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One area where increased acceleration will cause additional energy loss is in the resistive losses in the overhead line. If you compare the same train accelerating at one rate with it accelerating at twice the rate (to make the sums simpler) then the harder acceleration will require twice the...

Reading the GA statement :- it struct me that what it did NOT say was that the signalling system was picking up old and new trains EQUALLY well/badly. It could be that although the old trains were being picked up less strongly than Network Rail (NR) would like it was still sufficient for the...

Given where you are most of the trains you will see will be operated by Southern. Wikipedia has an article with pictures of their current rolling stock (or at least current when the article was written) showing both electric multiple units (EMUs), diesel multiple units (DMUs) and also a...

1/2 Flirts seen at Stowmarket today at 13:28 / 13:32. The reason for the uncertainty was I spotted the first whilst approaching the level crossing and it was heading in the London direction at relatively low speed. Definitely a 755 as it had a short power car but it also had its pantograph up...