Recent content by Asterix2012

What about the line from Bridge of Earn to Dunfermline via Glenfarg and Kinross Not in the Beeching report and closed to allow the building of a motorway

Moving more government jobs out of London might reduce some of the pressures

Dundee riverside on the approach to the Tay bridge, platforms still in situ.

I believe part of the problem was the introduction of continuous welded rail, jointed track helped prevent the hunting motion building up.

Quoted fuel consumption by class 158 for comparison is 1 litre per mile per vehicle. This is from a Poterbrook brochure. Going by my own diesel Ford Focus I would use a litre in 10miles, so it would appear that in that scenario with one passenger per car the 158 would match fuel consumption on...

There was a proposal as recently as 1978 to build a line from Newtonmore to Tulloch. I believe in connection with the aluminium smelter at invergordon. At that time there were trainloads of alumina between invergordon and fort William and this line was proposed to reduce the distance...

A phrase comes to mind "presence of the abnormal and/or absence of the normal" In other words while you may be doing something completely innocent if it is out of place you will bring attention to yourself.

The Kyle to Mallaig service continued in the summer after the Stornoway service moved to Ullapool

Class 43 not nearer 1.7Mw?

The locomotive will have vacuum or steam brakes. Air brake will be train only unless they have radically altered the braking system

Anstruther on the old East of Fife line pronounced "Ainster"

DMU generally only have one powered bogie per car, only 50-60% of total weight will be available for adhesion.

The stations on the Kyle line with passing loops were built with a greater distance between the tracks than normal to allow the transport of fishing boats from the west coast to the east coast.