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If memory serves, this style of commutator doesn’t reverse polarity. It needs two batteries connected in series with a common centre tap and then uses positive or negative voltage (in relation to the common centre at 0V) to swing the needle to TOL or LC.

The TRU team doesn't consider Standedge to be a problem (unlike the challenges of Stalybridge and Scout Tunnels) so it didn't merit mention.

RAIB Statement: Salisbury rail accident The following statement was given this afternoon by Andrew Hall, Deputy Chief Inspector, Rail Accident Investigation Branch. "A team of RAIB inspectors arrived on site on Sunday evening and were joined yesterday by additional inspectors and our support...

Yep, had he stayed on his train from GLQ he would have arrived 15 minutes before the Lumo.

He told me he had to run to get his train from Glasgow so decided to even things up by walking from Haymarket. Had he missed that Glasgow train he would have been 15 minutes behind the Lumo. In the end, it was pretty much a draw.

Decision deadline for Portishead now extended to next April.

It's vague because NR and TS haven't yet decided what to do. It's likely to involve signalling upgrades to increase capacity and shorten journeys. There's likely to be work at Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose and Aberdeen stations that could include longer platforms. There might be extra freight loops...

There's a piece in the next Rail Mag outlining what NR plans to do to upgrade the line.

From the track, yes. Front power car is due to leave the site on a low-loader today.

Sounds about right according to this recent NR slide...