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Speed on the WCML is irrelevant; the 75mph restriction is/was between Euxton Jn and Manchester only. I must admit I've been confused by the speed limit situation as well; I regularly watch one of the evening trains through Adlington, and thus far they don't seem to have been going faster than...

Their acceleration and braking performance is substantially better. Don't turn your nose up at this- over 10 stops, the marginal savings add up. I've read elsewhere that the Hatfield service relies on 323 performance; if that route were switched to 319s, an extra diagram would be required to...

It's also timed for a Sprinter. If this is a test run, I don't think it's wise to take the pathing details as gospel.

Small correction: the only part of the route controlled by an ROC (Ashburys, to be specific) is the section between Salford Crescent (exclusive) and Manchester Victoria/Manchester Oxford Road. Salford Crescent- Blackrod (inclusive) is controlled from Manchester Piccadilly (the panel was modified...

As virtually the entire route was re-laid during the electrification works, one would hope it's only snagging works they're doing this year.

There are two EMU diagrams running to Piccadilly, the third runs to Victoria. I suspect that the TPE hire-in diagram will remain the same until the May TT change. The Buckshaw diagram appears to be: 2J31 06:34 Blackpool North- Manchester Victoria 2P42 08:05 Manchester Victoria- Buckshaw...

From the description above, it appears that there will be three diagrams going to EMUs on Monday; this will leave the majority of services still as DMUs. This will probably release four or five DMUs.

319s almost certainly, schedules have gone in timed for 323, and TPE will be using 350s if their 397s aren't all in use by May.

Jumping ahead to the May TT change, and the Scottish services are showing in RTT as running via Chorley: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced/BON/2019/01/23/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=non-passenger&order=wtt Northern services have yet to be entered.

Returning to the Manchester- Preston line, the 75mph TSR reminder boards at each end of Adlington station have been removed.

Northern are currently hiring 3 185s a day from TPE because they're short of DMUs; this will stop when they have enough DMUs to replace them. I think TPE still run the odd 185 on Scottish services, to maintain driver knowledge. If this continues, 185s will still make an occasional appearance of...

As far as I'm aware, load banks were used to test diesel-electric locos, not to test OHLE. Diesel-electrics use a diesel engine to drive an electric generator, which in turn powers the loco's motors. In order to test the 'generator' part of the loco on its own, without moving the loco, a load...

Not entirely- there's also the fact that TPE was supposed to stop serving Wigan then anyway (as they should have been running via Bolton), and the fact that they had to be fitted into the Chat Moss service pattern when they weren't supposed to be there.

The May 2018 timetable was re-arranged slightly to accommodate the 350s via Wigan; it will probably need to be adjusted back again to run them via Bolton. As this will affect other services, I think it's a safe bet that TPE will run via Wigan until May 2019. The autotransformer arrangement...

Adlington, Blackrod, Lostock and the four stations between Bolton and Salford Crescent are your best bet- unless they post a bloke in orange there, there's nothing to stop you accessing the platforms at any time. If you can't get on Adlington station, Bradshaw Fields footbridge is a good vantage...

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It's here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.8867272,-2.7485728,262m/data=!3m1!1e3 The location is referred to as 'Garstang & Catterall' in railway documents.

Has the formal 'Treat as Live' notice been published yet? There are currently RRVs sat on the line at Adlington, so I assume the wires haven't been energised yet. Seem to recall Blackpool had a week of 'static' testing before the 390s were let loose?

The 60mph TSR at Adlington appears to have been removed; the blanket 75mph restriction on the route remains, however.

I mentioned it a while back. They're replacing the sides on the pedestrian footbridge that's on the non-station side of the bridge; they've closed that side of the road to aid access and park vans. For some reason, it's taking them about a month to do this. For equally inexplicable reasons, the...