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Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35823793)

It was followed by 3 helicopters and an autogyro :D
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2016/02/7.jpg

Superb photo

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35662754

Awww, the poor guy..

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Originally Posted by hedgie (Post 35823982)

Agreed, such a shame about the knitting though...

:D

Depends how you look at it.. It shows the modern with the old.

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Originally Posted by Ken W (Post 35823998)

Superb photo

Thank you. It's the last in a series of 4. Hi-res for anyone on request for personal use only.

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Depends how you look at it.. It shows the modern with the old

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Having worked in quite a few of the Electrification power control centres and the signalling centres I would use the word modern with caution... ;)

NR are in the middle of a national project to update the electrification control system which will result in a more modern system.

I suppose its all relative though, Class 91's are 1988 vintage as opposed to 1923 ...

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Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35824000)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35662754

Awww, the poor guy.

Yes l felt so sorry for him l have to admit.

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Originally Posted by hedgie (Post 35824007)

Having worked in quite a few of the Electrification power control centres and the signalling centres I would use the word modern with caution... ;)

NR are in the middle of a national project to update the electrification control system which will result in a more modern system.

I suppose its all relative though, Class 91's are 1988 vintage as opposed to 1923 ...

IIRC did BR not increase the spacing between the pylons in order to save money when it electrified the ECML, thereby increasing the risk of cable breakage and limiting the prospects for future high speed services?

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35824012)

I tend to work in the control centres and switch rooms, I would have to defer that to our OLE design team. Sounds entirely plausible though given that a big issue was signal sighting at high speed, thus limiting the anticipated line speed. Hence designing the OLE for a higher speed probably wasn't seen as cost effective or necessary.

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TRAIN buffs are getting excited about a secret railway that ran under Londoners’ feet for almost 100 years, with its tunnels running within a few feet of packed underground lines, is back up and running.

Snaking 70 feet below the ground, from Paddington to Whitechapel, the train moved tons of letters and packages across the city, has hid priceless art and was even a Hollywood film set.

Also known as the “mail train” – this is the first time since the service was abandoned more than 10 years ago that trains have been on the tracks. The intention is to open a looping mile of track to the public as a heritage site.

A test drive was carried out by engineers through a section of the mail rail track, ahead of its public opening next summer.

Full story and pix

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Yes l have heard about this old bean and hopefully in time it would be nice to visit in time.

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If it doesn't affect London then a far as Government (either side) you can be sure that when the cuts come any promises made prior to an election are the first to be broken.

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Don't fret guys, who needs railways when we'll all be whizzing around in cheap electric vehicles or on bikes soon... :rolleyes:

The money being spent on HS2 ought to be being used to improve the rest of the network IMHO but that's another story...

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Originally Posted by 007stuart (Post 35913495)

If it doesn't affect London then a far as Government (either side) you can be sure that when the cuts come any promises made prior to an election are the first to be broken.

Absolutely spot on Stuart.

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Rail fare price rises the biggest for five years announced today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42234488

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Originally Posted by 007stuart (Post 35913495)

If it doesn't affect London then a far as Government (either side) you can be sure that when the cuts come any promises made prior to an election are the first to be broken.

Let me tell you, as a Londoner while I can see we have the best transport system in the country, it doesn't always feel as though the government prioritises London over the north. Our local borough council has been told in the past that it has had it's funding cut so the government of the day can divert the money up north.

It's also worth noting that over a tenth of the population live within the M25. Kent and Surrey are also quite heavily populated on top of that, so it's logical that the London transport systems have a lot of money invested in them.

Not that I am, in any way, defending the lack of spending in other parts. The Government needs to concentrate a little less on projects that look good in advertising (such as HS2 and Crossrail) and a little more on upgrading the existing infrastructure so that other users can benefit. For instance, I live is what is apparently (in terms of the number of wealthy people) the richest borough in London. We do not have ANY tube stations, despite only being 10 miles from the center of town. We do have a massively overloaded train system though.

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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35913500)

As said above, I agree. It'll never happen though. Come voting time, the Tories (or any party that happens to be in government0 can argue that they delivered big tent pole project like HS2 and Crossrail. Saying they delivered improvements across the network doesn't grab the attention nearly as well.