Recent content by Grumpy

Rose Grove?

I saw the 10.45 Leeds to Man. airport today. 3 Car set. Full and standing when it departed. Lots of passengers with cases panicking they wouldn't get on.

One improvement they could make would be to provide some rubbish bins. What do they expect passengers to do with the used coffee cups etc other than throw onto the tracks?

Memories fade with time but my recollection of reading the Crossrail business case was that it was justified almost wholly on time saved. Financially it was a basket case (and that was based on the original cost estimates) but a notional value was placed on time saved by passengers and this...

It was reported as costing £760m. Given interest on new Government borrowing costs over 5% pa then it is costing the taxpayer approx £800k/week in interest alone. To sit there unused.

Views from East Garforth footbridge

Yes, but at the time referred to the Knottingley to Wakefield service terminated at Kirkgate. The extension from Kirkgate to Leeds is a relatively recent event, and at the cost of the Huddersfield to Westgate service.

Is there any evidence, especially photographic, of 4 tracks nearly to Garforth? There was some trackwork east of the Wetherby branch junction, serving the nearby Barnbow private siding. However I’ve never seen any evidence of 4 tracks to Garforth, despite repeated statements on this site

Have differential speed limits ever been considered for this line? We seem to have lightweight 158's sharing the same speed limits as 2000+ton freight trains with 25 ton axle loads

Minor point, but I think Stewart Joy only joined BR after Beeching had returned to ICI. Not disagreeing with the recommendation that the book should be read. You might want to consider the need for another book "The Train that continued to run away" illustrating that the lessons still haven't...

Meanwhile work proceeds with groundworks for the new traincare depot at Shipley-

Bottom line is you always end up paying for a site investigation in one form or other. Best practice should be to do this before you put the business case together and seek authority.

Indeed-by accident. But meanwhile someone was procuring the 175/180 which have been less satisfactory 1745410552 I am sure your points are valid but relate to operational matters. I was also thinking about standardising the bits under the floorboards and obtaining financial benefits of a long...

Ilkley?

Reading these forums and railway magazines it is clear that several TOCs are going through the procurement process. This could presumably end up with a plethora of different designs from different manufacturers. Continuing the mess privatisation has left. I would suggest this is undesirable and...