Recent content by Deepgreen

Yes, TC is actually slightly higher but about 900 metres further away from Epsom town so more downhill on the bike! I assume you are heading for Epsom itself?

Railway Herald's (RH) tours page will give you a broad picture of what might be happening, so you can then home in on the details through RTT, usually only about a week before (or sometimes much less).

The same thing happened with the severely-delayed ECS for the Horsham to Bristol steam tour on 20 April. When it came to a stand near Streatham (unexpectedly faced with an engineering blockade at Wimbledon) before it underwent its convoluted reversals procedure, it wasn't visible at all on...

However, it is passenger-signalled - trains can leave p3 at Redhill northbound in service (and I have done it). That was my point from the start. It doesn't matter for what distance trains on line 1 run NB, they can do so (with a 30mph crossover PSR) at the location of the sign.

As a past resident of Epsom, I would go to Epsom Downs on the train and then coast down all the way into Epsom!

A curious thread. My take is that the railway as a whole is subsidised by the taxpayer (now more so than when nationalised, but that's been covered elsewhere!). That subsidy is not divided between first and standard class, because higher first class fares do that. Whether those higher fares...

I understand your points, but mine was simply that all three lines at that specific location are signalled for passenger-carrying moves in both directions (rather than an emergency or unsignalled reversal, for example). I agree that there will not be fast trains on line 1. Perhaps I am being...

So So the fact that trains can be signalled in service NB from p3 (i.e. making that line reversible) is not relevant whereas the same feature of the other two lines is?

I saw this at Redhill today. It is an information sign at a Network Rail gated access point and shows the three tracks beyond the gate and their direction of travel and speed limits. The top line is shown as down direction only, whereas the other two as reversible. However, the top line is...

No, it's putting its shareholders first and passengers can fit in somewhere.

I imagine it is simply the removal of the steam engine innards to be replaced with a battery/electric motor ensemble. As with some electric cars, sound effects can be added to warn of approach (I might try to get hold of one for mine, based on a 'Black Five' perhaps!).

The Sutton loop's closure isn't emergency work, it was planned engineering works that were hidden so well that even the steam special's NR planners missed it.

Simply - no. Engineers' workings are covered already, and many true freights may leave their origin yards/sidings early only to be held before gaining the main line, or a little later in goods loops, etc., for a variety of reasons.

Another gem of modern railway information - not giving either place capitals in the blurb! Ghastly.

Not a significant enough closure to warrant the public being told, perhaps (or the special train planners)!