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Could have just copied the LNER livery because it already exists and it looks fine and it's England flag coloured without having annoyed anyone so far.

For a 'single large nail' solution to government targets - you could double current freight tonne-km using a 100,000 tonne train going round and round a 5 mile long circular track at 25mph for roughly half of the year. Put it somewhere flat and unpopulated. Electrify the line and run when power...

Why would a broke railway funded by a broke government have built a tunnel from OOC to Northolt?

I quite like the current arrangement. The tickets are usually free after delay repay and it's easy to make plans because the delays are so predictable. I can imagine it would be frustrating for a regular commuter though.

Birmingham to Manchester is the most no-brainer candidate for electrification. The UK's 2nd and 3rd largest cities, with a string of large towns/cities between them. Unpleasantly crowded diesel trains. Constant discussion about the need to increase capacity. Oh, and someone seems to have fitted...

Is there a long-term future for DRS under the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority? AGR defuelling should be complete by the mid 2030s assuming no further life-extension, and all future reactors will use interim dry storage on site. The need for transport to a central disposal facility is many...

Well... It's nice to see we have some spare capacity, at least on an otherwise uneventful Sunday. Hopefully they learn from this. Perhaps worth reviewing the risks and benefits of operating these rather bulky vehicles on platforms. Paddington always seems to have a lot of them squeezing through...

The cart is apparently called Robert, if that is of any use...

A few simple things - paint the rails white, increase the stress-free temperature (winter minimums are up too), get better at cutting back flammable vegetation. Develop a hot weather timetable and try to announce it a couple of days in advance so people can make plans. Trying to run the best...

There's a large disused site near Totteridge and Whetstone that used to be a railway horse hospital. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/northern-line-upgrade-could-bring-a-new-train-depot-to-a-former-horse-hospital-86396/

How about building a new station in Birmingham with seven 400m long platforms for... 4tph?

Remember Crossrail 2 is/was planned to have a station at Tottenham court road, and would provide an express service relieving the Victoria line between Victoria and Euston/St Pancras and on to Tottenham Hale.

Sounds like you're noticing the difference between traditional 25kV OHLE and the newer 2x25kV autotransformer system. With 2x25kV there's a negative feeder out of phase with the catenary so power is transmitted at 50kV. Booster transformers aren't needed.

Building a 1.5 mile cut and cover tunnel through a disused airfield/industrial estate is an astonishing way to use public money. How did this happen?

HS2, so we can run slower trains with more slack in the timetable on existing lines and keep the fast, long distance trains running on infrastructure that can handle it. It should cost less, but it's the infrastructure we need (also for flooding etc.)