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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Rail Freight Flows and News UK.as the post says 'and then road' so it'd be presumably via M5 and M4.
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread What I think is wrong with current OHLE electrification practice.Wembley Yard certainly uses very simple OLE for the actual sidings. And IIRC The OLE from Wolves to Oxley Depot is not mainline spec, as...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread 4 track railway: line pairings discussion.Crewe is also an example of this (by Direction North of the Station, by use South of the station), and Slade Lane Jn in Manchester (by...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Proposed new Channel Tunnel services discussion.Presumably they'll need to adjust that to meet the PRM TSI (Persons with Disability and reduced Mobility Technical Specification for...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Closure of Bransty Tunnel (near Whitehaven) expected until further notice.The viaduct was on the section they tried to retain, so clear wasn't felt to be impossible. Well it was realistic enough to petition...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread 4 track railway: line pairings discussion.Very encouraging to hear, especially the last paragraph!
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Closure of Bransty Tunnel (near Whitehaven) expected until further notice.Depends what caused it and why. If the tunnel is going to continue collapsing, then it will be very difficult to rectify. See...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread What I think is wrong with current OHLE electrification practice.Normally changes to Standards explicitly exempt projects already underway, unless there is a clear reason not to. Interesting that this...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Do routes need special certification to allow steam hauled railtours?.No worries, it's been quite a while since I was involved with steam but I expect the clearance process won't have changed much.
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Varamis Rail Class 321s & 325s”.Having had the opportunity to flick through BPlan, I suspect that there's a data error with the Timing Load that is causing RTT to...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Varamis Rail Class 321s & 325s”.Were the Class 325 paths really timed as a loco not a EMU? Or is this another weird data error from interpreting the Bplan timing load?
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread The Platform Train Interface (PTI).Door LEDs going Red are already used to indicate faults, aren't they? The door lights only lighting up when active is reasonably clear...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Do routes need special certification to allow steam hauled railtours?.It's the other way round - Steam Locos are cleared for specific routes, rather than routes being cleared for Steam. This is because...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Balcombe Station Accident 1985.The quality of Rocks Lane would be one - the village end in particular is extremely steep. Also, in L&BR days London Road was...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread How do chargeable drop off areas work legally?.This seems a rather time-consuming "solution".