Recent content by Kingfisher200262

Thank you all for your replies. In summary, based on the postings and other information I've collected, it seems that: - 1. Mk IIIs are not presently included in the vehicles passed to run on the LT & S, according to the Sectional Appendix; 2. Anecdotally, there don't seem to be any pinch...

Does anyone know whether Mk III coaches are cleared to run on the Lonon, Tilbury & Southend (C2C) route into Fenchurch Street?

Unless I've been misinformed, the fifteen buffet cars that are being converted to Mk III HST trailer standards are ex loco hauled vehicles. As such, they will need to be converted to HST trailers in the same way that the Grand Central and Arriva Cross Country vehicles were. Does anyone know...

Thanks a lot.

Does anyone know how I can measure the track mileage distance between Liverpool Bulk Terminal and Rugeley Power Station?

Each operator's fleet may be different (the joys of privatisation :roll:), but in general, there are two reasons why the laptop sockets should be fed from the batteries, through an inverter. Firstly, the 415 V ac from the power car is notoriously dirty, because it's a straight feed from the...

Ignorance is bliss. :roll:

On vehicles with modern passenger socket installations (so, either new trains or refurbs where sockets are added), there's usually an inverter to provide "clean" 240 V ac, and it's usually sized to be able to accommodate all the sockets used at the same time, with a 100 W load (i.e. a laptop and...

The big risk in wishing IEP into an early grave is that we'll end up with NO new trains. Passenger numbers are stagnant.... Public coffers are bare.... A whole load of Irish Mk IIIs are available, can easily be made TSI-PRM compliant and could be put of modern 125 mph bogies...

I think you could underpin the system with something akin to the existing Settlement Plan and ORCATS, though it would probably need some tweaking to work properly with this new model. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- You're right, of course, but I suspect there are some patches...

Actually, there is some merit in this, if it were done properly. The key, in my (admittedly radical) opinion is to regard the operators as marketing and customer service companies, migrating the interface between combined infrastructure and train provider from the rail/wheel to the interior of...

Whilst travelling north on the WCML last week, I noticed that south of Preston, just before the Ribble bridges on the down side of the railway, there seems to be an area of ex-railway land. looking at this on Google Earth, it appears to be an array of disused sidings. Does anybody know what...

As a regular user of this route, running any train non-stop at full potential line speed from end to end is nothing short of a miracle! Trust me, this is more a case of really careful route planning and good luck than exceptional train performance. I too would like to see 86401 and a rake...

Britain's only CURRENT train builder. By the time this order is awarded, Derby may have been closed by Bombardier and Newton Aycliffe plus one other may be open. This order won't be placed this side of the next General Election. Wonder why they didn't think of that when they specified...

DB has announced that it will now no begin operating ICE trains through the Channel Tunnel until 2013 (just in case you're in Germany or Holland and planning on travelling to The Olympics in 2012 by rail, you'd better get your flight booked!), according to RTM HERE. There's lots of info in...