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Originally Posted by steam for ever
I do feel that electric is too expensive.
There are many lines that have had their wires taken down beacuase of this.
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Can you name some of these
many lines please?
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Originally Posted by steam for ever
The fact is that electric is a massive power waster.
Whenever there is no trains on a section, power is wasted.
Because electricity can only be carried so far, there is many circuits.
To make it work, power needs to be switched off when a train is not on the section.
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Where does this power go when there are no trains running?
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Originally Posted by steam for ever
You may not think it such a problem, but our heritage is at stake when it comes to the great western line.
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And our future is at stake if we don't modernise the railways.