Mail Rail (Post Office Railway) visit
Recliner wrote:
Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Recliner wrote:
Snipped the stuff I forgot to finish last time, sorry
- They told me that the rest of the railway is still owned and
maintained by the Royal Mail. There is at least the theoretical
possibility of the museum trains doing a longer circuit, perhaps to
the next station, but there appear to be no current plans for such an
expansion. It would obviously need Royal Mail's agreement, and there
would be a significant costs. The current trains may not have the
battery capacity for the extra distances involved.
Problems include lack of emergency exits.
True
Additionally the conductor rail has to be removed to allow the passenger
train to run; this is not a problem in itself but it does prevent future
demonstrations of automatic trains (something I'd love to see, but I don't
know if it's on anyone's agenda) if you remove too much of it.
I didn't know the line had been used for trials of automatic trains? How
would they get them up and down, given that the old depot can no longer be
used for surface access?
I mean, I'd like to see a demonstration of the previous, automatic
operation. Perhaps 'unmanned operation' would have been a better phrase.
I'm not aware of the line having been used for any testing, trials or
otherwise.
Anna Noyd-Dryver
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