Recent content by bwhughes

Apologies again; I didn't explain it fully. The main reason for trolleybus-type wires is that avoiding current return through the running rails would act as an additional line of defence against electrolytic corrosion of utilities buried under the road surface. (which is one of the most...

The vertical curve is very poorly illustrated (apologies in advance). The trams would use trolleybus-type overhead double wires to avoid current return via the rails. The track would be 'LR55' rails, which are shaped like troughs and are very shallow compared to ordinary tram rails. They...

Even if merseyrail is replacing its fleet in 5-8 years, I have so far heard nothing about replacement of Southern Class 455s in south London. If the D stock were adapted for 3rd rail/AWS/TPWS, the D stock could take over Victoria - West Croydon/Epsom/Epsom Downs and other routes that end well...

I agree about the impediment to their use in the valleys (Cardiff) and that there won't be another new 3rd rail network. I had thought that Merseyrail would be the most obvious choice; the New Brighton and West Kirby branches of the Wirral line (green) were what I had in mind. This would free...

I have been searching in the past few minutes for threads and posts on this forum as to the future of London Underground's District line fleet of 75 6-car D78 stock trains. They were introduced from early 1980 with the final deliveries being in 1983. The oldest units will be 35 years old or...