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Presumably a non-tilting Talgo? Cheers David

At that angle it's deceptive. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saro_E232-3005.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saro_E233-3005.JPG Inside https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E233kei_green_car_2_floor.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SaRo_E531-15_lower_deck_interior_Katsuta_Station_20170603.jpg Cheers David

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The C class is still hanging on, this time leading a little grain train. Cheers David

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EUROSTAR will launch its first direct London - Amsterdam passenger service on April 4, initially offering two trains per day in one direction only. The London - Amsterdam trains will offer a journey time of 3h 41min, with trains to Rotterdam taking 3h 1min, and a new record journey time of 1hr 48min to Brussels, a saving of 17 minutes. Direct London - Amsterdam services will depart St Pancras at 08.31 and 17.31, with the cheapest ticket priced at £35. http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/high-speed/eurostar-to-launch-london-amsterdam-service-on-april-4.html

The choke point isn't the doors, it's the stairs. Comeng did a lot of work on passenger flows in their bid for the Tangara in the 1980s (although Goninan eventually won the tender). This was the Comeng bid, with a capacity of 165 seats in the driving motor and 174 seats in the trailer. Cheers David

Probably a more commercial source, like checking power lines for hot spots. Actually I think even Network Rail does that with OHLE. Cheers David

The double track would agree with that. Another thing I find interesting is the temperature difference in some of the sleepers. Cheers David

Being slightly longer with more overhand of the front bogie, the end might need to be tapered a bit. Something a bit like a slightly taller class 345 would work. Cheers David

Putting this in Wheeltappers because it's not really a serious question, more a curiosity from this infrared video. Also note the axleboxes on the tender and coaches. EDIT: also noticed a hot spot in the middle of the loco and tender buffer beams, and the coupler on the first coach - must be using steam heating. Anywhere know where it is? Cheers David

The wheelbase and length of skirt between the bogies is the same so you'll still have the same problem. Think about something like this. With a fixed articulated set and very wide gangways (like the class 378) you don't need doors at both ends of each coach. Each intermediate coach has room at the non-door end for wheelchairs and a few seats for those who can't negotiate stairs. I'm assuming a high capacity commuter train without toilets. Cheers David

Possibly both! But it may only be too wide below platform level. The suggestion above to narrow it below platform height and have longitudinal seats makes sense. I know a lot of people get annoyed at being told to "mind the gap" but there is a good reason the gap exists. Another way to minimise the inswing and maximise the amount of space on the lower deck is to make the coaches shorter and articulated. Say 5 coaches across 6 bogies in the same space as 4 independent ones. EDIT: Or something like the French Regio2N. Cheers David

A quick back of the envelope calculation suggests that anything tighter than about 700m radius and the inswing would still foul a platform. I haven't calculated the outswing of the corners. Cheers David

Still wouldn't work. It's still vertical below platform height and would scrape any curved platform. Cheers David

That will be fine until you meet the first curved platform. Cheers David

A removable section across the doorway would give you a lot more options, or if possible replace it with a sliding door (50" off the floor isn't bad for a duck under). Cheers David

Yes you can. Powerpoles come in many colours and slot together in stacks so you can't connect them the wrong way. Some examples: http://www.trainweb.org/freemoslo/Modules/Tips-and-Techniques/images/Power-Pole-3-LG.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/236x/9e/a6/97/9ea697303a4825b57c2f4152a8a8cc18--ham-radio.jpg Cheers David

The room sounds big enough for that sort of layout. I would also recommend around the walls with an operating area in the middle. A few things worth considering. Is it possible to put in a sliding door to get a bit more room? Have you considered a 2-level layout to get a longer run of main line? 48" and 60" from the floor might be practical. A grand terminus on the upper level, nice long run of main line (possibly through industrial/urban/suburban scenery) around whatever walls are available, into a tunnel, down 12" through the helix (a quick calculation suggests you'd only need 3.5 laps of 18-19" radius at about 1 in 45), out of a tunnel (possibly into country scenery) then to the fiddle yard at the far end. 48" for the lowest level also gives you the option of a slide out modelling bench underneath. Cheers David

Personally I would recommend Anderson Powerpoles. For model railway use the 15 amp contacts are more than sufficient for DC or DCC. The actual connectors and contacts are relatively inexpensive (you can see some indicative pricing here but shop around online and look for bulk packs). You really need a genuine Anderson crimping tool (~£30) to make best use of them. You can solder the connectors, but they are silver plated and soldering flux can affect the plating. In any case a properly crimped connector is electrically and mechanically stronger than soldering. Cheers David

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And they wanted the silliest thing they could think of as the payload. The homages to Bowie and Adams were really nice. As well as a the words DON'T PANIC it carried a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a towel and a copy of Asimov's Foundation series on optical disc. The original manufacturing plate has been replaced by one saying "Made on Earth by humans". The reference to the "certain demographic" was about the music in that particular video. The original live video was looping Life on Mars and Space Oddity. Cheers David

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