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TfW quote the 197s as follows I assume the 196s are very similar: Train length 2-car: 48.05 m (157 ft 8 in) 3-car: 71.40 m (234 ft 3 in) Car length DM cars: 24.03 m (78 ft 10 in) MSL cars: 23.35 m (76 ft 7 in)

Here is the relevant standard in PRM TSI 2015

Looking at a drone video of the area back in May both EWR and HS2 routes at Calvert are a moonscape. HS2 are bringing aggerate from the railhead near the Greatmoor Efw and are busy building the EWR over HS2 bridge. Here is the video on Youtube

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TfW don't run hourly. They run every two hours but it is only four trains a day. 9, 11, 13 and 15 hrs off Birmingham Int.

Although that is a concern HVO can be made from waste oils including tallow i.e. animal fat and can also be produced from algae via the same or allied methods. There does seem to be a boom in it at the moment due to the changes in 'red' diesel excise duty for off road plant.

I think the BoE should have raised intrest rates by 0.75 yesterday the markets had been expecting it but the BoE seemed too slow again.

Yes first 'stop' on the freight only line from Walsall to Water Orton/Castle Bromwich. Along term aim of TfWM/Midlands connect to electrify it and reopen a number of stations. Stymied by the lack of capacity between/at New Street and Water Orton. Disused Stations - Aldridge

Shrewsbury for the first 50 years didn't have a subway. The station was extended downwards by digging out the basement/forecourt in 1901. Also around this time the platforms were extended over extensions to the Severn bridge and until the 1960s there was a footbridge at the south end.

Apart from the height of the floor in the driving cars all the 80x are the same you can fit a generating set to any of them.

How many banks have gone bust since Cadbury's reintroduced Wispa bars in 2008?

Was he treated badly in New York and Toronto?

Update from Shropshire, interim council funding extended until possible award of government funding. https://newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk/2022/09/council-support-to-save-under-threat-bus-services/

The flirts are basically an EMU with a generator car inserted between the cars.

Moderator note: split from https://railforums.co.uk/threads/ex-lner-and-grand-central-mark-4-sets-for-tfw.182406/ A couple of points, firstly their introduction isn't punctual as with all the stock TfW is introducing it has been delayed and SDO is still to be fitted throughout, secondly is the...

They might buy a Land Rover, Bentley or Aston Martin. And I'm fully aware they are all foreign owned but they employ many people in Crewe, Solihull, Halewood, and Gaydon.

It does after a 6 mile journey around and virtually into the town centre by multiple 32 tonne tipper trucks from the quarry.

To keep the cost of the diesel 195s as low as possible the onboard electrical systems use 24v i.e. the same as trucks and buses. 331s use 110v which is easier to derive if your starting with 25kV rather than an alternator.

Platform 2 for the 13.25 Northen service to Manchester Bow Wow calling at Donkey!

The Network Rail TNDS is a complete wish list. It isn't definitive in any way. NR even contradict themselves if you compare the TNDS with the Regional Traction Decarbonisation Strategies. It is also not surprising, see GWEP and the IEPs, that the infrastructure provider wants to palm off...