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I see the proposed Chesterton station is back in the news. I believe though this will just cause a bottle neck for XC. Would be good if the platforms will be added with extra track and leave the main to the fast traffic....

I thought they were going to name a unit Fred House?

I have took 158 and 170 in Platform 1&3 but only if the unit is a double due to Signal sighting. We shut the engines down on arrival. No Voyagers because of platform length.

I just hope we get improved track layout into platform 7-8 and not 15mph under Mill Road bridge. But im not holding hopes up....

Before or after August...Judging by the ballot outcome...:wink: I think some Enthusiasts get it in there head that because the WCML or ECML are Big Trains and Big Speeds its more money.. Maybe under mileage payments in BR days. But thats against DOO. Nowadays the gaps are all over the place...

Always knew they did a fair few destinations off the HSLs but im quite amazed how many! Plus the Cherbourg - Dijon service has stopped. On the classic lines is it 200kmh max or more?

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On XC we have to do an hours overtime to see our diagram out. But most of our jobs are 9 hours plus and with 10 hours max driving hours it cannot happen unless working back to home depot. The way our roster works with committed Sundays in we quite often get 12 hours rest turn around. A lot of...

Still a pole on Welney Bridges..

Ely to Soham..

100mph is totally pointless.Way too much traffic. Too many crossings and too many stations. Understandable if four track running. I remember a short 90 stretch from Broxbourne to Neutral section at Roydon but other than that 80 is sufficient. The 379s will get the best running at higher speeds...

You are right STN commuter! I was based at Bishops Stortford in the mid 90s and i did one trip in 29mins on the Up but that was non stop. As 2359 never called at Tottenham Hale. :-D The 322s got knackered in the end. But we always had great runs.

Tottenham Flyer get your coat! There is x2 379 on 0725 arrival at Cambridge today. Passed it at Elsenham ;-)

Will any be booked to peak hour Lynns eventually?

Not entirely correct.... Its down to maintenance. I drive 170s, also did 158s and 156s in Central days... In the past couple of years XCs 170s have had a slight performance improvement as the power was not set at full to reduce maintenance costs. We often race a 158 out of Ely to Ely North and...

My money on Headspans being put far apart to save money are the Culprit. Plus it's got crossovers..

The Tallington Pikeys must think all there Christmas's come at once on all four roads! Lol

The European... Cl47 plus mixture of mostly MK2s and odd MK3. Am i right that it split at Carstairs?

170/1s not allowed to couple to other 170s at the mo... Door Control issues. This is probably why the shortage..

Indeed. Often its at a standstill and it blocks the town route to Tesco's. Elly will be hit financially with trade unless the Southern Bypass is built. Looks like its too late now. GB..? On my Leicester run this morning i thought that the one of the Road Bridges between Luffenham and Manton...