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#Railnatter

The world’s leading independent railway podcast. Join award-winning rail engineer Gareth Dennis and many guests talking about all things TRAINS and TRANSPORT. #Railnatter goes out LIVE every Wednesday at 8pm, UK time, with the audio podcast following on all common platforms.

Copyright: © 2023 Gareth Dennis

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#RailNatter Episode 13: Going Underground (with Geoff Marshall) Jun 10, 2020

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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) Jun 03, 2020

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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 May 27, 2020

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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 May 20, 2020

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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 May 15, 2020

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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 May 06, 2020

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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) Apr 29, 2020

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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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#RailNatter Episode 6: What if APT had made it? Apr 22, 2020

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It's Episode 6 of #RailNatter, and this time we're doing a bit of alternate history... On the APT!

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) Apr 15, 2020

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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!

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) Apr 08, 2020

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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!

Are hydrogen trains a good idea? What is the hydrogen economy? Are battery trains better? All is answered here!

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