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Boo hoo! Too many!

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This user lives in the United States of America.

These days I live in the USA in Dalton, Georgia and before that 4 years in Dayton, Ohio.[1] I also spent 11 years in Kansas City, Missouri. I am Technical Director in a chemical company serving the construction, carpet and other related industries. We have our own rail siding and a double track freight railway runs right by the plant and my office.

  • double track rail
    double track rail
  • double track rail
    double track rail
  • freight spur
    freight spur
  • Freight spur
    Freight spur
  • Freight Train Five Springs GA
    Freight Train Five Springs GA
  • Fully loaded rail sidings
    Fully loaded rail sidings


Good quality rail related references[edit]

Newly installed overhead electrification into Manchester Victoria station, in October 2015

Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy[edit]

Electrification RUS refresh[2]

In September 2020 the TDNS Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy Interim Business case was published but dated July 31, 2020. The principal recommendation was further electrification of 13,000km (single track kilometres) of UK railways.[3]

Writing in Modern Railways in March 2018, Julian Worth, former EWS Marketing Director and Transrail Freight Managing Director, said upgrading and electrifying F2N would require 146 miles of electrification and enable 56 trains to convert to electric haulage.[4] Similar points and strategy were pointed out at a Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railways seminar.[5]

Manchester Victoria [6][7]


IRP [8] Northwest electrification programmes[9] The Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands or more simply, the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP), is a United Kingdom government proposal published on 18 November 2021.[10] It contains the significant proviso that "In line with the Government's existing approach to rail enhancements, commitments will be made only to progress individual schemes up to the next stage of development, subject to a review of their readiness."[11] An update with technical annex was released on 24 January 2022.[12]

Network RUS Electrification 2009 MapCite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Table 6.2 Composite of 3 individual components[13] High priorityRUS Electrification & p108</ref>

In September 2020 the TDNS (Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy) Interim Business case was published but dated July 31, 2020. The principal recommendation was further electrification of 13000 STKs - single track kilometres of UK railways.[14] Page 79 showed the map with F2N showing as a core project.[15] Pages 82-83 identified railfreight flow from Felixstowe as key but did not use the phrase F2N.[16] Pages 187-193 identified the route as key but broke up into 4 sections identified as F2MN (Felixstowe to Midlands). The 4 sections were labeled F2MN Western, F2MN, Central, F2MN Eastern, F2MN Ipswich to Felixstowe.[17]

Birmingham–Peterborough line#Felixstowe and Nuneaton freight capacity scheme

Cleaning up our act. The Permanent Way Institution recognises that the industry as a whole, needs to clean up its act with regard to affordability and other issues affecting railway electrification.[18] Hydrogen and batteries are other solutions that need to be taken into account even though electrification is the only sensible solution for freight.

First principles design -standardise design to save costs[19]

Saving the planet:The engineer's challenge. UK is blessed with a continental shelf with a seabed less than 100 metres below the surface which is ideal for offshore electricity production from wind power and enough to powere most of Europe. Of course the wind does not always blow so the engineers challenge is to store electrical energy for use when the wind does not blow.[20]

The advantages of electrified railways: An international summary. Geopolitics and petroleum is a finite resource[21]

Traction Power Supplies Not another PSU (Power Supply Upgrade) Neutral Sections, SFCs etc.[22]

Calder Valley[edit]

Calderdale Council have called for the route to be electrified as an alternative route to the line through Huddersfield should that be closed for engineering works. Tim Swift, the leader of Calderdale Council in 2015 stated "It makes no logical sense in terms of a long term network to electrify the Trans-Pennine Route and not the Calder Valley Line".[23] In March 2015 The Northern Sparks report was produced by a committee of Members of Parliament from all parties focusing on economic benefits of electrification in the North. The Calder Valley line in its entirety was number one priority.[24] This was reiterated in 2018.[25]


Maps[edit]

  • Route for Felixstowe to Nuneaton freight capacity scheme.
    Route for Felixstowe to Nuneaton freight capacity scheme.
  • Calder Valley line
    Calder Valley line
  • Birmingham–Peterborough line
    Birmingham–Peterborough line
  • Map of the Trans-Pennine Routes. The TRU relates to the northern line in blue via Huddersfield.
    Map of the Trans-Pennine Routes. The TRU relates to the northern line in blue via Huddersfield.
  • Woodhead
    Woodhead
  • UK rail electrification by 2019
    UK rail electrification by 2019
  • Midland Main Line Map original
    Midland Main Line Map original
  • West Coast Main Line Map
    West Coast Main Line Map

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dayton Superior". Vimeo. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  2. ^ "Network RUS Electrification 'Refresh'" (PDF). Network Rail. 2015-01-16.
  3. ^ "Network Rail TDNS Interim Business Case" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  4. ^ Worth, Julian (March 2018). "Charting an Electric Freight Future". Modern Railways. 75 (April 2018): 56–60.
  5. ^ Worth, Julian (2019-04-29). "Electrification for Freight" (PDF). Railwayelectrification.org.
  6. ^ "Rail Electrification briefing paper" (PDF). UK Government. July 27, 2017. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. ^ Lomas, Hannah (June 7, 2016). "Electrification. North of England programme" (PDF). Travelwatch-northwest. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  8. ^ Department for Transport (18 November 2021). "Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands" (PDF). UK Government. ISBN 978-1-5286-2947-8.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Miles, Tony (September 2013). Abbott (ed.). "North West Wiring". Modern Railways. 70 (780). Key Publishing: 52–59 – via Key Publishing.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  10. ^ IRP, p. 4
  11. ^ IRP, p. 8
  12. ^ IRP, p. 6
  13. ^ RUS Electrification, p. 60
  14. ^ "Network Rail TDNS Interim Business Case" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  15. ^ TDNS, p. 79
  16. ^ TDNS, p. 82-83
  17. ^ TDNS, p. 187-193
  18. ^ Dearman CEng, FPWI FIET, Peter (January 2021). "Cleaning up our act". Permanent Way Institution Journal. 139 (1): 10–11. ISSN 2057-2425 – via PWI.
  19. ^ Keenor, Garry (January 2021). "Digital techniques and first-principles design:Challenging electrification costs". Permanent Way Institution Journal. 139 (1): 12–15. ISSN 2057-2425 – via PWI.
  20. ^ Sherrin, Rob (January 2021). "Saving the planet:The engineer's challenge". Permanent Way Institution Journal. 139 (1): 16–17. ISSN 2057-2425 – via PWI.
  21. ^ Watson, Inara (January 2021). "The advantages of electrified railways: An international summary". Permanent Way Institution Journal. 139 (1): 36–37. ISSN 2057-2425 – via PWI.
  22. ^ Hooper, Paul (January 2021). "Traction Power Supplies Not another PSU". Permanent Way Institution Journal. 139 (1): 47–49. ISSN 2057-2425 – via PWI.
  23. ^ Bickerdyke, Paul, ed. (December 2015). "Calder Valley want wires". Rail Express. No. 235. Horncastle: Mortons Media. p. 13. ISSN 1362-234X.
  24. ^ "Northern Sparks - report of the north of England electrification task force" (PDF). Transport for North. March 2015.
  25. ^ Transport, Campaign for Better (2018-06-04). "Electric Railway Charter launches to get Northern Sparks flying". Campaign for Better Transport. Retrieved 2022-02-08.

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