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Eeldomtom2 replied to the thread Trivia - Most dangerous railway company.....all of which were true of the pre-nationalisation companies, except more so, often significantly more so the further back you go...
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Eeldomtom2 replied to the thread What I think is wrong with current OHLE electrification practice.However, pretty much any infrastructure project in the UK costs more than it does in other European countries. The railways share some...
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Eeldomtom2 replied to the thread Getting the most out of the new Alstom units for TPE?.If we're talking about the UK as a whole there's quite a lot - electrifying 100mph or above lines would mean doing the GWML (via both...
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Eeldomtom2 replied to the thread Getting the most out of the new Alstom units for TPE?."High power draw sections" would also include sections of high (100mph+) speed, am I right in assuming that?
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Eeldomtom2 replied to the thread What I think is wrong with current OHLE electrification practice.Well, this isn't evidence that batteries are going to get us out of electrifying the remaining unelectrified main lines, though. As you...
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Eeldomtom2 replied to the thread What I think is wrong with current OHLE electrification practice.Well, when you compare it to other countries, somehow I suspect the cost in the UK for battery trains and charging equipment will also...
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Eeldomtom2 replied to the thread Batteries and the Geopolitical Situation.The new GBR rolling stock and infrastructure strategy reaffirms a focus on battery-electric and electric trains as the future, planning...
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Eeldomtom2 replied to the thread What efficiencies could GBR bring?.According to @hwl, who seems knowledgable on the topic, there is now a local charging standard specifying OHLE or third rail, so one...
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Eeldomtom2 replied to the thread Meaning of "ES in rr" service type abbreviation in early 1950 London Midland engine diagram.The final column is the crew turn, i.e. (8A/266) means it was worked by an Edge Hill crew on turn 266.
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Eeldomtom2 posted the thread Meaning of "ES in rr" service type abbreviation in early 1950 London Midland engine diagram in Railway History & Nostalgia.I have recently purchased facsimiles of Crewe North and Crewe South Engine Working booklets from the early 1950s. Most of the...
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Eeldomtom2 replied to the thread What efficiencies could GBR bring?.Is it? I don't believe that's officially planned, or at least I can't find anything saying so.
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Eeldomtom2 replied to the thread What efficiencies could GBR bring?.There's a big asterisk there and that's that they're only intended to go 45 miles off-wire between charges to not strain the batteries...
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Eeldomtom2 replied to the thread What efficiencies could GBR bring?.I see them on regular UK-focussed pages, not railway-focussed at all!
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Eeldomtom2 replied to the thread Brightline reported close to bankruptcy.Most Shinkansen services are operationally profitable.
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Eeldomtom2 replied to the thread What efficiencies could GBR bring?.I invariably see complaints about the continued existence of the ROSCOs on any social media post about GBR...