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Re: Electrification.

On Oct 8, 9:28 pm, Charles Ellson <char...@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> darkprince66 wrote:
> > On 7 Oct, 21:31, wensleyd...@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote:
> >> On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 09:22:31 -0700 (PDT), John B <s...@johnband.org>
> >> wrote:
>
> >>> 100% agreed. Another good candidate for 25kV OHLE and transfer of ex-
> >>> LOROL 313s to Murkeyland.
> >> I hardly think knackered old 313s are suitable for use on the first
> >> ever InterCity railway, and one that links the two prime cities in the
> >> North West.  It isn't, and shouldn't be, a backwater of Merseyrail.
>
> >> 5-car InterCity Desiros would be far, far nearer the mark and the
> >> required capacity, especially if an improvement in service was to
> >> attract substantial extra custom from the M62 as it well could.
>
> >> Neil
>
> >> --
> >> Neil Williams
> >> Put my first name before the at to reply.
> > I'd agree that 30 year old 313's aren't exactly suitable for
> > Manchester-Liverpool, but equally, is a 20 year old 142 any better? I
> > would also say that we should not yet be thinking of consigning the
> > 313's to the scrapheap, with the current shortage of rolling stock,
> > they must have some more viable use somewhere. Birmingham local,
> > Manchester local, Leeds local etc?
>
>  >
> Fill them with old ballast and use them to stop coastal erosion.

Yes, by far the best use of them suggested so far (and any use of them
to carry fare-paying passengers on the railway network must be a long
way down the list).

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