>>1671782Aye, it was a shame that they closed it.
Could have altered the catenary and substations to 25kV AC and had a modern Transpennine route.
But I have heard that there were a lot of reasons for it closing.
>Coal was the main traffic, with the Yorkshire collieries closing the revenue was drying up>The electrical equipment needed renewal, which was very expensive>The Hope Valley line had a cement works and a lot more local traffic generation, the Woodhead line had traffic originating at the ends of the line>Sheffield Victoria was to be closed, re-routing the Woodhead line would have been too costlyPic related was one of the MGR coal workings up the Worsbrough Incline. 2x locos at the front, 2x at the rear, and the drivers would communicate along the power wires.
>>1671805Nah, not all of them.
It should start in the high traffic, mountainous sections, and extend from there to the big cities and further until the mainlines are covered.
It wouldn't be worth the hassle to electrify the shorelines.
As a stop-gap, the electric locomotives could act like slugs with paired diesel(s), where under the wires the electric loco supplies the diesel with power and the diesel powers the electric otherwise.
