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There are 2 main reasons ballast regulators are used to clear ballast from sleeper tops & ends. During track renewals, they are used to clear those areas & as part of that the rail fastening areas so that either clipping machinery or staff can easily access rail fastenings to undo & then...

Seems to be some misconceptions here regarding ballast & tamping within this thread New ballast dropped does not always require tamping. It may be dropped as there is a lack of sufficient ballast within that area, so is dropped to correct the lack in that area. Tamping is not a consequence of...

Don’t think the weekend Infrastructure service trains would be realistically possible for the 93s. The midweek transfers & yard to yard services would be possible, but anything weekend would be out of the question. The reasons for this. Major weekend work requires varying amounts of trains...

Be extremely doubtful if it ever came back. The line is extremely busy at that point & fitting another station stop in certainly not help capacity or pathing. Add to this the still ongoing sit regarding any potential Wilkieston station, & there is certainly not capacity for both. ( Cue the...

Must be at least 20 years ago, when the track was renewed at Saltcoats ( yes, the very track that appears in news reports of storm waves crashing over the sea wall there ) it was done with steel sleepers. Doesn’t appear to be greatly afflicted by track circuit issues. There are numerous other...

Not steel sleepers on the renewal, going to be using composite ones apparently

https://www.gbrailfreight.com/gb-railfreight-announces-seven-year-deal-to-support-new-era-for-caledonian-sleeper/ Be a while to sit around waiting for Caledonian Sleeper work!! Edit The above reply is not a repeat of post above it, it was posted before the post from 43096 was inserted.

A slight contradiction in there, saying “ without requiring additional works “, but wanting to relocate & rebuild the station, a rather large undertaking. Apart from the issue of no land available to the South, you would then create a block for direct traffic, by anything stopping at a new...

Accidents of history, I suppose we could blame all manner of things on that terminology. The trains already pass Carstairs, running services as already described & had already been providing Carstairs with a service. In fact, a few years ago, the station was provided with a new car park, to...

The £164 million is being spent on renewing every single piece of track, points, realignment, speed enhancements, new signalling, overhead wiring, including stanchions / gantries. The already existing station has had work done, including new copes ( the concrete edging stones ) throughout &...

Opens Monday with 50 MPH TSR on both lines.

Not in all cases. There are locations where the route is set with points set for the movement, but the signal at danger, preventing movement past signal. If a train were to pass the signal, the Signaller has a SPAD to deal with. If the points were set against the movement, there could well...

This may allow . Not WILL allow. It may also allow him to do various other things, answer phone, call another driver, make tea, speak to Control, maintenance staff etc. I then went on after your post ( the one you already quoted, but missed out the very first part ) to write that I fully...

DriverD All perfectly calm here. If you follow the posts, there was only the one I actually replied to you, the other ones in your quotes relate to different posts & replies, & if you follow the thread, I have already explained I fully understand interlocking & the SG button have no connection...

I am fully aware of interlocking, etc & the no need to await an SG message to allow other routes or conflicting moves etc to be set. You would not speak to a Signaller & tell him you were at a stand, when you weren't, so why press a button which tells him you are at a stand, ( meaning you...

Why do you even need to ask a Signaller the above question. Would you answer an incoming call from the Signaller after passing a single yellow ? But here you ask if he would appreciate a call, whilst you are approaching a red, with the very real possibility of distraction from your primary...

Or quite a bit extra delay, if it were to go slightly pear shaped & ran past Would certainly make for an interesting interview

Why would anyone even consider doing such a thing, pressing the SG, which gives confirmation your train is STANDING at the signal, whilst not actually at a stand !!! What could possibly go wrong?

Carstairs - Edinburgh was very much used soon after electrified, as there were daily 91s to & from Glasgow . The former splitting & joining trains that used Carstairs en route to Edinburgh now ran as separate trains with electric power avoiding the station . Electric stock ( loco hauled & EMU )...

Why all the fixation on the Forth Bridge ? . The thread is titled Haymarket to Dalmeny, & as such does not cover the crossing of the bridge . If the title covered Dalmeny to Inverkeithing, then that would then obviously cover electrification or otherwise of the bridge . Electrifying from...