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#RailNatter Episode 14: Building railways, but with less carbon...

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?
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)

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)...
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)

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").
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

You've all been asking me for it, so here it is: the (first) signalling episode!
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

This week's #RailNatter is like a Harry Hill fight between British small talk topics...
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

I'm pleased to say we've been joined by the brilliant Jonn Elledge (@JonnElledge on twitter) for this week's #RailNatter!
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

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).
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)

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!
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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