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    Swiss solar railway

    Initial results on the pilot are in it seems. https://www.autonocion.com/us/switzerland-train-solar-power-plant-railway/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4 Switzerland just ran its 11,000th train over the world’s first solar power plant locked between the rails of a live...
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    New Main Line for Cornwall

    Did any of the pre WW2 GWR plans for avoiding Dawlish ever get looked at again?
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    The Bristol Airport problem

    Would Filton have had any noise or flight restrictions compared to the current airport location?
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    Wind Power and UK Energy Use

    Some comments on Reddit on the trackside wind turbines... https://www.reddit.com/r/uktrains/comments/1t3zvgg/trackside_turbines_to_harness_power_from_passing/?solution=1f2bee0f744e2ded1f2bee0f744e2ded&js_challenge=1&token=bbbe4bf1c9a2b5160829c4be34da58616956a236e6a553346fbb65eab96dfaac&jsc_orig_r=
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    Wind Power and UK Energy Use

    I suppose this is sort of wind...though I thought I had seen it suggested a while back https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wind-power-clean-energy-trains-turbines-b2971479.html For centuries, the gusts of air produced as Britain's trains rush around the country have been wasted –...
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    Peaks and Dales line - feasibility study submitted

    Bit more about it here.....probably a bit biased..... https://www.peaksanddalesrailway.com/reinstatement
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    If you had a time machine...

    Were the multiple routes all bad? It did give a degree of alternate routes, eventually. OK so you can quad track a particular route but if there is an issue on that route then it doesn't mater how many lines there are its still closed. 1769979785 Talking of gauges, I would assume by now...
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    If you had a time machine...

    Who else was on the shortlist?
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    Dawlish avoiding route?

    With the 1936 plan and the Dawlish Warren route, did Dawlish ad Teignmouth get new stations in a different part of the town?
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    Great British Railways livery: Alternative suggestions/variations

    Angry eyes on the long distance version.
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    Great British Railways livery: Alternative suggestions/variations

    Wasn't there a toothpaste this colour?
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    Could Swansea benefit from a Stuttgart 21 style rebuild?

    Given the way Swansea developed and the way the railways in Swansea developed, could the station have been a through station from the start?
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    3/4 tracking the Coventry Corridor

    What is covered by the term 'Coventry Corridor'?
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    Which junctions would you grade-separate?

    Have any plans been generated?
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    HSUK vs HS2

    Is the full ARUP report anywhere, I have found what looks to be snippets.

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