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Engineering notes12/04/20266 min

Series 2 OLE: three things that only make sense after your first possession.

Series 2 OLE is the system most new UK mainline electrification is now designed around. On paper it is faster, lighter and more maintainable. On the rail head, it still rewards engineers who have spent a possession inside one.

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