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CrossCountry replacing their fleet with Class 230s ;-) Now that would be a surprise !

Exactly, there has even been talk of standby tickets at prices as low as £5-10 http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/hs2-tickets-could-cost-little-6324870

As so many people have said above, the £50Bn doesn't exist for redistribution. HS2 represents a huge investment over a period of nearly two decades, the way that infrastructure projects work is that the cost of the scheme is offset by the economic benefits that that scheme delivers. For a...

I can't see how the EMT 158 loos could be compliant, so I'm not surprised they are on the list - it's a shambles that everyone's leaving modifications so close to the deadline.

They are, but to be fair, it's a tad easier making a carriage work at 125mph than a loco.

Ironically, this is how the Glasgow - Edinburgh link started out, just a chord at Carstairs, that has been drawn tighter and tighter by subsequent ministers involved.

That thought hasn't escaped me, almost a "U" shaped service from say, Manchester Piccadilly to Leeds, via Airport, Crewe, Toton, Chesterfield & Sheffield missing out Birmingham completely, end to end pointless, but otherwise completely sensible at the right price.

I work in a role in the civil engineering that requires me to think ahead in terms of decades... Typically our highway schemes look 20 years beyond the opening date, I was working on rail projects a few years ago that were looking at timescales 60 years from now... So forgive me if I'm...

Exactly my view, it's clear the Class 91s are doomed, but the Mk4s have many years left in them. There isn't enough time after the franchise renewal to start faffing with modifying Mk3s or for an order of AT300s to reach service. Plus as I've mentioned above, there's also the possibility of...

Four cars are looking increasingly busier on the evening peaks, I get the first EMT from Dore so never see the later morning peaks. Five cars would be ideal over the next few years, but that would of course mean swapping some 2 and 3 car units between TOCs which is never going to happen. If...

I'd imagine a couple of hundred miles would be possible, but that would depend on the fuel load - I'd guess that typically there would be just enough fuel onboard to cover a short journey of 50 miles at most. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- To add, a bi-mode has more than one power...

Isn't the single diesel power pack of the 801 designed for emergency diversions ? Presumably if a longer term diversion was required, like the recent WCML land slip, presumably more power packs could be installed into a 801 making it a temporary bi-mode.

The difficulty we have is that projects on existing track have a habit of getting delayed, whereas new build is easier to keep on programme. It's been suggested by other members that bi-modes on the GWML will delay electrification, I can see why it's suggested, but ultimately, wired lines is...

Some members are suggesting this, but firstly, there aren't any spare DMUs and it's not like operators haven't had over a decade to get rid of the HSTs, 2020 was set in the mid 00s I seem to recall. This depends on the spec, the Class 802s are spec'ed to run at 125mph on diesel power. The...

Hitachi bi-mode units have Diesel engines under some carriages, these are used to power motors in the bogies. So yes, the engines are effectively generators. The engines are fitted on replaceable racks to reduce train down times. Look on google and Wikipedia for Class 800 & 802. Stadler...

Electrification is planned for as far north as Sheffield, infill between Sheffield and Doncaster/Moorthorpe has been proposed too, I'm less sure of the dates on this, but the document in the OP has the following dates - New EMUs in mid 2019 for Corby - Electric trains for...

So the options are still very much open really.

Yeah I noted that Hairybear said that, has anything been officially announced ? Will this be the current franchise that does this ?

Agreed, completely, I've only ever seen them as a short term stop gap to either cascaded 390s or new EMUs, to get around the post 2020 gap. Perhaps a speculative order by a ROSCO, similar to the recent 387 fleet purchase. It's easy to say that when you are fully able bodied, when you are in...

I'd suggest that the first has saturated colour, I prefer the saturation of your image. Best suggestion would be to consider composition, the low level shot works well, gives a sense of how huge the train is, I'd also suggest you don't photograph in the direct sunlight, try shooting at dawn and...