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Recent content by Elecman

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    Wagon fleet news and discussion

    Yup it had that look about it
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    Wagon fleet news and discussion

    There was a 4 wheel tank wagon going South on the M6 on a lorry this afternoon saw it passing junction 16.
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    HS2 TBM Progress

    That puts Madeleine at the Canterbury Road Shaft
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    Northern Rail recovery

    Do not attend any interview as that is how they will get the necessary admission from you of your offending, which if they haven’t stopped you in person using the invalid ticket in the last 6 months they haven’t got sufficient evidence to prosecute you
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    Class 93 Tri-mode Loco

    Saw 93006 passing Shap / Harrison’s this morning going well
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    What efficiencies could GBR bring?

    The Bletchley EWR train crew depot is based on spare land at the side of the WMT maintenance depot
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    GoExpress - The future of high-speed logistics?

    93006 passed me at Shap going north mid morning today on the Tesco Daventry /Coatbridge Tesco liner
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    Used discounted ticket without Railcard

    Just because we haven’t seen it report here doesn’t mean it can’t happen given TOCs are under DfT instruction to maximise income recovery
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    Used discounted ticket without Railcard

    whilst paying this had removed the risk of a criminal prosecution the train company could still check your travel history and start civil proceedings to recover the money previously lost due to your misdemeanours
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    TfW potential future rolling stock procurements

    Best would be giving Alstom the Chester depot and buildings new depot for the 197s somewhere else
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    Death rate at British Rail vs Coal Board in the 1980s

    Several PWay at Hellifield in one once sent and of course the entire S&T team at Edge Hill
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    Birmingham New Street the worst UK station?

    Plenty of people use the bridge to change platforms
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    Electrifying Mainlines for Battery Train operation (using Class 897 as an example

    I think you would need to drop that voltage level to around 19kV rather than 23kV as that voltage level is too often reached in normal service

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