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With the intention to electrify from Haymarket to Dalmeny would there be a reasonable case for the electrification of the Dalmeny Chord to give more flexibility as a diversionary route?
Looking at the ORR's Rail Emissions 2019-20 it looks the CO2e is the total equivalent CO2 emissions in Tonnes for that fleet. So energy consumption (KWh per km) is highest for the HST but because they are a small fleet/ didn't do much running the total CO2 for that fleet/category is low. As the...
Reading the supporting information in the First Group document two of the important points seem to be reducing noise and exhaust emissions. Noise has certainly been an issue at Scarborough and emissions at in cities and stations are coming under more scrutiny now too, just look at the Chiltern...
This article from September 2020 contains a map of ROG/Orion's proposed network with Glasgow Central, Edinburgh Waverley and Grangemouth clearly shown in Scotland.
https://www.railengineer.co.uk/re-engineering-rail-freight/ (also on https://orion.railopsgroup.co.uk/)
My understanding is that...
The picture https://www.keymodernrailways.com/article/new-financing-rog in this Modern Railways article shows a Royal Mail sign on the cab so it could well be that Royal Mail are one of their customer.
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