There needs to be more use of the rail network for freight, there's an old Freightliner depot abandoned and in a dire state that could be refurbished and modernised to cater for small scale distribution, with regular rail consignments. It's what the East Coast needs, and Thornton in Fife should have similar treatment.
Gosh the class 90 was an epic design.. shows it off well with this livery.. hopefully more electric traction can be found.. diesels under wires still a problem.. an unwillingness to swap locos at rail yards seems culprit really.. like Trafford to Felixstowe could be Electric to Ioswich.. change to diesel for last few miles only.. that sort of thing..
I was dubious about electro / diesel on passenger services, but it does seem to work, so I ask why not electro diesel that's able to handle these loads across electrified and non electrified tracks. We have had electro / diesel before after all, although the 'diesel' bit was rather limited,
As the Japanese maglev is so fast it could take passengers in the day and containers Sydney/Melbourne between 1am and 3am due to no maintenance required.
Jolly good, BUT what about 'Just in Time' operations? Basically that's the nature of manufacturing today, it has to be highly reliable and I question whether rail can deliver the reliability required.
There needs to be more use of the rail network for freight, there's an old Freightliner depot abandoned and in a dire state that could be refurbished and modernised to cater for small scale distribution, with regular rail consignments. It's what the East Coast needs, and Thornton in Fife should have similar treatment.
And to think rail transport uses 76% less energy than road transport
I love this livery, loved it so much it's on my CZcams header
Gosh the class 90 was an epic design.. shows it off well with this livery.. hopefully more electric traction can be found.. diesels under wires still a problem.. an unwillingness to swap locos at rail yards seems culprit really.. like Trafford to Felixstowe could be Electric to Ioswich.. change to diesel for last few miles only.. that sort of thing..
I was dubious about electro / diesel on passenger services, but it does seem to work, so I ask why not electro diesel that's able to handle these loads across electrified and non electrified tracks. We have had electro / diesel before after all, although the 'diesel' bit was rather limited,
@@jimthorne304 This all ready being adopted in Europe - ln fact I think DB already have some of these types of locos in service.
@@jimthorne304Class 99 to be constructed for GBRf.
As the Japanese maglev is so fast it could take passengers in the day and containers Sydney/Melbourne between 1am and 3am due to no maintenance required.
Jolly good, BUT what about 'Just in Time' operations? Basically that's the nature of manufacturing today, it has to be highly reliable and I question whether rail can deliver the reliability required.
Rail is the MOST reliable when properly managed