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There are heat restrictions on the North London Line today - everything is very slow and running behind. It eventually wandered through Kensal Rise with 66799 behind around 1422 instead of 1352... Can only imagine it'd be much cooler inside the 99 cab then the 66!

Seen that one leave Dagenham with a 66 and they added a 92 at Wembley for the pull north dragging the 66.

FLIRTs I'd imagine would be more of a pain by ship given the jacobs bogies on most of the units - additional equipment needed to support the non wheeled ends and needing to be reattached properly at the other end as well. Locos simply lift on and off

The guys at the GBRf depot in Peterborough on 7th Sept said they were definitely expecting to bring a set through in the next few weeks. They had some "new" (refurbished) barrier hopper wagons they were showing off for this purpose - they have the underground couplers on one end, and they'll...

There are 4G bands in the 2100, 2300 and 2,600 frequencies (there are other bands in the 4G range I've not included.)

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5214446,-0.2311308,16.5z/data=!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu The changeover generally happens while on the move between the GWML and the Westway road. The overhead wires stop around here and do not continue to Shepherd's Bush station. I recall a while back this was due to...

701039 is out and about this afternoon. Here it is at Richmond just after 3pm

Well that certainly would make things a bit easier, but less chance of being able to test one's Russian. Did find that offline google translate worked quite well for Russian, but spend a little bit of time trying to learn Cyrillic is quite rewarding. Once you can read the Cyrillic and read it...

Probably the most interesting rail trip I did when I was I visited back in 2015 was to head out to the Air Force Museum at Monino, assuming you have an interest in aeroplanes of course. Local train that does take a while, but does give you a chance to people watch (and the vendors who come...

While not the most definitive resource, Carto Metro will give you a reasonably accurate layout of the track arrangements (in 2D) https://cartometro.com/cartes/metro-tram-london/

Would they put into place passive provision for the southern access route as part of the construction?

I admit to using the printed timetables for Overground back when I was using it a lot - but was using the PDF versions on my smartphone more often than not. I'd assume the numbers of printed timetables that were being replaced unused every six or so months would be quite wasteful given the...

I recall that Russia is the only country currently running broad track gauge high speed rail (250kph) based off widened Velaro bodied stock. The seating layout if I recall when I traveled on it last year was still the standard 2+2, and 2+1 in Business class. Certainly roomy, but not particularly...

That's pretty much the location. I'm not sure of Southern operating procedure, but Overground 378s will do it on the move at low speed. I believe the timing is still scheduled for a full stop for the changeover, but they will tend to do it on the move now unless they don't have enough momentum...

I've used active noise cancelling earphones on the Underground (and is generally noisier than standard rail) for years, works like a charm. If you have the music going, and the cancellation on, I normally cannot completely hear the announcements (my Sony equipment has a monitor button to...