Wheres the Progress?
So as I understand it with this state of the art High Output wiring train, Network Rail will complete Great Western Electrification - around 200 route miles over flat, benign topography, benefitting from Brunells generous guage between 2014 and 2019 - 5 years. Between 1970 and 1974 British Rail completed a similar distance between Weaver Junction and Glasgow including the challenging terrain over Shap and Beatock with nothing more than a steam crane and a handful of Mk1 coaches fitted with flat roofs.
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