Search results

I'm sure many of you are familiar with it. It's a great resource for a wide range of interesting topics so I definitely appreciate the information on there. I typically use it for the Electrification Dates and Overhead Line Neutral Section lists. However it seems to have undergone some kind of...

I recently came across this shapefile dataset from 2023 with shapefiles for various Network Rail subdivisions: Region, Route, Maintenance Delivery Unit (MDU), Track Maintenance Engineer (TME) and Track Section Manager (TSM) - each fitting within the divisional level above it, although they are...

For quite a while I've been investigating traction substations and power systems on the national network, really just cataloguing what's there since - as opposed to say signalling - it's much more of an under-reported topic. Anyway, I've found LUL and other TfL systems a lot more opaque...

Apologies if there is already a thread about this. On several weekends this month (including this one and the next) all Hull Trains services are diverting after Doncaster to run through Mexborough, Barrow Hill, Erewash Valley line and then all the way to St Pancras. I have two questions about...

I've decided it's finally time to turn my attention on Britain's densest and most complex 25kV network. As always, my quest is to find out which lines are Normally Fed by which Feeder Stations and I feel I have guessed as much as I reasonably can. My first task was to chart out all the neutral...

What I know so far is that there are 3 feeder stations: Barking, Sellinge, Singlewell. Of which, Barking is a single supply. I also think there might have been a fourth FS at St Pancras (off Corsica Street neutral section) but is no longer? I found this article from UKPN about a major renewal...

I've been looking into how the railway's 33kV AC feeders and how they are supplied by the 'Grid' power network(s) and have noticed two general formats that I'll explain in a couple diagrams. a)b) The arrangement in A (left) is by far the most common: here the railway gets one or more 33kV...

Just a quick and easy one here! What are the substations currently in use on the West Coast Main Line south of Rugby? I'm particularly interested the in locations of regular TSCs/SATS/ATSs. The feeder stations and mid-points I can kind of guess at based on easily available neutral section locations.

Seemingly throughout the BR days and up until quite recently Merseyrail was only connected to the "grid" at 3 places - Bankhall, Shore Road and Bromborough. Searching through SP Energy Networks' documents I have found reference to all 3 of those. But I've found a RailEngineer article from 2019...

I've been looking into the former LNWR 3rd rail system in North London and trying to track down the power supply arrangements. The substations I have here are from J.C. Gillham's 1987 book The Age of The Electric Train, and John Glover's 2003 Eastern Electric. This map sort of represents the...

yeah if new conductor rail was allowed this would be the best option. Would you have changover for Birmingham trains at Harrow on the Hill but Aylesbury trains remain DC until Amersham. You would probably need to invest in upgrading LUL's substations and their 22kV distribution network. As a...

I thought it might be interesting to start a discussion to keep tab on all the stretches of AT fed railway for wider reference. I'll update this initial message as people inform and correct me. Pedantry and excessive detail (especially about substations) is welcomed and encouraged as I my...

I had a look at some of the other Q&A's around that point and very disappointed to see that Peter Hendy apparently believes the unelectrified Bath and Temple Mills branches are satisfactory and that discontinuous electrification is the right answer to EWR. By contrast, I'm impressed about how...

Hello all, I've been trying to investigate the history of electrification systems on GEML, LT&S and the Lea Valley routes. I have found pretty thorough sources for how these systems started out in 1960/1961 (and for the earlier DC system) and this includes feeder stations, TSCs and neutral...

I brought the AP Class 90 and dvt pack even though I had the TS version from Steam, now I understand they're the same but I brought it as an upgrade for liveries and scenarios. However, when it comes to installing it, it just re-installs the class 321 livery pack that I also have, the same thing...

I downloaded and installed the Armstrong Powerhouse class 321 which works fine. But, the livery pack that I downloaded and installed doesn't work properly, in the game all the liveries are available except in the actual game it has 'Please download the Class 321 livery pack' etc written on the...