Recent content by paulclass43

Your assuming that the Class 68 is going to be the only BO-BO design to come about in the next decade? 20-30 years nah the industry won't wait around for them. If they do they'll lose hard earned business to road hauliers. It's not the Class 68 itself that is going to drive change, it will be...

Yeah I can see where "Turtle" comes from. I call them "Milkfloats" because of their sound. That CAT engine is pretty quiet and I'm assuming what I hear is the AC traction motor, and to me they sound jump like a Milkfloat. I've only ever heard one in the flesh and it made the sound. If you watch...

Alright don't get ya knick kicks in a twist. And you expect a route upgrade? That's highly unlikely. And while I'm sure the extra power would be good on gradients. It isn't going to make up for a 35mph shortfall.

No? Now what have SERCO decided to do? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugger, just read in the "Scotsman" that the 67's will be kept on untill the 73's are ready. Well there goes my...

I see 60's knackered for a modern railway where we need faster locos. 60's only 60mph. As has been said i'll probably evoke some controversy there. Plus as I said when I'm on a downer nobody is right but me. If it wasn't for the 60's lower top speed, Id totally agree they could go for years...

True. However, my limit of 2021 assumes the likely scenario of Class 222's been transferred to Scotrail as a more suitable replacement for the HST once the wires go up north of Bedford. Not the engines that will hold them back, its structural problems due to corrosion. They're already seeing...

92's are indeed TDM fitted. (Source, Engineering the Channel Tunnel, page 184). Class 67's are been withdrawn from Caledonian Sleeper from 1 April been replaced with GBRF Class 47's been subleased from Harry Needle and Riviera until the 73's are ready to enter traffic. I.E. when they get...

Haha. Doesn't surprise me lol. Midnight Teal does sound like a wool colour my Granny Mary knitted with.

I thought that when I saw 86101 in the new livery. Serco officially call the colour "Midnight Teal".

The combined franchise sounds like a good idea. Lets see if they can find someone better than NatEx to run it. Someone who isnt going to spit their dummy out and hand the keys back if things don't go their way. Would there actually be any advantage other then a capacity boost from using 222's...

I take a locomotive at its at rail horsepower, the horsepower than it can actually use. As you'll know already a hell of a lot of power is lost between the engine and the rail. Thermal inefficiency is the biggest killer of horsepower. Then theres electrical resistance, mechanical friction...

Actually Ive since had a phone call from GBRF to tell me they had already considered using powercars. However it was deemed cost prohibitive to regear them and fit buffers. So im not crazy aftel all (I knew I wasnt ive been tested). Validation for weird ideas is a welcome thing, even is it doent...

Unfortunately this issue has already been resolved. Vossloh have already said that in order to fit a compliant engine (which CAT expects to have within a year), would require a full redesign internally and externally in order to fit the new filter equipment. It's been deemed cost prohibitive to...

A more accurate measurements of haulage capacity is tractive effort. Tractive effort is the sum of many aspects of a locomotive. Motor Torque, Hp, Weight on drivers, wheel arrangement, transmission efficiency, gearing, and a few other aspects too. HP at rail is more a measure at the speed a...

For got sake don't stop at Cottingham. It's only a suburb of Hull and the new service brilliant though it is is already slower then most connection services. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- You'll be happy to know that the services are up on real-time trains now. :)