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Quite so, but: Only 1 train a day stops at the short platform stations, the others are all long enough. The 755s have SDO I think anyway. 12 coach charter trains stop at all of the stations where the normal service stops, except for the tiny 1 train a day stations, overhanging level crossings...

:( and I guess they won't do anything sensible like put a double set on.

Getting the train with family to this on Saturday. Annoying I've since discovered Greater Anglia offer bundled air show and rail fare tickets that work out cheaper than the air show tickets alone for 2 adults. Buying show and rail tickets separately for 4 adults and 2 kids is 50% more expensive...

It's just a one off?

I see. Would it not be more cost effective to base a shunter there to drag it in from the station? Even if that's not viable, I don't see how running round at Lincoln can waste more time than trundling 40 minutes north to do it there and trundle back? Yes it would occupy a platform but Lincoln...

Daft question, but why does it go through Lincoln, reverse at Barnetby, come back to Lincoln and reverse again? Why not just run straight into the sidings? What service passes it at Newark Castle? Does something run wrong line to overtake it?

You can get high mileage 3s for that now. Based on my own experience I'd have little qualms buying one, subject to sensible checks. Indeed. I've always regarded myself as pro cash and cheque. But at some point in the past 10 years my spending has gone from 50% cash to basically nothing*. Only...

Ah, turns out it's not actually fairly simple. Outside of the Tesla ecosystem it requires digitally signed certificates and encryption. And that has to link charger to car to owner/person responsible for laying and their account on the car company's or some other platform. Naturally it takes...

What would be the point in that? That's just absolute drudgery "work" for someone and am activity that adds no value. But it's likely the shop/cafe/bogs will still survive as that provides a useful function. You really ought not to be driving on that case. Nah. Stupid idea, "someone" ie car...

My mum is up for it. It's my dad who's a stick in the mud. Though apparently he is coming round to the idea.

The freight derailment at Ely went done distance too and ended up causing the route via Soham being closed for a long time as a bridge had to be rebuilt.

:rolleyes: Much less likely (like 80 times less likely) than an ICE vehicle. Spaces near the building are usually reserved for disabled, parent and child etc. you need somewhere for the electrical cabinet and you want to minimise cable runs for cost reasons.

And you wouldn't ever charge a Tesla at a non Tesla DC charger unless you're really desperate. £0.79/kWh is not the right price for comparison, they range from £0.20-£0.45 depending upon location and time of day.

Plus no servicing and virtually no maintenance.

When I preheat and defrost my Tesla in the middle of winter it will pull 7kW when plugged in, but that drops to about 1.5-2kW after not very long. When driving waste heat from the motors etc is scavenged and used for cabin and battery heating, with the heat pump doing the rest.

They are selectively using the most expensive public charging they can find. Even away from home a lot I never pay the 90p/kWh these guys base it on. So not exactly lying, but cherry picking. They also conveniently ignore the basically zero servicing costs So what? Modern cars weigh more than...

No, it does not. The compressive force comes from longitudinal expansion and that is the same regardless of cross-sectional area.

No. But they are much less imperfect than inefficient ICE spewing carcinogenic combustion products into the air we breathe. Total piffle. ICE is many times more expensive to run, and awful to drive compared to electric. Hyperbolic nonsense is not helping your argument. Have you actually...

Indeed, tyres on my Tesla (and I have a heavy right foot) last over 50,000 miles. Tesla model 3 weighs less than a BMW 3 series. Maybe. But that's all about suspension set up and can afflict ICE cars. On fact EVs with the battery in the floor tend not to roll. So what? So long as the range is...

No. Correct. Is it easier to buckle a thing section or a thick section, The thin section obviously. The buckling force applied is determined by the longitudinal expansion, which is the same at a given temperature for both thin and thick sections..