Recent content by pj334

My apologies for misreading the situation, most of my observations have been during evenings, I had not seen any from the south.

There was mention in the MML Electrification thread about the possible future 4 tracking of the MML between Leicester station and Wigston Junctions. I have not been able to find any detail about what is being planned, but I have been giving some thought to the implications. Way back, this route...

Perhaps passengers were made of tougher stuff in 1865 when this breach occured, a gentle walk sets you up nicely for your lunch ...

As Kingspanner said, coal power is in deep decline and will soon be no more. The bad news is that it is being replaced by gas fired combined cycle turbine generators (CCGT), which of course is a fossil fuel. These are typically being used to provide up to 50% of the total electrical demand. They...

Reading the Ofgem report into the national power outages that occurred on August 9th (https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2019/08/incident_report_lfdd_-_summary_-_final.pdf, what I found surprising was that there was a knock-on affect on local small scale generation. Hornsea One offshore...

That would be excellent ... Instead of mesh though, install a single wire catenary along all the roads, you could get NR (Network Road) to install it (eventually) :lol: