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Well, Calvert's clearly are, in both senses of the word. :D

Nope, you're right.

That's the correct spot alright!

Semi-major; signals are being repositioned in Leeds' area of control between Leeds & York. Some of the resignalling work is why some of the OLE between Church Fenton & Micklefield isn't complete yet, by the by (owing to signal sighting issues with the legacy equipment).

You can see a *massive* gravity pad foundation for an OLE structure on the left of both pictures.

Is the Lowlander normally pathed via Northampton? My guess is that it isn't, but was VAR'd in, likely due to works via Weedon which were either cancelled or finished early, thereby allowing the Lowlander to take that route.

All of which are doubtless in advance of the great Neville Hill shutdown for TRU...

If that's fed from Weaver Jn, it'll be coming off the same TNO supply point (Frodsham). I'd expect an "extension lead" to be run along track on the WCML, through WBQ and then up to the CLC tracks, if I were a betting man.

Worth mentioning on here that SFCs (Static Frequency Converters) and AT (autotransformer) feeding aren't mutually exclusive by design, as this post from LinkedIn about Rail Baltica shows...

Cables have indeed been laid between Nene & Bretton. The new Bretton has actually gone live, but the work to connect the new Nene feed to it hasn't concluded yet. For all I mentioned in my previous post, most of the Phase 1 TSCs/FSs have been replaced, with the old buildings...

AFAIK, most of the old sites in Phase 2 haven't yet been removed, along with some from Phase 1. Phase 1 (legacy buildings outstanding): Wood Green FS Welwyn 'A' FS - still feeding Langley Jn FS Little Barford FS - still feeding Nene FS - still feeding Bretton FS Tallington TSC Bytham FS...

The neutral section is at the top of the incline.

That looks like a portal OLE structure. Possibly a Mid Point Anchor (MPA) Portal.

Must be.

Weirdly enough, I've been CC'd into an email on my works account stating the structures. Both lines will be LIVE as far west as structure JW/01/15; the Up Poplar from WG/10/10, the Down Poplar from WG/10/12. This area will be controlled by Rugby ECR; the area to be controlled by Didcot seems to...

Ashington has also won the World Cup of Stations!

There are dropper wires attached to be fair; they're the little wires resting atop the strut (roughly where the strut meets the main beam), and will be used at the registration (in this case).

Precisely - MkIIIA on the KGX - Hitchin/Royston & Hertford Loop; MkIIIB at all points north.

The ECML originally had MkIIIA OLE (since upgraded to Series 2/UKMS from Kings X to Belle Isle/Copenhagen Tunnel), while the MML used MkIIIB. Parts of the MML were of course reworked when St Pancras "went international".

That's probably nature taking its course, rather than NR (or equivalent) interventions!