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That was quite significant in the days of unfitted freights where only the locomotive and brake van had brakes that could be applied while on the move. Rather less so these days when all wheels of the train are braked, and as mentioned above light engines are speed restricted as their brakes...

The flipside of that is that single occupancy EVs almost certainly win out on emissions over some diesel trains that are above the average. Voyagers and 222s will be close to the worst case, because their weight per seat is high and they also have high installed power to achieve good...

And because Skegness trains are often strengthened at holiday periods, and they don't want the extra units wandering off elsewhere or to have to do more splitting and joining at Nottingham.

I believe that's basically correct, but the charger in the video is at West Ealing. I don't think there is one at Greenford.

Perhaps it's a use for some of those HS2 classic compatibles that won't have much else to do?

Which is also a major reason why they don't have cheap Advance fares.

From 1988 to 1994, anyone who spoke on behalf of Sinn Fein couldn't be broadcast, whatever they wanted to say.

Why would two plans in the name of different companies have the same date? Could it be that the L&Y plan was after the actual alignment was agreed, so it didn't need to concern itself with limits of deviation?

Shome mistake shurely?

I was thinking it would probably avoid Derby via the Stenson to Sheet Stores line, but I agree it would need padding at Nottingham.

Longer low cost flights such as Hurghada or even Jeddah are unlikely to be more than a handful in a day, unlikely to make DSA viable without continuing subsidy, and they would probably want to fly from the London area where there is more population. If anything needed a longer runway in the...

I'd say Lincoln would be a much better destination if it can be made to work (it could replace the faster EMR service). Grantham isn't really much of a place in itself and anyone railheading towards Birmingham could do so from Peterborough or Newark instead. It also needs a local out of...

Adding third rail shoes would in no way be a minor modification to an existing design that didn't already include provision. Mechanically a high speed bogie isn't going to like having extra things bolted onto it, and electrically, unless the DC link is already at 750V, traction electronics...

The aim for 2002 would have been to attract higher-paying business travellers between key city pairs where rail was and is fairly competitive on journey time but the previous theoretically hourly but actually rather random service wasn't particularly attractive. This dictated an even 30min...

I recall something that had National Rail lines as slightly thinner double lines with the bit between the two lines dashed. I think they were only included if they provided a route between two Tube/DLR stations, and they didn't show any stations were except those interchanges. So for example...

Yes, there was an idea of reinstating a direct connection a few years ago, but I think it would have been pretty much a new tunnel under the WCML, and Nuneaton station is pretty convenient for the town as well as allowing main line connections. Personally I think a reversal at the old Abbey...

Yes, similar to a calling on signal, and probably approach controlled too. As far as I know Metrolink is still "railway" signalled on between Navigation Road and Altrincham, due to this section being controlled by Network Rail. I can't swear to them having signals like that there, but they...

This is most likely a fixed red with he five vertical white lights underneath it, as used on Metrolink where it transitions between railway-like and tramway signalling.

Just to point out that if this is so, it doesn't mean the plane is entirely blameless. Some design feature might make a particular "pilot error" more likely, and if the investigation is doing its job properly it will be delving into these root causes. This probably won't come out in the...

ARS is provided at many signalling centres but not all. It is deliberately programmed to follow a specific set of strategies that are worked out by the operators - would you really want some software that routinely invents facts to be thinking up "innovative" ways to route your train?