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#RailNatter Episode 27: The Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy (phew)
16 september 2020 · 2 uur 3 min
In a change to the announced schedule, Episode 27 of #RailNatter is going to be a marathon page turn of Network Rail's freshly published Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy - a.k.a. The Electrification Map Report! Lees meer
Join us LIVE as we flick through all 257 pages, check out all of the areas that AREN'T proposed for wiring and consider how realistic it is that Britain might finally get the rolling programme of electrification that was first mooted over a hundred years ago.
Download the report: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-cont...
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#RailNatter Episode 26: How do sleeper trains work? (with Edward Schofield)
9 september 2020 · 1 uur 5 min
We're finding out how sleeper trains work in this week's #RailNatter... And Edward Schofield (@CapotrenoEd on Twitter) shall be our guide! Lees meer
You've been asking for this one - and it is a subject I'm looking forward to learning a lot about... Join us LIVE to ask your questions!
Ed's blog: https://railguideeurope.com/night-tra...
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/5CPAC8W
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#RailNatter Episode 25: The Engineer‘s Guide To Being A Good Crayonista
2 september 2020 · 1 uur 10 min
Well here we go - it is finally time for a #RailNatter with interactive railway creation... In Episode 25, I'll be providing you with the tools you need to make your crayon railways as realistic as possible! Lees meer
I'll show you how to dodge towns, make use of existing alignments and skip your way between ancient woodlands as we look over a few examples of railways that I've already fiddled with...
Join the natter LIVE to see a railway appear in real time, to have your say over how it looks, and to ask any burning questions you might have!
Mike Spencer's postcode map: https://mikerspencer.carto.com/viz/c7...
PRE toolbox: permanentrail.co.uk/toolbox
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#RailNatter Episode 24: Is road pricing the future? (with Edward Leigh)
26 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 30 min
We've talked about it before, but what is road pricing and is it the future for managing road traffic? Well, this is what Edward Leigh (leader of Smarter Cambridge Transport) and I will be talking about in Episode 24 of #RailNatter! Lees meer
With electric vehicles being the future of road transport, income from fuel duty will start rapidly decreasing. At the same time, road users need to be rewarded for reducing their miles and for driving sensible vehicles. Can road pricing achieve this?
Join us LIVE to find out and ask all your questions!
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#RailNatter Episode 23: The Tube Mapper Project (with Luke Agbaimoni)
19 augustus 2020 · 48 min
In this week's #RailNatter we're being joined by Luke Agbaimoni (@TubeMapper on Twitter) to talk about his mission to expose the ostensibly mundane as the aesthetically beautiful! Lees meer
Here are Luke's social media links: tubemapper.com (website) @tubemapper (instagram and twitter)
Buy a first edition signed copy of the book (!): https://unbound.com/books/tubemapper/
Buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/075099437...
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#RailNatter Episode 22: Making Electrification Stick (with Garry Keenor)
12 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 31 min
In this week's #RailNatter I'm very pleased to say we will be joined by the electrifying Garry Keenor (@25kV on Twitter)! Lees meer
In Episode 22, we'll be talking about all things OLE (OCS if you're elsewhere in the world)... Given that national electrification was suggested seriously back in the 1910s, how on earth can we finally get Britain to #ElectrifyAllTheThings, over a century later?
Join us LIVE to ask all of your electrification questions!
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#RailNatter Episode 21: Light Rail Is Not A Metro (and other gripes)
5 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 17 min
Episode 21 of #RailNatter is being hijacked as a #NotAMetro soapbox! Lees meer
This is one of my all-time bug-bears: what is and is not a “metro”, and why the UK in particular is fixated on calling tram systems “metros” despite them being a long way short of that. But where does the line sit?
Is the DLR a metro? Is the Tyne and Wear Metro a metro? Is Thameslink a metro? Watch to see as I try to create the definitive categorisation system for railways!
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#RailNatter Episode 20: So Just What Structure Should Britain‘s Railways Have Anyway?
29 juli 2020 · 1 uur 24 min
Episode 20 of #RailNatter is going to be an hour of me making a rod for my own back, no doubt... Why? Because I am going to make my proposal for what the organisational structure of Britain's railways should look like! Lees meer
Do I want a return to Grouping? Sectorised BR? The Japanese model? Tune in to find out!
(Here's Alasdair Rae's CityMetric piece explaining his Federal England map: https://www.citymetric.com/politics/w...)
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#RailNatter Episode 19: STEM or STEAM (with Lucy Prior MBE)
22 juli 2020 · 1 uur
We're LIVE again for Episode 19 of #RailNatter, and I am very pleased to say we'll have the brilliant Lucy Prior MBE joining us to talk about STEM... or is that STEAM? Lees meer
Science, Technology, Engineering, ARTS and Mathematics: Are we broadening the description too much, or are we just acknowledging that engineering is as creative as it is technical?
This is the subject that got the two of us together in person for the first time, though in true me style we never ended up actually talking about it. Now's the chance for us to put that right... Join in on the action!
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#RailNatter Episode 18: Morpeth Curve
15 juli 2020 · 1 uur
Morpeth Curve - a ridiculous kink in Britain's 125mph East Coast Main Line that has tipped more than one train into the adjacent housing estate... Lees meer
In this week's #RailNatter, I'll be postulating on why it exists, looking at what we might do about it, and thinking on the tragedy and comedy of successive derailments in this small Northumbrian town.
I'm away for this one... But through the wonders of modern technology, you can still join this episode at 7pm and chat away LIVE (ish)!
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#RailNatter Episode 17: The Woodhead Route
8 juli 2020 · 1 uur 12 min
Seeing as trans-Pennine infrastructure was in the news recently, this week's #RailNatter is going to cover THE WOODHEAD ROUTE and why "reopening" it is an idea beloved by nostalgists that isn't rooted in reality. Lees meer
Join me to tell me why I'm wrong - and it's just me this week, so we'll be doing a lot of nattering, no doubt!
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#RailNatter Episode 16: The upsides of closing railways (with Andrew White)
1 juli 2020 · 1 uur 15 min
In this week's #RailNatter, Andrew White is joining us to talk about a topic close to our hearts, but perhaps from an unusual angle... What are the BENEFITS of closing railway lines? Lees meer
Are there any? Are we doing the work of the devil in even talking about closing railways? Join us LIVE to get involved and tell us what you think!
Check out Walks Around Britain at their website: walksaroundbritain.co.uk
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#RailNatter Episode 15: Art on the Underground (with Charlotte Monroe)
24 juni 2020 · 1 uur 53 min
In this week's #RailNatter, we're diving underneath London again and looking at one of my favourite transportation art projects... Art on the Underground. Lees meer
And we are being joined by signaller and all-round urban transit buff Charlotte Monroe (@BeingCharley on Twitter) who is going to tell us all about it!
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#RailNatter Episode 14: Building railways, but with less carbon...
17 juni 2020 · 1 uur 16 min
This week, I'm delighted to welcome Prab onto #RailNatter! In Episode 14, we'll be talking about carbon emissions in construction... How do you calculate them? How do you reduce them? Are we doing enough? Is concrete evil? Lees meer
We'll also touch on the experiences of entering and thriving in the rail industry as someone who doesn't fit within the "prevailing engineering demographic".
Circular Ecology Website (the Inventory of Carbon and Energy can be downloaded from here): https://circularecology.com/
Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator: https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse... Harvard University Implicit Association Test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit...
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#RailNatter Episode 13: Going Underground (with Geoff Marshall)
10 juni 2020 · 1 uur 9 min
We've got Geoff Marshall on! I'm delighted to say that Geoff is going to be joining us to talk about all things Underground (that's with a capital U)... Lees meer
Episode 13 of #RailNatter (our fourteenth episode, so hopefully things will run smoother than last time) will take us on a tour of London's subterranean railway network!
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#RailNatter Episode 12: Beeching (with Dr David Turner)
3 juni 2020 · 1 uur 27 min
Well, it has finally happened. We are talking about Beeching. In Episode 12 of #RailNatter, we are unpicking the mythos of Beeching, helped by the historical handiwork of Dr David Turner, who is back for his second appearance (which I think makes him a "friend of the show"). Lees meer
Was Beeching the harbinger of railway destruction? Should we reverse Beeching? What does that actually mean? Was Beeching good or bad? Was there more going on? What would the railways look like today if Beeching hadn't happened? Is Beeching just an allegory for the demise of a British - and particularly English - identity that never really existed in the first place?
David's channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaNn...
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#RailNatter Episode 11: Getting trains from A to B without crashing into stuff or each other
27 mei 2020 · 1 uur 36 min
You've all been asking me for it, so here it is: the (first) signalling episode! Lees meer
Melanie Osborne is joining us for Episode 11 of #RailNatter, and she's going to be telling us all how to get trains from A to B without bumping into things. Why are train traffic lights upside down? What is semaphore? Who is Balise? All questions we may or may not answer in varying degrees of detail - in all seriousness, we're all going to be learning a lot in this one!
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#RailNatter Episode 10: Weather versus railways
20 mei 2020 · 1 uur 36 min
This week's #RailNatter is like a Harry Hill fight between British small talk topics... Lees meer
In Episode 10 (we've reached double figures!), meteorologist and thinly-veiled bahnnerd Alex Priestley will be talking about how weather is a constant challenge to railways, and how climate change is making it worse. We'll sail through a few of the big hitters (Dawlish as a biggie) and might also mention a few tales you might not have heard of.
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#RailNatter Episode 9: An official and objective ranking of London rail terminals
15 mei 2020 · 1 uur 36 min
I'm pleased to say we've been joined by the brilliant Jonn Elledge (@JonnElledge on twitter) for this week's #RailNatter! Lees meer
In Episode 9, Jonn is going to guide us through his Official and Objective Ranking of London Terminals™ - who knows what other tidbits we'll stumble upon?
Jonn's original piece in CityMetric is here: https://www.citymetric.com/transport/...
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#RailNatter Episode 8: The Forth Bridge
6 mei 2020 · 1 uur 3 min
It's time to slow things down a bit for Episode 8... This week's #RailNatter is going to be a leisurely stroll through the story of the Forth Bridge, warts and all (who am I kidding, there are no warts, this thing is the greatest structure humankind has ever created). Lees meer
Without 200 slides to hammer through this one will be much more of a natter, so do check in live to get involved and share your stories!
My Medium piece on the Forth Bridge is here: https://medium.com/@garethdennis/the-...
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#RailNatter Episode 7: The Architecture the Railways Built (with Tim Dunn)
29 april 2020 · 1 uur 28 min
We're onto Episode 7 of #RailNatter, and I'm very pleased to say that Britain's most effervescent ferroequinologist Tim Dunn is joining us to talk about his new TV show: The Architecture the Railways Built... #RailwayArchitecture started this week on UKTV Yesterday, and you can see it at 20:00 (UK time) on Tuesday evenings! Lees meer
What is the show about? Where will Tim end up? What's in store for us over the coming weeks? Tune in to find out and ask us your questions...
More info about Tim's show here: https://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/shows/ar...
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#RailNatter Episode 6: What if APT had made it?
22 april 2020 · 1 uur 13 min
It's Episode 6 of #RailNatter, and this time we're doing a bit of alternate history... On the APT! Lees meer
What might Britain's railways have looked like if the Advanced Passenger Train project had succeeded? What small changes might have resulted in that happening? Would there have been any downsides? What would the trains be doing now? We'll dig into all of this, and more!
Link to the Hornby/Hitachi NHS competition: https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/nhs-comp
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#RailNatter Episode 5: Beer! (with Dr David Turner)
15 april 2020 · 1 uur 18 min
Here is this week's #RailNatter... In Episode 5 we are talking about BEER and everything Dr David Turner and I can think of that connects this fine drink with the railways! Lees meer
We cover the complex relationship between supply chains and railways, hint at why Beeching wasn't the baddie everyone says he is (oooooh), talk about Burton quite a lot, and imbibe a few ales in the process!
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#RailNatter Episode 4: Hydrogen trains (with Mike Muldoon)
8 april 2020 · 1 uur 1 min
Here is this week's #RailNatter... In Episode 4 we are talking about all things hydrogen with (I'm pleased to say) Alstom's Mike Muldoon! Lees meer
Are hydrogen trains a good idea? What is the hydrogen economy? Are battery trains better? All is answered here!
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#RailNatter Episode 3: Rail over the Pennines
1 april 2020 · 1 uur 1 min
Here is this week's #RailNatter... In Episode 3 we are talking about "Rail over the Pennines" and all that entails (amongst other things)! Lees meer
How many lines crossed the Pennine watershed in the past, and how many do now? How many lines are electrified? How does trans-Pennine railway history compare with the Scottish Central Belt? We cover it all here!
Link to the episode of Well There's Your Problem that I guested on: https://youtu.be/38-MKEap0AQ
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#RailNatter Episode 2: Are Class 158s good?
25 maart 2020 · 59 min
It's time for Episode 2 of #RailNatter, and this time we're talking about the Class 158 Express Sprinters... and the history of Sprinter trains/British Rail Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) more generally! Lees meer
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#RailNatter Episode 1: Britain‘s Rail Pinch Points
18 maart 2020 · 59 min
This week we're looking at the list of rail pinch points that I (mostly) came up with and featured in Channel 4's Dispatches on Monday! Lees meer
Head to the map of pinch points here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Emq...
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#RailNatter Episode 0: High Speed 2 Q&A
11 maart 2020 · 58 min
As a trial run for the proper #RailNatter series, I did a live Periscope Q&A on High Speed 2 and answered as many questions as I could in an hour... Now it's here for you to re-watch! Lees meer
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