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Title: I'll stick to diesel, thanks Post by: John R on October 21, 2009, 22:06:36 After 30 or so years hoping that a large scale electrification of the railways would occur, having read the article below, I'm now not so sure.
http://www.centralradio.fm/article.php?article=13506 Title: Re: I'll stick to diesel, thanks Post by: caliwag on October 21, 2009, 22:09:39 ...and your issue is ???
Title: Re: I'll stick to diesel, thanks Post by: Btline on October 21, 2009, 22:14:40 After 30 or so years hoping that a large scale electrification of the railways would occur, having read the article below, I'm now not so sure. http://www.centralradio.fm/article.php?article=13506 Ha ha! Good one! ;D ::) :P Title: Re: I'll stick to diesel, thanks Post by: John R on October 21, 2009, 22:18:26 Title: Re: I'll stick to diesel, thanks Post by: paul7575 on October 21, 2009, 22:20:22 Er... 'electrocution' :o
Seriously though, ATOCs wish list seems to have resulted in a flurry of local news items all over the country (such as the one reported here) which display a total lack of understanding of ATOCs position in the overall scheme of things... Paul Title: Re: I'll stick to diesel, thanks Post by: caliwag on October 21, 2009, 22:31:34 Ha! yes yes...local papers. Do you think the local reporter was so bored?
surely not!...thanks for the link. :-\ Title: Re: I'll stick to diesel, thanks Post by: moonrakerz on October 21, 2009, 22:41:36 I'm not so sure about diesel either - remember the VW ads ? "DIE" appearing everywhere !
Title: Re: I'll stick to diesel, thanks Post by: eightf48544 on October 22, 2009, 22:33:25 iInteresting the phrase hoping the line will soon become live. Isn't it the O?H wires that supposed to be live. It would be very interesting if the line were live. or are we going back to third rail?
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