Johnson Street IEMD Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Multimodal (90019) leading Bumblebee1 (90026) through Stafford about six minutes early.. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Does that train really need 10,000 hp? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted August 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2021 3 hours ago, JeffP said: Does that train really need 10,000 hp? I don’t think any train in the UK really needs 10000HP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Western Aviator said: I don’t think any train in the UK really needs 10000HP Probably right, but double heading was found necessary on inclines to get traffic effort, rather than horsepower. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomag Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 56 minutes ago, proton said: Probably right, but double heading was found necessary on inclines to get traffic effort, rather than horsepower. In the late 80's a single 90/87 would need two paths to get a full length freight liner over Shap or Beattock; with Class390 timings I would assume not dropping to much below the maximum speed for the train is even more important. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 303060 - Altrincham 1990 by Martyn Hilbert 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2021 Watford Junction 1975 by David Rostance 25 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold stovepipe Posted August 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2021 Whilst at Watford.. parcel-1973-06-mt by Michael Taylor, on Flickr 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post stovepipe Posted August 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2021 This photo has a caption about the 1500v supply at Longsight for the CLass 506s. And just a lovely photo 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post stovepipe Posted August 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2021 A couple more then? 26 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted August 21, 2021 Author Share Posted August 21, 2021 7 hours ago, stovepipe said: A couple more then? That photo of the class 90 is superb! 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WessexEclectic Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 53 minutes ago, cornish trains jez said: That photo of the class 90 is superb! TBH did a double take thinking it maybe was a still from that 1988 BR TV advert... Presumably, 'lectrics into Hardendale ended when Ravenscraig closed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 On 18/08/2021 at 19:38, montyburns56 said: Watford Junction 1975 by David Rostance Love the almost caricature 1970s woman in the foreground. I’ve no doubt she was Uber cool in 1975 lol 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mpb56125 Posted August 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) WCML services diverted onto MML due to Bridge work in the Willeseden area. 87 020 at London St Pancras on 12th October 1991 87 028 at London St Pancras on 12th October 1991 87 001 at Mill Hill Broadway on 12th October 1991 90 001 at Bedford on 12th October 1991 87002 at Bedford on 12th October 1991 86251 at Bedford on 12th October 1991 Mark https://mark5812.smugmug.com/ Edited August 21, 2021 by mpb56125 text 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, stovepipe said: This photo has a caption about the 1500v supply at Longsight for the CLass 506s. And just a lovely photo Adding to the post informing us 83009 was used at Longsight as a voltage convertor , stepping down the 25kV AC to 1500V DC, note the 25kV warning sign across the cab door Edited August 21, 2021 by Pandora 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 E3006 Morecambe 1973 by Vincent 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 86217 Great Yarmouth 1998 by Chris Boon 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 89001 St Neots 1988 by Paul Townsend 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post stovepipe Posted August 24, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2021 Another Hardendale Lime photo. The sidings were de-wired in the mid-1990s. Sectorisation meant the services went over to 37x2 and then 60s. 19 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 De-wired...only in the UK. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted August 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, JeffP said: De-wired...only in the UK. Or the USA. Or New Zealand. It does happen; let's face it, overhead wires and overhead-loaded wagons don't work well together. Diesel haulage is still a massive improvement on trucking the aggregate load any distance. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DY444 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Northmoor said: Or the USA. Or New Zealand. It does happen; let's face it, overhead wires and overhead-loaded wagons don't work well together. Diesel haulage is still a massive improvement on trucking the aggregate load any distance. Iirc Modern Railways reported recently that someone (F&F?) are developing/have developed a moveable ole system for yards, container terminals etc which can be shifted out of the way to allow overhead loading/unloading. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Street IEMD Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, DY444 said: Iirc Modern Railways reported recently that someone (F&F?) are developing/have developed a moveable ole system for yards, container terminals etc which can be shifted out of the way to allow overhead loading/unloading. You dont need such a thing, just take an HV-fueled 66 at one end ... your freight / aggregrate tower in the middle terminating OLE at the entrance to the facility, with a DB90 or two primed and the mile or so back to the mainline under the knitting Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD Edited August 25, 2021 by DBC90024 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DY444 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 (edited) 53 minutes ago, DBC90024 said: You dont need such a thing, just take an HV-fueled 66 at one end ... your freight / aggregrate tower in the middle terminating OLE at the entrance to the facility, with a DB90 or two primed and the mile or so back to the mainline under the knitting Kat@johnsonstreetIEMD It's a point of view. However the possibility of working terminal to terminal using plain old electric locomotives without having to faff about with loco changes, or adding/removing pilot locomotives, or having the expense and inevitable compromises of a bi-mode could change the economic dynamics of a number of long distance flows. If nothing else it's another weight to place on the electrification side of the scales. Edited August 25, 2021 by DY444 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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