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NEW FACTORY TRAIN TO HELP WITH GWML ELECTRIFICATION

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  1. RHM

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    A factory on rails – the first of its kind to be used on Britain’s railways – will slash years off the time it will take to electrify the Great Western main line.

    With 235 route miles to electrify from Maidenhead in the East* to Swansea in the West - and many thousands of trains to keep running while the work is done - Network Rail is working with German manufacturer Windhoff to build the High Output Plant system (HOPS) train to do the job.

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    MORE: http://railwayherald.com/uknews/new-factory-train-to-help-with-gwml-electrification
     
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    GWML OHLs are going to be something else judging by that picture!
     
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    That's a pile in the pic not an overhead structure
     
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    You don't say...
     
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    Pile as in 'driver' perhaps........
     
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    That's the new contact wire it's picking up!

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    Well there have been problems on the ECML attributed to the OHL being a bit on the flimsy side, this is the Brunel over engineering solution.:rolleyes:
     
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