Recent content by eldomtom2

...all of which were true of the pre-nationalisation companies, except more so, often significantly more so the further back you go. The OP's question is pretty much impossible to answer since for starters it'll vary depending on the time period, traffic levels, location, etc. A "fair"...

However, pretty much any infrastructure project in the UK costs more than it does in other European countries. The railways share some blame, of course, but it's clear that there are other factors outside of their control here.

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 routes) up to about Starcross, the MML, and the Cross Country Route. Of course if we're talking about TPE specifically there isn't much, but it could benefit...

"High power draw sections" would also include sections of high (100mph+) speed, am I right in assuming that?

Well, this isn't evidence that batteries are going to get us out of electrifying the remaining unelectrified main lines, though. As you say, BEMUs are pretty much entirely used on secondary routes. GBR's rolling and infrastructure strategy recognises this, and says that about 25% of the...

Well, when you compare it to other countries, somehow I suspect the cost in the UK for battery trains and charging equipment will also be grossly expensive compared to what it should be. The causes of high electrification costs in the UK are not electrification-specific.

The new GBR rolling stock and infrastructure strategy reaffirms a focus on battery-electric and electric trains as the future, planning primarily for batteries with around 25% of the currently unelectrified network being electrified. It is noted that full electrification will remain the...

According to @hwl, who seems knowledgable on the topic, there is now a local charging standard specifying OHLE or third rail, so one would hope that will be used for the TPE charging facilities - if nothing else, it would ensure compatibility with potential other models of BEMU:

The final column is the crew turn, i.e. (8A/266) means it was worked by an Edge Hill crew on turn 266.

I have recently purchased facsimiles of Crewe North and Crewe South Engine Working booklets from the early 1950s. Most of the abbreviations for train types are fairly obvious, but "ES in rr." has completely stumped me. "ES" on its own is definitely empty stock. I have asked RMweb and haven't...

Is it? I don't believe that's officially planned, or at least I can't find anything saying so.

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. A return journey on a line of 45 miles is evidently considered too long for a BEMU to make on its own without charging at the end.

I see them on regular UK-focussed pages, not railway-focussed at all!

Most Shinkansen services are operationally profitable.

I invariably see complaints about the continued existence of the ROSCOs on any social media post about GBR...