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Aah thanks - someone should really tell whoever runs http://www.railtourinfo.co.uk/locohauled3a.html

Any idea if the 0849 CDF will be mark 4 tomorrow? Bonus points if you know whether a chef will be on board!

Thanks!

thanks! its for a mapping project so a source would be great. Nothing found so far by googling.

Can anyone with knowledge of the Wirral Tramway advise what voltage they use? It will be somewhere between 500V and 750V but not sure of the exact number.

CORRECTION: it is now clear to me that the class 90 *can* haul this train, and may indeed do so quite soon. Apologies for misleading.

For anyone wanting to know what this train is actually for - rather than some of the fairly wild rumours posted here and elsewhere - I can commend my twitter thread here: https://twitter.com/25kV/status/1195098952833601538?s=19 And no, the class 90 won't be working this train on its own in the...

Neither exactly - it will be fed from Wootton Bassett ATFS, which is in turn fed by the independent feeders coming from Thingley.

Christian Malford is an Auto Transformer site. When the OLE is energised to Chippenham it will form the limit of AT feeding. Classically fed from there the the limit of wiring, and no need for a neutral section.

No offence taken - I guess I'm a little defensive as a result of the "everything about GW electrification is BAAAD" attitude which is popular in some quarters... (but not here)

No, it's not a waste - we aren't in the habit of putting wires up for no reason. It is overrun protection - in the event on an IET not panning down at Newbury Racecourse for some reason, it will guide the pan safely through Bartholomew St and Rockingham Road overbridges without damage to train...

They are not section insulators. That is a neutral section. The OLE west of that point is earthed because the bridge is too low to have live wires.

It's normal practise on any electrification scheme. It doesn't mean that extension is imminent. For instance, NW electrification phase 3 just tied in to the Mark 1 overrun at Preston (Wellfield Road) - which was installed in the 1960s. The other NWEP phases will be taking the same approach and...

Diverging junctions on GW get a varying level of wiring depending on a) risk of overrun and b) potential need to extend wiring in future. Some get none at all, if the misrouting risk is judged to be low enough, and there is low chance of future wiring extension. At Westerleigh, the maximum...

Because the structures have to reach over the goods loop to get to P1 road.