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Took a trip to Limekilns and Charlestown in Fife this morning.

Heading into Glasgow Central yesterday afternoon and passed a Pendolino between Mount Florida and Crosshill. Was there a problem with the main line? Odd to see such a big train passing through the tight cuttings in that area.

Going slightly off topic, in the absence of a rolling stock order is it reasonable to assume that Scotrail have sufficient slack in their EMU fleet to run Barrhead when electrification is complete?

I was passing the red brick bridges over Eastwoodmains Road at Williamwood station and noticed that the disused one has a DfT reference number painted in it. Do they carry responsibility for some structures in Scotland?

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/east-kilbride-barrhead-electrification-updates.205349/ The Scottish government have announced this one several times now leaving confusion as to its status. As final plans have not yet been released, I suspect there will be...

At the mouth of Lochleven near Ballachulish. Pity it’s not a more fitting structure.

The issue of route clearance seems to come up regularly on the forum. Is there a multiple unit that could provide a passenger service to every station on the network? My thought is the Class 156 but I’m far from knowledgeable enough to be certain. At 23m x 2 it’s probably too long for some places.

Found this quite interesting. No idea how accurate it is but before people latch onto the Isle of Arran, it's by local authority! https://twitter.com/davidottewell/status/1080496749649842180?s=21

According to the Barrhead News four more Class 156 DMUS are to be allocated to these routes from May. The officials quoted also mention further planned improvements on the routes - electrification...