Recent content by racyrich

Glad I saw this. Both my usual train in and my usual train home are binned. Both really busy trains. This won't be nice. https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/media-centre/latest-news/hot-weather-wednesday-12-and-thursday-13-august/

Service down the pan again this evening. 20 mph speed restriction all the way from Fen St to Campbell Rd junction in both directions, so 5+ min delays. Which sounds trivial but seemed to cause chaos. No actual explanation why but presumably 1949 OHLE related.

Barking South Tottenham Cannonbury Historically Finsbury Park I'd make an argument for Leicester And historically Wellingborough

I have some questions re how the ladder of crossovers at Bedford South Junction works. When a train is signalled across a ladder of crossovers, such as the move from Up Slow to Up Fast, when do the crossovers clear ready for another train movement? Does the train have to get all the way past...

Pretty much every junction along the LTS line, the now main line was once a branch off the original route. Limehouse, Gas Factory Junction, East Ham/Little Ilford, Barking and Pitsea.

Well, you can see that Canary Wharf tower from the c2c train from East Horndon. About 22 miles away. Next time you're up there, look east!

Originally the Metropolitan Line's Paddington station was called Bishops Road. There must be loads of High/Low Levels: Willesden, Highgate Road, Bishopsgate. The c2c social media team steadfastedly call West Ham 'West Ham High Level'

I'd have thought the main reason for a doubling of leasing costs is the increase in interest rates over the last 5 years. Which is mostly down to the the government rushing to spend £400bn of borrowed money on covid measures.

I'll hazard a guess that the 50G Folly Lane is the now disused sand sidings east of Marks Tey on the up side, next to the A12, and 50% refers to the grade of sand. I googled Folly Lane and got an ORR spreadsheet and a Network Rail spreadsheet of the aforementioned Stanox codes. Though only the...

Sounds horribly complicated. Peaks have their buffers, drawbar and connections all on the front of the bogie. Everything would have to be redesigned.

Having watched the ascent on Youtube, the 47 on the rear was pushing hard.

This sounds like Mile End (Devonshire Street) goods yard. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/g/globe_road/index.shtml

I'm reminded of this loco rescue. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=770439052982985&id=161421647218065&set=a.770438752983015

You can't have a gantry that gets knocked over onto a car, motorbike, cyclist, whatever coming the other way. Plus you now have a knocked-over gantry to get off the road. Which probably takes longer than checking a bridge takes.

Someone upthread mentioned how 'mundane' shuttling up and down the same line day in, day out could cause loss of concentration. Very true. But this trip was far from mundane. This was a down train routed onto the up main on leaving Stratford and then stopping on a fenced off platform at...