Recent content by paulb1973

Speaking of Coventry - I recall many moons ago a 'Birmingham Pullman' service non-stopping in the morning (possibly a return working in the evening). Those relatively short-lived Wrexham services using the Chiltern route - were they non-stop through Coventry? In the current time; just WCML...

Height seems to be linked to the width of track/s to be crossed, which I suppose isn't a great surprise - they are almost pylons! But I did see on my trip, and mentioned here, some huge structures, which makes the 1960's OHLE on the WCML (even with multi-track sections at places such as Wembley...

Using the train in Munich (the city centre to the Airport plus a few other journeys) and Dusseldorf (city centre to Leverkusen and Monchengladbach and back) it was possible to view the OHLE - some absolutely enormous headspans there. By that I mean very tall & 'thick' stanchions and huge...

Yes, some of the masts look 'newly' installed - presumably as replacements for older ones. Some of the heavy 1960s masts in the yard are almost black with dirt, I assume due to not seeing a paint brush and possibly due to air pollution in the area (the M6 motorway is close by). With the masts...

Looking at that Flickr (drone view) picture - some areas have been de-wired seemingly (although the masts that carried the wires remain). Is there a plan to 're-electrify' some previously wired sections, or is it nothing like that. Will be interesting to see what happens in the future.

The next challenge is to find pictures of electric locomotives (I assume EMU movements on this line were rare to probably none at all) on this particular line. I'm having trouble finding any images of electric movements on the Rugby - Rugby DED - Clifton Mill and return line (through the golf...

'Coventry East' would be 5 mins walk from home for me - is there sufficient land for that to be built? I presume the name Binley & Willenhall (or Willenhall & Binley) is not going to be used.

In broadly the same area - wasn't there a wired 'siding' close to Proof House Junction (but on a lower level for the RM depot). Possibly de-electrified around 1990. 1708289995 I have a Crewe related book somewhere at home; that shows a picture of that line (I think it closed circa 1984) so the...

Some sidings in the Nuneaton area. The Rugby to Clifton Mill (and return single-line loop across the viaduct) line has been mentioned - but I assume the old DED has been de-wired, in the main, too. It seems there has been some thinning of the 'wirescape' in the Blisworth area. Has a short...

I did the Air Fete many times but only once by rail; staying with relatives in London - walk to Wanstead tube, Underground from there to Kings Cross/St Pancras, train to from KX to Ely, then a connecting bus to RAF Mildenhall itself. And the reverse of the above to get back. It was a long, hot...

I'm off to the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford over several days in July - driving there admittedly. I assume Swindon (or Kemble?!) is the nearest station.

Mention was made of Rugby on page 2 - was there not a 'run round' line (if not an avoiding line) here between 1964 and circa 1970. Part of the Rugby to Market Harborough line, two running lines between Rugby and Clifton Mill, in an up-side-down heart shape, existed. Electrified in both...

Suppose Nuneaton's platforms 6 & 7 fit the bill - they are on the site of sidings/goods lines.

Possibly tit-for-tat after Stagecoach launched a Coventry city centre to University of Warwick service to compete with NXC's 12X fast service to that Uni. There have been rumours that the National Express 11 (Coventry - Leamington Spa via Kenilworth) may be extended even further into Stagecoach...

There is this (well) hidden 'gem' in Coventry coming in from Rugby, built as part of the London to Birmingham railway in 1838: :The seven-arched Sowe Viaduct