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    Class 755 Diesel to O/H

    I posted similar some time ago but things seem to have changed. The class 755 Greater Anglia trains from Ipswich to Cambridge or Peterborough change traction at Stowmarket station. However I have recently noted these trains with their pans up to the west of Stowmarket. This means that they will...
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    Current Limit Index

    I was watching the Youtube cab view of the Seaford to Brighton line and noted a restriction that line has a CLI of 8 and that trains with a CLI greater than 4 must keep to Series operation. Now, I can understand the restriction and the need to keep in Series, but how does the particular CLI...
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    Container flats

    I was waiting at Haughley for a container train to make its painfully slow progress towards the junction after being stopped on the bank. I noticed several brand new and empty container flats. They seemed to have a link between the transverse body member (spring plank?) and each axle. Would they...
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    Top and Tail

    Can someone help. When trains are topped and tailed, for example certain excursion trains, the RHTT and the LUT delivery trains, are the locos at the tail, unmanned and hauled dead, or are they expected to provide some 'push' . If they do provide 'push' then what is there in the way of...
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    Class 755 range - away from the wires?

    Does anyone have any information on the fuel capacity and or range (off the OHL) of the 755 bi modals? At one time I heard that their limited fuel capacity could affect their effectiveness when used on some of the completely non electrified routes.
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    Island Line

    The current timetable which came in on 12/12/21, shows a half hourly service on the Isle of Wight line with the services crossing at Brading. Looking at the Ryde Esplanade webcam and it seems to be still an hourly service. Has anyone any idea as to the reason...I guess that low passenger...
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    Bi mode Flirts - Can they change power types on the move?

    I was waiting at Haughley crossing where the non electrified line from Cambridge and Peterborough joins the electrified GE main line from London to Norwich, a 755 dual powered unit came off the branch on its way to ipswich. I noticed that the pan was up. I thought that this transition from...

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