North Pole Depot

[LucaZone]

Once the next phase of CTRL is completed, the 3rd rail gear will be removed from the units as they will have no work over such track. If they need to traverse 3rd rail lines, they will be hauled. E* will not retain redundant equipment as the cost of maintenance and examination is unwarranted.

Will that be a major job? removing all the related 3rd rail power conversion equipment? Are the all intergrated inside the powercar? or do you have the luxury of modular systems that can simply be unplugged?

[salopiangrowler]

Once the next phase of CTRL is completed, the 3rd rail gear will be removed from the units as they will have no work over such track. If they need to traverse 3rd rail lines, they will be hauled. E* will not retain redundant equipment as the cost of maintenance and examination is unwarranted.

Will that be a major job? removing all the related 3rd rail power conversion equipment? Are the all intergrated inside the powercar? or do you have the luxury of modular systems that can simply be unplugged?

it'd take about 15minutes to take away the related shoes 4 on each power car and wires + the switch in the drivers cabs, it gives eurostar a chance to add another continental power supply in. London - Rome maybe.

[hercules]

I thought OOC was shortly to be bolldozed to become a through line to the other side of London for whatever political, sorry,passenger requirement for cross London traffic?

[LucaZone]

I thought OOC was shortly to be bolldozed to become a through line to the other side of London for whatever political, sorry,passenger requirement for cross London traffic?

I was wondering where the portal would be, but then it doesnt take that much space to dive underground. Just look at the CTRL Section 2, its like a rollercoaster!

An OO gauge model was used to design Bedford depot, and what did they use to gauge it all - a class 390....

"Fleischmann sued after UK Depot construction gauging errors, Jarvis not at fault! for once!"

[arabiandisco]

Once the next phase of CTRL is completed, the 3rd rail gear will be removed from the units as they will have no work over such track. If they need to traverse 3rd rail lines, they will be hauled. E* will not retain redundant equipment as the cost of maintenance and examination is unwarranted.

Will that be a major job? removing all the related 3rd rail power conversion equipment? Are the all intergrated inside the powercar? or do you have the luxury of modular systems that can simply be unplugged?

it'd take about 15minutes to take away the related shoes 4 on each power car and wires + the switch in the drivers cabs, it gives eurostar a chance to add another continental power supply in. London - Rome maybe.

There'll be the 3rd rail specific power equipment too, probably things like Circuit Breakers, inverters, transformers... OK they have to work on 3kV DC as well, and I would imagine there is some common gear, but there will be more than shoes and a switch associated with the 750. As for whether is's modular etc etc, I don't know, but I would expect some of it to be fairly simple as these are modern trains.