lmsforever

Very nice picture BR green suited these locos.

Your doomsday post makes you think just what will happen in the future will will we be using horses and carts for local journeys something I will not complain about.Aircaft are becoming more fuel efficient look at Boeings Dreamliner a very safisticated peice of kit ,railways are going to have to be in the same ball park to survive.The events happening at this moment should be concentrating the minds of those in power or not as may be be the the actual situation.HS2 is becoming a real necisity as you will see Ihave revised my views on the project I agree that it will free up capacity on other lines a good thing.Your posts have a a great del of detail and I am finding them useful thanks Ron Ron.

Its not a motorway at Wendover its a two lane bypass ,perhaps a tunnel here is the answer as it is the actual area for the route to pass through is quite a narrow as is the route between the lane up to the Hale and Wendover this is a challenge for the builders.Will the units built for HS2 be able to go on to Scotland etc or will changes be necesary can a higher speed Pendolino be built if not the units will not earn their keep.If the the route is buried in cuttings this will mitigate the intrusion and will make it more acceptable,as you see I am not totaly against the line but I still think expenditure like this should be scrutinised thoroughly with alternative rail projects considered as well .

Could I put a few points about HS2 ,its a brilliant idea but I will not be able to access any services even though it will pass less th a half mile from my house ,there is a perfectly acceptable service by Chiltern and its on a bus route that passes my area,.People in Aylesbury Quainton ,Bicester,Winslow want access to Milton Keynes and the WCML and a range of services that stop at a multitude of towns speed is not everything but connectivity is important HS2 only provides a fast connection to London or Brum and then you have to change onto other services.This line is taking money from the rest of the network signaling needs to be uprated so as to provide for denser services on existing lines.This money could have been used to provide new trains espicialy in the north and were is the money coming from for the Gretat Western electrification or more importantly the Midland line upgrade and electrification .I expect that many of you will call me a NIMBY but how many of you live along the route or will be able to use this line if it is ever built,if things aregoing badly at next election HS2 will be stopped ,hey presto more votes. This and all other projects are at the mercy of polaticians whims so dont get exited lads.

If they could repair it I wonder how much it would cost thats if it was worth doing ,suppose spare part recovery is the probable option.

Perhaps they should have gone to Dapol they wouldnt drop on the dock.!!!!!!!!

Just had a look Ron very interesting site thanks for putting it up. chris lmsforever

We have enough deisels preserved now and many are just rusting away in the corners of preserved lines all over the UK ,there are a finite number of volenteers to work on them so we do not a new DP2 .It would have been scrapped as non standard even if it had not had the crash along with many early units .

Thank you all for the brilliant pics not living north of the border but being interested in your rail lines etc these are of great interest thanks ,and a happy new year to all.

Thanks for the maps they provide a good idea what is proposed,I note that they have moved it nearer to me so I shall be able to listen to .the trains roar by easier,it is going to take part of a public golf course and be hidden from Hartwell House ,hooray, perhaps some of the money could be transferred to the ECML so as to refurb the OLE constructed on the cheap .I still do not think that this line will be worthwhile when the rest of the network needs an injection of money to provide upgrades that will provide value for money .and aid the growth that is on the way.

Are they still working on the folly of Luton Dunstable surely this project should never have started until the Cambridge folly has seen a bus or two ,or are just hoping it will work out of the box ?

Fantastic great to see rail blue west coast shots very good was part of the film shot on the line to Stranrier ?

Fantastic great to see rail blue west coast shots very good was part of the film shot on the line to Stranrier ?

Fantastic great to see rail blue west coast shots very good was part of the film shot on the line to Stranrier ?

Looking very good David the sides you showed me at Warley looked superb the brickwork excellent laser cutting is the way forward I think ,look forward to seeing the layout working, Regards Chris

This looks really smart lmsforever

Trust that the completed model will be duly dirtied up as the prototype was always seemed to be unkempt and never maintained the roof had many holes in it ,why not try evergreen products for roof.

Trolley buses are a brilliant fo rm of transport I can remember traveling all over east London when I was young smooth acceleration no vibration from the engine altogether superior to motor buses.The cock up in Luton will not ease the congestion one bit anyway its a horrible place to go to why not demolish the place!!!!

Someones been doing up their driveway !!