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OK here's my plan. Be warned: it's a bit ambitious. Take trains from Boston/Preston (and further) to the airport through Man Vic instead. Turn right at Miles Platting Junction and right again at Philips Park Junction. Build a new viaduct from the line starting at Philips Park Junction over the...

I'm not sure if I need to say it, but... Get somebody competent! Don't be messing about with it yourself!

The bridge gas been strengthened recently (I think).

Assuming that there is still room for a portal at Old Oak Common... I would dig the tunnel from OOC to the slow lines of the WCML at Queens Park, where the Howarth Timber yard currently is. Rather than 5 miles, this would be <2 miles, so the tunnelling costs would be a lot less. The up slow...

As well as being quite large for what they sell (in my opinion - others are available), there appears to be a bit of dead space between the shop and the London end of coach C. I think this was space for a trolley, but I don't know. Add to this the Train Manager's office, and I could see an extra...

As I mentioned in this post (different thread on similar subject), I think it would be much cheaper to provide facilities for a quick and easy reversal. I've just got in mind a small platform so a driver can get out of one end and walk to the other. If that platform is part of a station, then...

Firstly, I think that New Street is a lot better now than it was before the Gateway project. (I am a regular user.) Having said that, splitting the A end has caused problems for a number of people. I can see why. When getting off the train, there is a bit of a herd mentality, with everyone...

Couldn't you at least have gone with "Bailing Grayling" for the thread title? <D

I would like to see capacity. While I would prefer to see electric power, capacity is more important to me. I was unaware of the compatibility issues. Rolling stock is not my specialist subject.

Could you have Mark IV coaches (from the IC225 sets) with HST power cars (or any other diesel-powered locos)?

The Klevit end is the south end of the station (ie the end facing towards Brussels and then London). As I understand it, the Eurostar access at Amsterdam Centraal will be at the north (Amsterdam) end of the train. (As mentioned before in this thread, one half will be for passengers to London...

OK, thinking (quite literally in this case) out of the box. Provide a new underground area to the east of the station. This only needs to be long enough to feed a few carriages - not the full Eurostar length. This does come with temporary disruption to the zoo, though. Access would be from...

Are the (Brussels-bound) platforms heavily used for their full length? Even outside of the rush hour? IIRC the platforms are very long, possibly enough for a full Eurostar. Cordoning off the end of a platform, north of the (existing) escalators and lifts might be more do-able. I assume that this...

I agree that if you were going to 4-track, then it would be easier at Wigston. I was trying to avoid it altogether, but if it's still needed for freight, then your plan would be better. The P1 lengthening was based on providing a "Platform 0", for which the approach and switch would eat into...

4-tracking seems to be relatively easy (read: cheap) in this case, but I would keep the East/West trains on the west of the station. This would remove the need for a flyover south of the station. There would be fewer trains north of the station, so grade separation would be less needed then...

That last bit was more aimed at other people than you. Regarding dark-running, most (if not all) day shifts will see that in winter, when it's dark at 17:00. I didn't say that any shift should have only new people on it, but that some shifts (eg weekends) might end up with more newbies than...

I currently work in civil engineering, mainly (but not all) railway based. I acknowledge that I don't have to square all these circles! Many moons ago, I worked for a TOC (on board catering). I was assigned shifts. I was part of a new cohort of part timers specifically brought on to cover...

So increase the mechanisms. Make it easier. Do away with rosters where you work earlies for one week and lates for the next one (killing the possibility of arranging childcare). If you need to do earlies (or lates) to fit in with other commitments, then do that every week. Get some people in to...

I'm talking about the reverse of that: create sets/classes of duties that stand a chance of fitting around the needs of parents/caregivers, and then advertise/recruit. You might want to tell that to Mr Whelan (ASLEF General Secretary). This was his call to arms.

I suppose for me it's the difference between "predominantly" and "almost exclusively". I can understand the first, but might take issue with the second. I would hope that employers are already doing your first point. The second and third points are what I was getting at. (Tangent alert) I...