Recent content by RobDonkey

Don't let any Class 46s near it!

You'd be better of celebrating the winter solstice. Pagans woz 'ere first!

I wonder if this was a bet within the Harrogate Chamber of Commerce. "£20 says you wouldn't tell the BBC there might be tube stock in Harrogate." "You're on."

Well that's one less problem they'd have to overcome if they were really stupid enough to go ahead with this proposal. I'd rather they just reinstated twin track between Knaresborough/Cattal and Hammerton/Poppleton and ran a half-hourly service to York. That'd deal with some of the...

I used to get that service to school every day before they pulled it. I remember they had 37405 running on it as well. There is one problem with gaps in the live rail though. Starbeck and Knaresborough stations are on level crossings. Would a train be able to gather enough momentum to coast...

I never go south of London or to Merseyside so I wouldn't know. :P For all I know it could be a sea of bridges.

One thing that has just occurred to me is that the line has a fair few level crossings. Are they safe for third rail? I'm sure somebody would stand on it.

Well you never know with this lot.

I live in Harrogate so I was amazed to see this had actually been proposed. I had a long discussion about this with a Knaresborough resident and the list of problems we managed to come up with was rediculous. It strikes me as an idea somebody threw onto the table at a meeting and somebody...