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Hello. Anyone knows the dimensions of the DART's class 8100? I can't find any diagrams online. :)

Thanks for the news!

Where are the 88s?

That's only the case if the new trains will be Capitalstars which they probably won't be.

Oh, for **** sake.... Can we at least try the CAFs and Hitachis? At least please make these trains be Aventras.

Well, the dimensions of the train are on wiki. So width wise you will need to chop about 7-10cm from the platform edges and about half a metre from the tunnels. Practically it would seem only the height is the problem. Anything that runs on the continent pretty much except the widest wagons...

There is no reason why the freight trains to Barking are not hauled using some other countries locomotives except that DB are using 92s at the moment. Indeed there were trials with both Prima 2 and Vectron through the tunnel. French BB22000 were used before class 92s. Sooner or later we'll see...

Wonder what locos we'll get. Do Eurotunnel have extra class 9s?

If there are more people killed it is because their rail tracks are not always segregated with some hoardings. The yellow panel is useless nowadays imo.

When occasionally mention all renovation/rebuild work by NR should be done to GB gauge I get told how this is impossible and expensive/never gonna happen. At the same time money is being spent on regauge programs... People really need to experience more proper size trains before promoting CCs...

While probably all of you have already seen the tram-train design, I'll still post the pics here just in case. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwmbwls/9138053086/sizes/o/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwmbwls/15406737757/sizes/o/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/alcoalbe/16086486852/sizes/l

That's a good question. I suppose the idea is that those platforms can be used by "legacy" stock from other lines that does not have boarding platforms.

Yes, brilliant. Lets make new trains to yet another different standard. :) Completely useless for anything outside HS2. That's your ad hoc rationalization to the reduced capacity? You have no idea what you are talking about. Do you make a difference between a high platform and a high...

Newsflash : there is no such thing as a captive train that fits the UK platforms. Here is something extra - double decker trains won't fit either because protruding platform don't leave enough space for seats at lower deck. So basically the suggestion is to build a brand new line against the...

I really hope you are correct.

Wait a second here. Are we looking at spending money for a classic gauged HS network that is not even compatible with the rest of the HS lines? You have to be kidding me.

This mock-up looks nothing like the renders. Our locos could end up differently as well.

We'd have the oldest fleet of electrics in western Europe if it wasn't for DRS. I'd rather see more electrodiesels than 90s overhaul. Surely a machine that can do last mile shunting off the wires is much more useful for replacing diesel traction. And we might yet see a TRAXX on MML....

I suspect we should be seeing some development on the 88s soon.