it might happen later on. They still have until ?December 2017?
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    Smart Ticket Option by 2018?

    If TOCs do implement it, some sort of way of accessing your ticket while online, or having free WiFi at all stations. Not all of us have huge mobile data plans, or even have devices capable of getting mobile data. I have a cheap phone, and then a tablet to cover the smart part.
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    Wifi on trains?

    I used Scotrail's Wifi while on holiday, and found it to be quite good, between Edinburgh and Tweedbank. Some of the more rural areas had very good service as well, however, I only have EMT wifi to compare it to. That was all payed, and it was cheaper to use my 3G for a quick check online, thant...
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    "East Midlands: a Railway for Growth" report published 16/09/2016

    ETS differences I'm afraid. I think HSTs provide 415V 3 phase ETS supply, compared to 1000V? supply for Mk4. To make it work would require uneconomical electrical changes I suspect. Sorry.
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    Class 43 Conversion to High-Speed Freight Haulage?

    We've been here before, I'm sure. I got the impression the answer was, no, to be short. Long answer it would be over-expensive, for jobs uncertain/vanishing. This isn't my opinion, just what I gathered from the last discussion on this.
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    Caledonian Sleeper Class 92's

    I'm no expert:(, or have any insight into the work that was carried out at Brush, but it may have been something to do with the complex electrical systems that are required for working through the Channel Tunnel:idea:. I may be wrong, so please, don't take this as fact.
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    Too many bikes on train

    New proposals for spare pacers after they're no longer fit for passenger use: Bike carriers, with multiple unit control so one end can be used as a driving cab.:twisted:
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    Serious electric power problems between Birmingham and Coventry (05/04)

    What about in places where units operate on both AC and DC supplies?:oops:
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    Serious electric power problems between Birmingham and Coventry (05/04)

    Thanks. I presume the track circuits operate at a different frequency to the return current.
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    Serious electric power problems between Birmingham and Coventry (05/04)

    While we are on the topic, can I ask, where is the current return for OHLE, as there is only 1 contact wire.
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    TOPS Requests (including headcodes, allocations, traction, etc) [Instructions in Post 2]

    What are the numbers of the HEA on the 6X65 Didcot-Mossend train, on 23/01/2016, or whenever the diagram last ran?
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    Class 442s - Now at the end of the road and to be withdrawn permanently

    I like this idea, keep them all in one place. There must be so many threads on them-they deserve their own place.
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    Class 40145

    Does anybody currently know what livery 40145 stands in currently? And it appears to be operational according to Wikipedia, but correct me upon that please. Thank you!

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