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Originally Posted by Chris
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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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.