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I know! Just trying to inject some humour. But the wink went un-noticed…..I'll do forty lines and retire to my padded cell for the night :-)

And, don't forget, the GWR Class 769s are to supposed get used in multiple, when initially used as temporary as Class 387 stand-ins. Or will delivery be too late for that?? ;-)

If Hitachi have so eloquently stuck their peg in the ground with their statement to Roger, though, shortcomings in the NR signalling is all it logically can be. Since the signalling was installed, I wonder if the NR electro-magnetic compatibility(EMC) specification limits have changed to make...

Untrue. Look again at Roger's article (second column)...… to quote him: I failed to report (in a previous MR issue) that although Class 800 emissions are greater than those of the Class 387, they are within the relevant Technical specification for interoperability (TSI) and also lower than...

Being house-bound, I have taken the opportunity to watch train movements on Real Time Train's Derby area map over the new track layout in and around Derby station since the full reopening. There is no doubt, to me, that it has achieved a much better flow of trains, and amongst the operational...

I have just had a quick on line search, and all the articles that I have found refer to electrification only. No track or line speed changes. The only other infrastructure mentioned were bridge work to raise parapets and increase electrical clearances, plus the station improvements. I think...

Politically unacceptable. If that is the case, the DfT/ORR will intervene as the ECML is more important than a new service...…… [My computer knows more than I give it credit for - it keeps wanting to correct DfT to daft.....]

You may be correct, I don't know the total scope of work. The post I replied to asked if electrification allowed line speed improvements and I answered that. Having travelled the route, I would rather think a lot of it limited in speed by line curvature and structure. Unless you can get rid...

The limiting factor is entry of Class 800/801s into service on the ECML, to release Mk.IVs and 91s to GNWR and Wales. Given the well documented problems with the 800s on GWR and ECML, any programme for this is pure conjecture at the moment.

The quick answer is line speed has little to do with the electrification. It is the track geometry, condition and clearances that mainly governs that..... So, rather it depends on track/clearance improvement.

Derby area remodelling - track/signals/platforms went smoothly, all the transitional stages and hand-back were on time or even early......

Ha ha!! Great, in circa 1960, quite young at the time, our family found one in Blackpool on our holidays. All four of us jumped on, and the total weight boomed out loudly something like <thirty-three stones and four ounces>. Lots of pass-bys turned around, and laughed and clapped when they...

I stand corrected on that point, good sire! (And Ainsworth74 - thanks!) However, although on topic, it's becoming repetitive and boring. I shall unwatch this thread :)

I am sure substations and section cabins require a metered supply from the local domestic/industrial 415/40V network. This is required to operate the control of the switchgear, and domestic voltage lighting, monitoring and alarm equipment -for example fire alarms, data links, modems…… I have...

Yes indeed. It got delayed by not passing a first final inspection in Wabtec, reported somewhere on this forum. All snags were rectified, and it passed a second inspection OK before delivery...……. That happens on any project at times, anywhere.

In reply to many, many earlier posts on this thread today. Alliance Rail did apply to stop at Crewe and one or two other main-line stations too. But the ORR (not DfT, corrected as below) in their infinite wisdom, for EITHER pathing or failure to pass revenue extraction test reasons, did not...

… and into service with Northern in May 2018 I think. After delivery, I expect there will be the usual fault-free on-track mileage accumulation, driver and guard training (hopefully a quick conversion course and drive!!), practical depot training with the unit...….. Allerton sounds likely for...

on Mk.5s, I think they are dealing with a few issues arising from tests so far, reading between the lines of guarded comments made so far from people in the know. They intimate they should be quickly dealt with so tests and mileage accumulation can restart soon.

Thanks Sean! I really appreciate you taking time to take and share such photographs, and many others who do the same for other threads on this forum. Being mostly housebound and unable to travel very far, it does keep me in touch with what's going on currently on the railways….. :-)

3973ExL and Shaun Emmett posted some great ones early summer, perhaps we can persuade them to get out with their cameras again?? :) I am ancient enough to have caught the four-track section on my first ever rail trip to Bristol for the Open Day at Bath Road Depot in 1969. It would be great to...