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This file might be of interest from the proposal around a year ago.

That's an interesting point. I don't think I've ever made an effort to show portions I've already used. I usually try and show all tickets for the specific service I'm on (or at least the 3 soonest to be used if there are a lot of splits and I'm on a long Avanti/XC Journey), but I wouldn't...

This article on The Loadstar states the following: https://theloadstar.com/amazon-on-track-for-uk-decarbonisation/ It's interesting that they speculate that Coatbridge might be the relevant terminal. I note that the Amazon website shows an image of a DRS Class 88 pulling an intermodal train...

HSTs in Mexico were a very political project by AMLO who's now out of power. I wonder if that's dampened interest in any repeat orders

This article has some details. https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/northern-plans-more-new-trains-after-caf-milestone In short wikipedia is wrong and the 331s were all built in Spain.

I didn't realize there were any left in the country. Are there any more at Great Yarmouth/Ely?

Theoretically I suppose they could buy some former XC coaches from Doric. Money aside, they would need different interiors to match the Scottish ones and that pushes you back to sub 5 years from the 2030 date when they might be replaced anyway.

What effect has the change in spot electricity prices had on the freight market? Perhaps prospective customers have now walked away given the cost basis for running these tri-mode services has changed?

And more than that of pair of 90s as well, which is very impressive. 500kN compared to 2x258kN that's in practice limited by only having 6 of the 8 traction motors running.

I'm sure I've read that the tripcock equipment for running on the LU tracks lives where the yaw dampers would go and the 2 systems are effectively incompatible as a result.

There presumably is some absolutely ancient Via Rail equipment that is being/will be freed up by the introduction of the new Seimen's venture cars, I'd have thought?

I think that probably already exists with the LNER CAF order, a presumably piggyback order from GC and then another order to follow from Scotrail, albeit likely with a slightly different set of requirements. FLIRTS are very expensive and unlikely to be chosen when money is tight. Hitachi have...

That its 'fitted' with vacuum brakes. Ie. the train is through braked from the locomotive - or at least the first few wagons as part of a 'fitted head.'

An interesting point. A 91 will do 140(+), but is limited to 110 blunt end first. So probably we'd have to conclude there's a sliding scale of what level of 'pointy-ness' is needed for what speed. I think there is also an element of 'marketing' dictating how pointy some trains need to look...

Sorry, that was unclear on my part. I was referring just to the issue of OOC or extending down to Euston. I'm still unsure how the regional mayors might be able to save money on HS2 phase 2, short of alternate funding models that could also be pursued by central government, and without (one...

Given the axe they've taken to politically sensitive things, such as the Winter Fuel Allowance, its possible that we can be more bullish on future HS2 prospects. If you were going to cancel the Euston extension say, what do they have to gain by kicking that bad press down the road, especially if...

Virgin Atlantic Corporate Press release here: https://corporate.virginatlantic.com/global/en/media/press-releases/virgin-atlantic-completes-fleet-transformation.html Fleet size only increasing by 1 between now and 2028.

But you would remove the bottleneck for Liverpool/Manchester trains, enabling more trains (LNWR style or HS2) to those destinations.

Did it actually never happen? My father reports having wondered into the van area once at Queen Street before getting chastised out, I'd presume there must have been some reason for the van area doors to have been open?

There's been a few photos doing the rounds on instagram/facebook where there are 43+mk.3 in a different red and white livery with much narrower cheat lines. So the 43s seem to have been split up between the mk.3 sets and those hauling the Talgo sets. The loading gauge between the chinese...