According to the latest news from Rail and the wider railway press, the days of running diesels under the wires could at last be coming to an end. This is a crazy practice that does nothing for the efficiency of the modern railway and one that we should be keen to see the back of. Here, one of Virgin’s class 221 Voyagers passes Roade cutting with the 10.10 London Euston to Chester. This type of service should soon be operated by a bi-mode unit if the new operator sticks to its promises.
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