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These days I live in the USA in Dalton, Georgia and before that 4 years in Dayton, Ohio.^[1] I also spent 11 years in Kansas City, Missouri. I am Technical Director in a chemical company serving the construction, carpet and other related industries. We have our own rail siding and a double track freight railway runs right by the plant and my office.

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  double track rail
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  double track rail
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  freight spur
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  Freight spur
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  Freight Train Five Springs GA
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  Fully loaded rail sidings

Electrification RUS refresh^[2]

In September 2020 the TDNS Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy Interim Business case was published but dated July 31, 2020. The principal recommendation was further electrification of 13,000km (single track kilometres) of UK railways.^[3]

Writing in Modern Railways in March 2018, Julian Worth, former EWS Marketing Director and Transrail Freight Managing Director, said upgrading and electrifying F2N would require 146 miles of electrification and enable 56 trains to convert to electric haulage.^[4] Similar points and strategy were pointed out at a Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railways seminar.^[5]

Manchester Victoria ^[6][7]

IRP ^[8] Northwest electrification programmes^[9] The Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands or more simply, the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP), is a United Kingdom government proposal published on 18 November 2021.^[10] It contains the significant proviso that "In line with the Government's existing approach to rail enhancements, commitments will be made only to progress individual schemes up to the next stage of development, subject to a review of their readiness."^[11] An update with technical annex was released on 24 January 2022.^[12]

Network RUS Electrification 2009 MapCite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).Table 6.2 Composite of 3 individual components^[13] High priorityRUS Electrification & p108 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFRUS_Electrificationp108 (help)</ref>

In September 2020 the TDNS (Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy) Interim Business case was published but dated July 31, 2020. The principal recommendation was further electrification of 13000 STKs - single track kilometres of UK railways.^[14] Page 79 showed the map with F2N showing as a core project.^[15] Pages 82-83 identified railfreight flow from Felixstowe as key but did not use the phrase F2N.^[16] Pages 187-193 identified the route as key but broke up into 4 sections identified as F2MN (Felixstowe to Midlands). The 4 sections were labeled F2MN Western, F2MN, Central, F2MN Eastern, F2MN Ipswich to Felixstowe.^[17]

Birmingham–Peterborough line#Felixstowe and Nuneaton freight capacity scheme

Cleaning up our act. The Permanent Way Institution recognises that the industry as a whole, needs to clean up its act with regard to affordability and other issues affecting railway electrification.^[18] Hydrogen and batteries are other solutions that need to be taken into account even though electrification is the only sensible solution for freight.

First principles design -standardise design to save costs^[19]

Saving the planet:The engineer's challenge. UK is blessed with a continental shelf with a seabed less than 100 metres below the surface which is ideal for offshore electricity production from wind power and enough to powere most of Europe. Of course the wind does not always blow so the engineers challenge is to store electrical energy for use when the wind does not blow.^[20]

The advantages of electrified railways: An international summary. Geopolitics and petroleum is a finite resource^[21]

Traction Power Supplies Not another PSU (Power Supply Upgrade) Neutral Sections, SFCs etc.^[22]

Calderdale Council have called for the route to be electrified as an alternative route to the line through Huddersfield should that be closed for engineering works. Tim Swift, the leader of Calderdale Council in 2015 stated "It makes no logical sense in terms of a long term network to electrify the Trans-Pennine Route and not the Calder Valley Line".^[23] In March 2015 The Northern Sparks report was produced by a committee of Members of Parliament from all parties focusing on economic benefits of electrification in the North. The Calder Valley line in its entirety was number one priority.^[24] This was reiterated in 2018.^[25]

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  Route for Felixstowe to Nuneaton freight capacity scheme.
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  Calder Valley line
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  Birmingham–Peterborough line
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  Map of the Trans-Pennine Routes. The TRU relates to the northern line in blue via Huddersfield.
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  Woodhead
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  UK rail electrification by 2019
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  Midland Main Line Map original
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  West Coast Main Line Map