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Then maybe the "overkill" engines wouldn't be wasted? Or is this a daft idea?
MML Electrification: progress updates
There's an article about NR's plans in Rail this week (#765 p54). It seems that work on site will start in April 2015, the contractor being Carillion Powerlines. They will be using road-rail vehicles for the work, not a high-output system. The 125mph design isn't explicitly named but seems...
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Could the 810's be cascaded (maybe to Cross Country?) and replaced with pure EMUs if electrification is completed part way through their life?I wouldn't be surprised, but those are 1000HP diesel engines. Range extenders for 100mph BEMUs would only need to be a tenth of that size.
I think it's a fair assumption that the wires will get all the way to Sheffield - eventually. Despite the rotten economics, which only deliver a financial return if the OHLE is used also for recharging BEMUs on other services.
(And rather makes four 1000HP diesel engines on an 810 a bit of overkill, especially given all the extra costs incurred redesigning the underfloor layout to accommodate four engines in a space planned for three.)
Then maybe the "overkill" engines wouldn't be wasted? Or is this a daft idea?
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