Recent content by thecrofter

Other Video Doorbells are available. Ring (originally DoorBot) was aquired by Amazon in 2018 and has become synonomus with home video monitoring equipment. Lets not call all video doorbells RING doorbells please!

Link to the actual Network Rail Report titled "Congested Infrastructure Capacity Analysis"- some 52 pages so too big for here? https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Congested-Infrastructure-Report-Crewe-Weaver.pdf

Penwortham was considered way back in WCRM days. I was led to believe that the land necessary to accommodate two more SGT's for NR was sold off.

The work isn't being negelcted - certainly by those who own the assets. In simplistic terms, governance of Renewals & Enhancements is through Network Rail's (NR, not NwR please) Investment Regulations. Prior to the start of each Control Period (CP), Asset Managers and Enhancement teams submit...

I've only just caught up with this thread and have to say (as a long time Eye reader) AlterEgo played an absolute blinder with that statement. Bravo.

You can't screenshot the actual photo railcard - not on an iPhone anyway. You get a blank screen.

Don’t think the robot put up the bonnet strut though

Interesting that the car still appears to be locked (door mirror folded) but the bonnet is open. No sign of debris in front of the car so wonder if it was opened by the robot or manual intervention?

If an "Emergency Switch off" had been requested (and agreed by the ECR - not all are), the procedure is to drop the feeder breaker to open the section to the midpoint. This would also kill any bare feeders/ATF. Of course that's not an Isolation (with Earthing) which would be effected somewhat...

Here's a nugget from my archives. Original 1963 Euston - Manchester - Liverpool Electrification Major Switching Diagram (what we'd now call a Major Feeding Diagram). A few amendments over the years but last updated 1993 for Manchester Airport / Heald Green. Hope it's readable as it was a large...

That was indeed the source for my cryptic comment in post #169. With the advent of Solid State Interlocking (SSI), the backup Signalling Supply Transformers couldn't maintain a constant enough output for SSI with the wide variations in the OLE supply. Back in the 1990's, a trial was conducted...

As Elecman says. They were hurriedly introduced by WCRM as a Safety Case requirement before Virgin was allowed to introduce the Class 390 fleet in the 2008 VHF timetable. There were two Dampers per electrical feeding section (one for redundancy) to lessen the effects of the Pendolino generated...

Yes Acton Lane was fully converted to SMOS (structure mounted outdoor switchgear) to cover both WCML and NLL. As for other K11 sites still in use (as TSC's), mostly in the West Midlands area, which technically comes under West Coast South jurisdiction. These being: Coventry, Berkswell, Marston...

The attached extract from the Euston area feeding diagram (Normal feeding) from circa 2008 might throw some light on some of your questions above. Wood---d Close is Woodyard Close TSL. The Violet supply is Acton Lane Feeder - F2. Orange (for North Pole Depot) is from Old Oak Common No.1 Feeder...

This was the view from our Son's bedroom window during the build of TV4 at Handsacre. Now I love to see trains passing by but this monstrosity...!!