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#RailNatter Episode 127: Avanti and the ”unofficial strikes” (yes, it’s a News episode)
17 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 37 min
Much has been happening in the world of transport, so it's time to pause, take stock and catch up with current happenings again... Lees meer
We'll be talking about strikes quite a bit, but there's plenty else to flick through, including the UK's broader economic outlook, the energy crisis and the impacts of the ongoing heatwave. Join #RailNatter live to get involved!
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#RailNatter Episode 126: The Transport Select Committee’s Integrated Rail Plan report
10 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 25 min
It's a #RailNatter page-turn again - and we're sinking our metaphorical teeth into the Transport Select Committee's Integrated Rail Plan (a.k.a. #RailBetrayal) report... It's the one I appeared in Parliament for! Lees meer
We'll dig into the detail, but it summarised by saying that there was little evidence of valid assessment in IRP, that government should prepare for their cuts to be reversed, that journey time benefits were not achievable and that there was not enough focus on capacity. In other words, they leave government's plans in tatters!
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#RailNatter Episode 125: What if the InterCity 125 had never existed?
3 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 2 min
It's been over two years since we've done a proper alternative history episode (Episode 7 was on what might have happened if the APT had made it) so for Episode 125 it's only right that we look to the InterCity 125 (a.k.a. the High Speed Diesel Train) and have a think about what might have happened if it had simply never come into existence... Lees meer
What might have changed? Would the railway renaissance that came about in the 1980s never have come to being without them? Might we see a very different-looking railway network today had they not appeared and been so successful? Tune in to see what I reckon!
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#RailNatter Episode 124: Railways and modernity in Scandinavia
27 juli 2022 · 1 uur 36 min
For quite a long time, Scandinavia has been a quiet hub of railway modernity - indeed, Sweden had the most per-kilometre electrification in the world for a number of years. Denmark has constructed enormous rail infrastructure in recent years, and on average trains across the region are pretty young. X2000s and various excellent metro systems are a delight to behold. Lees meer
To talk about all of this good stuff, and perhaps dig into what we can learn from our Scandi pals, we've the pleasure of being joined by writer Dominic Hinde on this week's #RailNatter... Dominic will guide us across the railways of northeastern Europe with aplomb, and you can all ask your questions as it's a live one!
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#RailNatter Episode 123: A collection of railway watches and where to find them
20 juli 2022 · 1 uur 23 min
Well I am very pleased to say that this week, we are joined in #RailNatter towers by podcaster extraordinaire Alice Caldwell-Kelly (famed for @Trashfuture Podcast, @Well There's Your Problem Podcast and Kill James Bond)! Lees meer
Alice and I will be going on a ferroequinohorological odyssey through time (quite literally) to see how small clocks and the operation of the railways are interlinked - and we'll also be gawking at some very fetching hand-held rail timepieces... Pocket watches and wristwatches galore!
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#RailNatter Episode 122: Shapps’ terrible signalling tweet (and the VLR Q&A)
13 juli 2022 · 1 uur 30 min
Well a lot has happened in the world since we last did a news segment, so it's another general news catch-up for this week's #RailNatter... Lees meer
We'll focus in on Shapps' signalling tweet from a couple of weeks back, where he made a hash of just about every sentence he was fed - as well as looking at the horror show of the Tory leadership contest if our special boy Grant Shapps is the one who has the best stance on human rights.
Also, as promised last week, we'll do the Very Light Rail (both rural and urban) Q&A session!
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#RailNatter Episode 121: What is Very Light Rail and is it any good?
6 juli 2022 · 42 min
It's a question you've all been asking for a while - what is VLR, and is it any good? Well, tonight's #RailNatter will hopefully answer that question! Lees meer
I was at the first (?) VLR "conference" a few weeks ago, plus you might have noticed that I omitted the Revolution VLR tour that I did at Rail Live for last week's episode... Well, all of this is to be combined into this week's episode, so there should be a bit of a feast for you all!
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#RailNatter Episode 120: Rail Live 2022!
29 juni 2022 · 1 uur 26 min
It's Rail Live 2022 - and so I'm sending you another pre-recorded #RailNatter from the past! Lees meer
Rather than running about like a headless chicken as I did last year, this time I'm running about like a headless chicken *with a plan* - we'll split the episode into four segments - exhibits, plant, trains and people - and have an explore accordingly!
There'll also be a couple of shorter videos to follow this one, including some nice timelapses of setup day...
Trashfuture rail strikes episode here for your listening pleasure: https://trashfuturepodcast.podbean.co...
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#RailNatter Episode 119: A quick history of UK rail strike action
22 juni 2022 · 48 min
STRIKES! Solidarity to all RMT rail workers out on strike right now... I'm at Rail Live today, so I've pre-recorded this week's #RailNatter as a sort of Baby's First Strike History. Join in the chat in any case to add your thoughts and perhaps pick up anything I've missed... Live(ish) at 7pm on Wednesday! Lees meer
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#RailNatter Episode 118: Goofy American Gadgetbahns from the 1970s
15 juni 2022 · 1 uur 11 min
This week we have the honour and pleasure of being joined by Alexandra Rose (@bigmoodenergy) to talk about a long list of rather goody gadgetbahns from the not-so-distant US past... We may see all shapes, we may see all sizes, but will we find any that are actually useful? Lees meer
Tune in LIVE on Wednesday at 7pm to find out!
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#RailNatter Episode 117: Doing a better job of categorising urban transport systems
8 juni 2022 · 1 uur 13 min
This week's #RailNatter is diving back into the messy world of categorising urban transport systems... And I think I've cracked it! Lees meer
Gone shall be "light rail", "rapid transit", "personal rapid transit", "bus rapid transit", "stadtbahn" and all the rest... In shall arrive a newer, simpler series of names that make more sense and will have actual, consistent meanings.
Join LIVE at 7pm on Wednesday to send me a pile of transport systems to see if the categoriser breaks immediately!
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#RailNatter Episode 116: A new north-south main line for Wales (without maps because this is a podcast)
1 juni 2022 · 1 uur 36 min
For some reason, our old #RailNatter on the Welsh railway network went viral earlier this year, so I thought I'd take the chance to dig into the culmination of that episode and dive into what a north-south main line for Wales might look like... Lees meer
If you like maps, alignment design, deciding where to put a railway, and understanding the bigger picture on railway proposals, then this is the episode for you! Also, there will be: maps galore, costings, timings, politics, opportunities and challenges. It's all here!
Join LIVE at 7pm on Wednesday!
The original episode that sparked all this off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyJBN...
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#RailNatter Episode 115: Crossrail isn’t a Tube line, the Tube map needs retiring, etc
25 mei 2022 · 1 uur 11 min
In a change to the published schedule, #RailNatter is heading to London because Crossrail (known by some as the Elizabeth line line) has just opened and we all need to talk about it... Not least that it (a) is not a Tube line and (b) has made a right mess of an already over-stressed Tube map. Lees meer
We'll be talking about how to properly classify London's transport networks, why it may or may not be important to do so, and how fixing the Tube map is important and also almost impossible.
Join LIVE at 7pm on Wednesday!
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#RailNatter Episode 114: So Just What Branding Should Britain’s Railways Have Anyway?
18 mei 2022 · 1 uur 32 min
This week's #RailNatter should be a fun one... We are looking at what branding Britain's railways should have in a post-GBR world. Lees meer
Should everything be uniform, devolution be damned? Or do we know better...
Join LIVE to have your say!
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#RailNatter Episode 113: The Carmont derailment (a deep dive into the final report) 4
11 mei 2022 · 1 uur 57 min
CRASHWORTHINESS AND CONCLUSIONS Lees meer
The RAIB report from the Carmont rail crash has been released, and just as we worked our way through the interim report, this week's #RailNatter is taking a detailed look at the final report.
What exactly happened that fateful day? What can we learn? What should we do to avoid it happening again?
This is the fourth and final episode of this miniseries, and will look primarily at the crashworthiness of the High Speed Train and how it turned a significant derailment into a fatal one. We'll end by summarising the findings of the report.
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#RailNatter Episode 112: Network Rail’s modular design for small and medium stations
4 mei 2022 · 1 uur 14 min
This week's #RailNatter does what it says on the tin... I'll have spent the morning at a press session looking at the new modular station design that Network Rail and the UK Design Council have been developing alongside competition-winning architects 7N. Lees meer
Will it be successful? Is it any good in the first place? Where might we see the first example being built?
Join LIVE (yes, not a pre-record as previously suggested) at 7pm on Wednesday!
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#RailNatter Episode 111: The end of ScotRail’s private life
27 april 2022 · 1 uur 23 min
This week #RailNatter is joined by Professor Iain Docherty, Dean for the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Stirling and transport policy expert... Who better to tackle the subject of ScotRail's re-nationalisation? Lees meer
That's right! After exactly 25 years of private operation, ScotRail is back to being an entirely (rather than defacto) state owned and operated railway network. Is it all sunshine and roses, though, or does this mean that the Scottish government will start having to face some spikey home truths?
Tune in LIVE on Wednesday at 7pm to find out!
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#RailNatter Episode 110: The Carmont derailment (a deep dive into the final report) 3
20 april 2022 · 1 uur 4 min
OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS Lees meer
The RAIB report from the Carmont rail crash has been released, and just as we worked our way through the interim report, this week's #RailNatter is taking a detailed look at the final report.
What exactly happened that fateful day? What can we learn? What should we do to avoid it happening again?
This is the third episode of this miniseries, and in it we look at a variety of contributing factors that increased the risk of the derailment happening and increased the consequences once it did happen. We'll also look at the condition of the High Speed Train following the derailment.
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#RailNatter Episode 109: Catching up on (more) current happenings
13 april 2022 · 1 uur 23 min
It only took a few weeks, but we've fallen hopelessly behind with The News again, which means we need a catch-up... So #RailNatter shall be filling us in with all the newsworthy stuff that has been going on in the transport and transport-adjacent world! Lees meer
Join in to share your thoughts, LIVE at the usual time!
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#RailNatter Episode 108: The Carmont derailment (a deep dive into the final report) 2
6 april 2022 · 1 uur 20 min
CRISIS MANAGEMENT Lees meer
The RAIB report from the Carmont rail crash has been released, and just as we worked our way through the interim report, this week's #RailNatter is taking a detailed look at the final report.
What exactly happened that fateful day? What can we learn? What should we do to avoid it happening again?
This is the second episode of this miniseries, and covers the failure in crisis management and the broader impacts of climate change that led events to unfold as they did.
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#RailNatter Episode 107: Getting involved - and STAYING involved - with transport policy
30 maart 2022 · 1 uur 8 min
For this week's #RailNatter, Harry Burr is joining us to talk about his experiences as a very young sustainable transport policy advocate who has already made waves across the Midlands... Lees meer
As the founder of Sustainable Transport Midlands, we'll talk about how he got into making policymakers pay attention, how he keeps himself engaged in an industry that can sometimes brush off the inputs of young people, and what he thinks might come next.
Whilst you can tune in live at the usual time, actually you should GO AND WATCH/SUPPORT #RailwayHistoryForUkraine at historyforukraine.co! #RailNatter will be here for you afterwards!
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#RailNatter Episode 106: The Carmont derailment (a deep dive into the final report) 1
23 maart 2022 · 1 uur 54 min
INTRODUCTION AND CDM REGULATIONS Lees meer
The RAIB report from the Carmont rail crash has been released, and just as we worked our way through the interim report, this week's #RailNatter is taking a detailed look at the final report.
What exactly happened that fateful day? What can we learn? What should we do to avoid it happening again?
In the first of this four-part miniseries, we'll introduce how the crash unfolded. We'll then look in detail at the failure of the drain, and the failure of the assurance processes that failed to spot its inadequacy.
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#RailNatter Episode 105: The UK must decentralise power to make public transport better
16 maart 2022 · 1 uur 32 min
This week's #RailNatter is looking for solutions rather than problems, and joining us is friend of the show Jon Stone (the Independent's policy correspondent)... Together we will be exploring why the UK *must* decentralise power to make public transport better! Lees meer
Do you have thoughts on devolution? Join LIVE (if a little late) to get involved in the discussion!
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#RailNatter Episode 104: Why driverless Tube trains will never work
9 maart 2022 · 1 uur 26 min
Seeing as the RMT have been on strike following Grant Shapps' blatant attempt to undermine their bargaining power as part of his deal with Transport for London, it makes sense for this week's #RailNater to unpick one of the commonly repeated myths that the Department for Transport keep referring to: that driverless Tube trains are anything other than a #gadgetbahn fantasy. Lees meer
It'll be a pretty relaxed and open Q&A session, so bring your thoughts and queries!
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#RailNatter Episode 103: A page-turn through Network Rail’s 3rd Climate Adaptation Report
2 maart 2022 · 1 uur 29 min
With the IPCC having released its latest #ClimateReport this week, we'll take a quick look at the headlines then dig into Network Rail's latest climate adaptation report to see how global warming is impacting on railway infrastructure in England, Scotland and Wales. Lees meer
Join #RailNatter LIVE to ask your questions about climate, infrastructure and everything in between...
Download the NR report here: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/sustain...
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#RailNatter Episode 102: Catching up on current happenings
23 februari 2022 · 1 uur 16 min
This week's #RailNatter is going to be a bit of a catch up on The News seeing as so much has been happening of late... The previously advertised episode shall follow next week! Lees meer
Join to have your say on everything that's been going on in the transport world, and let me know if I've missed anything!
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#RailNatter Episode 101: Will the government get away with the #RailBetrayal?
16 februari 2022 · 1 uur 5 min
Tonight, Jennifer Williams of the @Manchester Evening News joins us in #RailNatter towers to consider the context of the North's anger over the Integrated Rail Plan, how it fits into the broader failings of government's "levelling up" agenda, and whether the #RailBetrayal will stick... Lees meer
Join us live(ish) at the usual time!
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#RailNatter Episode 100: Every episode of #RailNatter (so far)
9 februari 2022 · 1 uur 34 min
Well, we did it. #RailNatter broke the ton. Lees meer
Consequently, I think it would be a good idea (after what is invariably going to be a long news segment) for us to take a look back at every episode we've done to remember the highlights and perhaps work out if there is any kind of #RailNatter manifesto emerging from all of this...
Join LIVE to recall your favourite moments or indeed remind me of the bits where I messed up!
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#RailNatter Episode 99: The good and bad ways to stop errant trains
2 februari 2022 · 54 min
Scaled down for COVID but aided by beer and gusto, #RailNatter's first recording in front of a live audience also happens to be ITS 100TH EPISODE! Lees meer
Join us in Pivni as we wander through the ways to stop trains that have got away with themselves, punctuated by a variety of terminal calamities through recent British Rail history.
Don't worry if you had hoped to get tickets - there'll be another live event in York later this year, with much more venue capacity... Watch this space!
The ticket sales income (less Eventbrite's fee) for this event went straight to York LGBT Forum (https://www.yorklgbtforum.org.uk/) who do vital work. If you want to make an additional donation to them, you can do so via their website (feel free to mark your donation with #RailNatter if you've come via here).
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#RailNatter Episode 98: The collapse of Carillion
26 januari 2022 · 1 uur 18 min
With the help of journalist and author Samir Jeraj (@sajeraj on Twitter), this week's #RailNatter is looking at the collapse of Carillion, unpicking its impacts on the construction industry, and thinking about the wider societal effects of contractor dominance... Lees meer
It's a fiddly subject, so feel free to bring along your own experiences and expertise to help out!
Listen to the @Trashfuture Podcast episode I nabbed from here: https://trashfuturepodcast.podbean.co...
Samir's project is for https://www.ecnmy.org/, and if you want to speak to him about your experience of the Carillion collapse, you can contact him over Twitter or at sa.jeraj [at] gmail [dot] com (email snarled for obvious anti-spam reasons).
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#RailNatter Episode 97: Does HS2 benefit Wales?
19 januari 2022 · 1 uur 12 min
Following yet another bout of Welsh politicians making stuff up about HS2, this #RailNatter is going to attempt to tackle the question head on: does Wales get any benefit from HS2? (YES IT DOES.) Lees meer
Repeated claims to the contrary resurfaced again a week or two ago, and the worst thing isn't that saying as much is damaging for rail investment across the UK, it isn't that it is anti-expert, it is that by being patently untrue it greatly undermines the otherwise solid case for more devolved powers and funding for Wales. So stop repeating it!
Professor Mark Barry's blog (lots of good stuff on here as well as the less good HS2 stuff): https://swalesmetroprof.blog/
Professor Mark Barry's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH6xA...
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#RailNatter Episode 96: What’s wrong with the Rhondda Line?
12 januari 2022 · 1 uur 29 min
In the first of a new #RailNatter sub-series, we'll be joined by Rebecca Wilks (@WilksBecca on Twitter) who is a reporter with The National to talk about Wales' Rhondda line and everything that is wrong with it... Lees meer
We'll then try and work out some things that might help fix it in the longer-term - join LIVE to ask your questions and make your suggestions!
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#RailNatter Episode 95: Xmas holidays by rail, Edwardian-style
5 januari 2022 · 1 uur 31 min
Well, straight off the bat dear friend of the show Dr David Turner and I talk about quite a bit of the Victorian period too, so this title doesn't make much sense. Lees meer
In any case, David joins the third of this year's #RailNatter holiday specials with a bundle of historic delights under his arm that we spread across a table and pore over in no particular order.
What did Christmas look like on Britain's railways in decades and centuries gone by? How did the railways respond to passenger demand over the festive season? Where did we get our trees from? All questions we'll ponder with the aid of the archives!
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#RailNatter Episode 94: Ten Of The World’s Most Edible-Looking Railway Stations
29 december 2021 · 1 uur 10 min
Ever walked into a railway station, looked up, and thought "well, that looks delicious"? No? Well, after this year's second #RailNatter holiday special you certainly will... Lees meer
Storyteller and writer Emily Turner and I go on a boozy tour of the world's most edible-looking railway stations so that you don't have to - and the results are a feast!
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#RailNatter Episode 93: The Official #RailNatter Top Ten Classic Railway Films
22 december 2021 · 1 uur 26 min
It's the first of our three #RailNatter holiday specials, and this one is LIVE! For your entertainment, we are listing off The Official #RailNatter Top Ten Classic Railway Films and why I think this is the right order for them... Lees meer
Do you agree or disagree? Are any films missing? Tune in and have your say!
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#RailNatter Episode 92: The Werrington Diveunder
15 december 2021 · 55 min
Last week I had the pleasure of travelling on the first scheduled passenger service through the newly grade-separated Werrington Junction with its impressive diveunder... Lees meer
This week's #RailNatter shows you what I got up to, including not one but TWO cab rides, an outline of the physical works and an explanation of what the project achieves.
It's a pre-record, but do join the chat LIVE at 7pm on Wednesday!
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#RailNatter Episode 91: A page-turn through the Union Connectivity Review
8 december 2021 · 1 uur 29 min
With the impacts of the "Integrated" Rail Plan still not really having settled in, government also decided to release the final paper of their Union Connectivity Review... This week's #RailNatter is taking a look! Lees meer
Given that Sir Peter Hendy - a man with the genuine best interests of the railway at heart and the nous to keep it alive - has put his name to the report, there is surely something useful in here? Right?
Join LIVE to find out - it's yet another classic page-turn!
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#RailNatter Episode 90: Railways versus leaves
1 december 2021 · 1 uur 17 min
In the aftermath of the Salisbury rail crash, this week's #RailNatter is looking at the impact of the lowly leaf... Why are these little crispy menaces such a danger to the railway and what are we doing about them? Lees meer
Join LIVE to get involved and share your thoughts!
Download the documents I reference in this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6sajso7iootjzer/%23RailNatterEp90.zip?dl=0
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#RailNatter Episode 89: A page-turn through the Integrated Rail Plan
24 november 2021 · 1 uur 43 min
It landed last week and it managed to be WORSE than the leaks had suggested - the Conservative government's Integrated Rail Plan cancelled the entire Eastern leg of HS2 and shredded the high speed line across the Pennines. Is there anything good in this document at all? Lees meer
To find out, this dismal document needs to get the full #RailNatter page-turn treatment. I fear this one is going to be rowdy...
Join LIVE to share your thoughts and frustrations on Johnson's #RailBetrayal.
Watch me guesting on @BowlerHatMan's stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EgNJ...
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#RailNatter Episode 88: Why is the Eastern Leg of HS2 its most important section?
17 november 2021 · 1 uur 43 min
This week is a bad week for Britain's railways, but thankfully this week's #RailNatter comes the day BEFORE we get to read just how bad it is (we'll page-turn it next week)... Nevertheless, it gives us a chance to look at High Speed 2 again, and to understand why the eastern leg between Birmingham, the East Midlands, South Yorkshire, Leeds and the North East is its most important section. Lees meer
Hate HS2? Come and tell me why and I'll tell you why you are probably wrong... In any case it's another Q&A session so do join LIVE to get stuck in!
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#RailNatter Episode 87: The Architecture The Railways Built 3 - 30th Episode Celebration!
10 november 2021 · 1 uur 30 min
Tim is back! With only one episode remaining in Series 3, Britain's most effervescent ferroequinologist Tim Dunn be joining us on this week's #RailNatter to look back on 30 episodes of #TheArchitectureTheRailwaysBuilt, with behind the scenes pictures, bonus footage and some seriously saucy Bekonscot Model Village chat. Lees meer
Join the two of us LIVE at 7pm on Wednesday to throw us your questions and get in on the fun!
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#RailNatter Episode 86: Railways versus climate change (a wee Q&A session)
3 november 2021 · 1 uur 11 min
It's #COP26, and (in a slight change to the schedule) this week's #RailNatter is going all green, as we have an open session talking about climate change and the different ways in which railways can play a major part in reducing GHG emissions. Lees meer
It's a LIVE Q&A, so bring your questions and thoughts and we'll see what we can hash out together!
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#RailNatter Episode 85: A chaotic history of the early Crossrail proposals
27 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 22 min
We've the pleasure of Jonn Elledge's company again tonight, as we both flick through a few of the old Crossrail proposal documents for a laugh, and as a way to distract ourselves from the dismal budget announcements... Lees meer
When did the name come about? When was it got rid of again? How many serious route options have been considered? Where might the stations have been if not where they are now? All questions we may or may not answer!
Join LIVE to ask your questions and join in on the fun!
Jonn's excellent book, The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything, can be bought here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781...
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#RailNatter Episode 84: Why isn‘t High Speed 1 Britain‘s first high speed line?
20 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 43 min
This week, The Architecture The Railways Built took a brief look at the Selby Diversion... So obviously, given that it is a thing I never seem to shut up about on Twitter, this is the perfect excuse to do a #RailNatter on why High Speed One *isn't* the UK's first high speed line. Lees meer
It's a live episode, so tune in at 7pm on Wednesday to ask all your questions!
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#RailNatter Episode 83: How do you fit bigger trains on the British railway network?
13 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 52 min
I'm in a work whirlwind this week, so how better to unwind than to **checks notes** relive past trauma and tell you all about how whole-route gauge clearance projects work? Lees meer
Through the lens of a reasonably recent project, this week's #RailNatter will be a sample of my day job through the lens of the Yorkshire Terminals Gauging project, looking at how it resulted in a clear path for the largest* container trains between Doncaster and Leeds.
Join LIVE at 7pm on Wednesday! *actually, W12 doesn't quite cover everything, but more on that in the episode!
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#RailNatter Episode 82: Skills gap? What skills gap? 2
6 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 21 min
It's Rail Week again, which means we are being joined by another illustrious Young Rail Professional to talk about the skills gap... And we are pleased to have the national chair of the YRP himself on this week's show! Lees meer
George Chilcott will be talking to us about the continued threats to our industry's skills base, and we'll see if anything has changed since Harriet Glen joined us a year ago.
As ever, it is an open session so do ask us anything by joining LIVE on Wednesday at 7pm!
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#RailNatter Episode 81: The very long and very beautiful history of technical drawing
29 september 2021 · 2 uur 6 min
This week's #RailNatter is going to be a real treat... Chris Valkoinen from the National Railway Museum is joining us to talk about his new book: "Railways: A History In Drawings" - he'll also be guiding us through the history of technical drawing with the aid of some stunning images... Lees meer
An episode not to be missed - join LIVE on Weds at 7pm!
If you want to buy your own copy of the book, follow this link and use the discount code shared in the video to get 25% off: https://thamesandhudson.com/railways-...
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#RailNatter Episode 80: A meander through the new edition of the #OLEBook
22 september 2021 · 1 uur 55 min
Garry Keenor is back to talk about electrification! The new digital edition of the #OLEBook (Overhead Line Electrification for Railways, 6th Edition) is out, and the physical copies are close behind... Lees meer
For this week's #RailNatter, Garry will take us through the book, talking about how it came about, what it covers, what's in the new edition and how to get hold of it... The digital copy is still free, folks!
Catch us LIVE at 7pm on Wednesday to ask all your electrification questions!
Download the digital edition of the #OLEBook: https://ocs4rail.com/
Garry's #OLEBook kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
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#RailNatter Episode 79: Why is there no HS1-HS2 link, and how should it look if there was?
15 september 2021 · 1 uur 25 min
This week's #RailNatter is looking at the link between High Speed 1 and Britain's future High Speed 2 - or rather, why there isn't going to be one (yet). Lees meer
We'll look at past plans for the link, including one that involved a major new underground station at King's Cross. We'll also explore why, without a through station in central London, a link isn't actually a great idea. We'll even look at what a future link might sensibly look like!
Join us at 7pm on Wednesday - as it's an HS2 episode you'll want to join LIVE to ask your questions!
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#RailNatter Episode 78: A page-turn through the (first) Beeching report
8 september 2021 · 1 uur 44 min
It's all very well moaning about Beeching, but have you ever ACTUALLY read the infamous report? Well, after this week's #RailNatter, you'll be able to say you have! Lees meer
Is it pure evil etched in paper? Did it spell doom for Britain's railways? Did it actually represent the only time anyone in power actually decided to answer the question "what are Britain's railways for"?
It's a classic #RailNatter page-turn, so do join LIVE to shout things at me!
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