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... but only if the 3rd rail can be re-energised, which I doubt will happen for a long time yet. Rescue loco needed!

That will be why Octopus have a "Power down" session this evening then... i.e. get a token reward!

Well, he does have a history of admiring and sucking up to dictators...

or when a branch is worked on "one engine in steam" system, or when a token is issued for the branch. Is this (or the electronic equivalent) how Windermere works? and (possibly even before track circuits) treadles on the track which fed back to mechanical signal box interlockings, I think.

Exactly - and what has been explained upthread, if people bothered to read the properly-informed comments. "Jumping in" might seem quick and easy, but a few second's thought shows that it will be a significant weight and not necessarily easy to handle either.

probably true, but "the past is a different country..." I have (almost) come to accept it!

which was my reaction too... let's hope they don't try to hang a block and tackle from the OLE...

you can't blame them for that! (From what we have been seeing recently, it's worrying that an "overheated" line can seem to be straight to a driver, but the vibration from the train might cause it to move and derail the rear of a train. Just speculation on my part of course...)

"Stopped out of course at Stafford to de-train party of nuns from Scotland over-carried from Crewe!" Which is allegedly a genuine control log entry quoted at a friend's funeral, when a very senior LMR man living at Stafford realised that his Burns Night party was missing the essential...

Looking at the astonishing length of that menu it must have been a really big establishment, so presumably it was serving several different dining rooms? This was for the Officers and senior managers, there might have been another (with a shorter list?) for salaried staff and another again for...

the signal stuff in post #8 tends to back it up...

I wouldn't fancy a bumpy ride in the back carriage, thank you... but I suppose out in the Fens one takes what is on offer!

And what do we think of the people taking a high-level overview, who say that we need to put all our economies onto a war-footing (e.g. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59115203) if we are going to have any effect? I'm with them, and think that the Treasury needs to be made subservient to the...

so the lower sun will bounce off horizontal train and bus roofs, but it is worse for penetrating vertical windows and heating up external walls...

Not everywhere, obviously, but a planned application of this investment could make the railway a lot more resilient and a more attractive option year-round. It's not just about ambient (air) temperatures, some places will be worse for solar gain than others. This could help minimise the amount...

and you think that the costs of doing nothing won't be higher than decarbonising? Lots of savings to be had through better health alone - directly from reduced pollution and indirectly from fitter people if they can be tempted on to active transport. Look at the costs of this year's fires too...

It's a pity that the 0800 EUS - Holyhead is terminating at Crewe today then "due to an issue with the train crew (TG)" The N Wales coast has been suffering badly from cancellations recently.

That's good to hear, let's hope that there is an industry-wide user group, with attendance by any contracted-out maintainers too.

see post #58...

I suspect that a lot of the present problems could be dealt with by putting a task force onto cleaning heat exchangers, especially the "cooling air" inlet sides. If heat pumps can extract enough warmth for houses in mid-winter, then a properly-maintained cooling system should keep trains...