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Highlights from my visit to the 2023 North Norfolk Railway "Autumn Showcase" event. Very well attended with lots of steam and diesel...
Friday at 23:54
ac6000cw
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Bad ride quality in some 80x carriages
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Bogied rail vehicles are basically beams supported on springs near the ends, which will have a natural (quite low) resonant frequency...
Thursday at 13:47
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Your favourite seaside terminus UK station (and town)
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It's basically just a typical large 'Victorian' seaside town, parts of which have seen much better days, with the usual stuff along the...
Thursday at 13:00
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Derby Telegraph "Plans to convert Monsal Trail back into railway takes 'significant step forward'"
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...as are railway costs. Commodities like freight transport services from different suppliers generally price track because of market...
Thursday at 10:14
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Bad ride quality in some 80x carriages
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The Amfleet passenger cars are home-grown (all Budd, including the bogie design AFAIK, which is different to the Metroliners) and since...
Thursday at 09:43
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Derby Telegraph "Plans to convert Monsal Trail back into railway takes 'significant step forward'"
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They do (and have done for decades), but the line from there towards London doesn't have any long steep gradients (max is about 1% I...
Wednesday at 17:20
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Eurotunnel operator, GetLink offers to subsidise new cross-Channel rail services
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Yes, exactly. It's the reason international shipping containers were invented and are 'intermodal' i.e. can be easily carried on...
Wednesday at 16:50
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Derby Telegraph "Plans to convert Monsal Trail back into railway takes 'significant step forward'"
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I've read it too, and agree. It reads like a crayonista wish-list, with so much on it that I wonder if it was intended to make the...
Wednesday at 16:27
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Derby Telegraph "Plans to convert Monsal Trail back into railway takes 'significant step forward'"
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But if that stone traffic went south via Matlock wouldn't it end up on the same MML (joining it just a bit further south)? If it joins...
Wednesday at 16:15
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Your favourite seaside terminus UK station (and town)
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Scarborough, Looe, Southport, Felixstowe, Sheringham, St. Ives are some of my favourites that have terminal stations (but some of those...
Tuesday at 07:48
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Brightline West construction begins
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Yes, single track electrified (AFAIK 25kV 60Hz). From what I've read, they are going to build the vast majority of the route within the...
4 May 2024
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Passenger train using freight lines at Ely
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I've not seen it done either with a normal scheduled passenger train, but AFAIK the loops are cleared for passenger use - enthusiast...
4 May 2024
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Railways in Nigeria discussion
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In which case, shouldn't the Nigerian government be spending money on paving the roads? It might not be as politically appealing but I...
3 May 2024
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Trivia: Level crossings with no pedestrian access while they're down
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I know, and... ...I agree - especially as the station is due to move to a new location soon.
3 May 2024
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Trivia: Level crossings with no pedestrian access while they're down
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...although at least that's an AHB crossing so the 'closed' times are fairly short. Great Shelford (just south of Cambridge)...
2 May 2024
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