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OK fair enough, the reason I posted this thread in the first place is to find out some more information, so thank you again to everybody that has responded and also Wikipedia is not 100% accurate!

Thank you for your responce and the information above, this was one heck of a changeover to say the least. I have found memories of riding the Class 306 from Liverpool Street to Stratford, there used to be a neutral section just east of Bethnal Green and if you was in the middle car travelling...

I know it was a long time ago and before my time I might add but does anybody know how the Shenfield Metro service was maintained when the Class 306 EMU's were converted from 1500V DC to 6.25/25KV AC. The changeover from DC to AC was over a weekend in November 1960, I think 5-6th, so were the...

I remember this saga very well, I could not help but laugh when I saw this yesterday, this is a classic case of getting away with something and then it comes back to bit you. At the time the locals even suggested installing 3rd Rail Electrification for just going under the bridge. There were...

I was looking at the London Bus finder today for Route 23 and I was surprised to see that OE34038 was in use today for the first time, I was under the impression that only 37 new Optare MetroDecker EVs were required for Routes 23 and C3, any ideas anybody? At present I have not seen OE34034/6-7...

A Cab Ride from Manchester Oxford Road to York via Manchester Victoria has been posted on YouTube on 04/01/21, the Cab Ride is from May 2020. Manchester Oxford Road to York - YouTube

Thanks for the info.

1603705500 Thanks you for your reply, I did go past the old Canton TMD around two years ago and I did notice that there was some sort of electrical sub/feeder station installed there, I guess this is the western limit, if you stand on Cardiff Central station looking west the wires do seem to go...

Can someone please tell me where the current western limit is of the electrification on the South Wales main line, I very rarely travel west of Cardiff Central Station, thanks in advance.

Obviously not the ideal outcome but common sense has gone out of the window here I feel, if there were more "Listed Bridges" like the one at Steventon along the route which cannot be modified or knocked down then the same thing would have happen again, it would have made the trains slower with...

Looks like those nice people in Steventon won in the end, so we have trains that can do at least 125 MPH but have to slow down to 110 MPH to go under a bridge. https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/bridge-in-oxfordshire-to-remain-in-place-following-state-of-the-art-testing,

Absolutely, as well as Reading-Basingstoke and the Thames Valley Branches to say the least. I know it not proper to this thread but I was very impressed with the performance of the Class 800, the acceleration on electric is very good and not too shabby on diesel either, but a downside on this...

I did a return trip from London to Cardiff yesterday, so here is my update:-All wiring is complete from the current limit of electrification at Bristol Parkway to Seven Tunnel Junction, from here there is only a few support arms and a few wire runs outstanding all the way up to about half a mile...

There is a meeting next Wednesday 1st August about the demolition of Steventon Railway Bridge, quote from The Steventon Oxfordshire Village Web:- The application to demolish the bridge is now to be considered by the VWHDC planning committee on Wednesday 1st August The latest conclusion that I...

No I do not work for Network Rail or design signalling layouts etc, the point I am trying to make is that the points and track work at western end of Cardiff station has been left untouched, there are many diamond crossings for example, now that there is bi-directional running through the...

The trackwork at western end of Cardiff Station is basically unchanged from what I can see from the recent re-signalling, the reason that they needed so many points and crossings is that is was not bi-directional, now it is, it needs a good simplification, I am sure most of them are not needed...

I did a return trip from London Paddington to Bridgend yesterday and I will give an update here but no where near as good as 59CosG95 Apart from a few tiding up bits around Swindon Station, i.e. from temporary to permanent fixings for the contact wire I recon all the wiring is done more or less...

I did a return trip from London Paddington to Swindon today so here is an update:- As reported elsewhere about a month ago I would like to confirm that the last unwired platform at Paddington, which is platform 2, is now wired, at last! It was pitch black when I returned so I could only see the...

We have electric test trains now running, great news, I went past Harringay on the East Coast Main Line last weekend and the curve to the GOBLIN line is now wired.