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I know - metal hydrides are good examples. The problem with energy density remains - in fact gets worse since the amount of hydrogen that is stored per kg of hydride is much lower than for liquid hydrogen. So you need a much greater weight of hydride is needed when compared with petrol ( about...

There are some very serious issues with hydrogen as a fuel source. Firstly energy density. Hydrogen has a much higher heat of combustion when compared with, say, diesel (141 MJ/kg vs 45 MJ/Kg) which means that kg for kg hydrogen contains much more energy that diesel or petrol ( about 3 times )...

I have no idea whether this has been posted elsewhere here but this is just absolutely brilliant! Stark, raving but brilliant lunacy... Just enjoy https://www.classicfm.com/composers/pachelbel/canon-on-trains/?fbclid=IwAR1MukFQmxSYG5rww2N4Hv6POcYq6YoNk-4RurZA2LX4ljj1oCJjbSx0r9I

Plenty more. One of the more famous ones is Dover which is probably cognate with Dyfi and comes from the Celtic for "water" which is "dwfr" in modern Welsh.

There are probably plenty but I will start off with Birmingham International. This is just baffling. Ignoring for the moment the use of graphics that look as if they came out of early 1980s computers we have the following: The name for what I will call the "Mall" level is either "Concourse...

Apologies if this has been posted before but with over 3,000 posts :s:s Any idea what might have caused this oh-so-sad accident of a Russian train carrying armour to derail? Apparently it wasn't caused by hostile action. Apparently.

Gobowen - (Large sign "Gobowen for Oswestry")

Surprised no one has mentioned Worcester Shrub Hill. Inside it is run down and tired (although the cafe is good) but outside there is that monstrosity of a tower block which urgently needs dynamiting. Even when you are past that the image of Worcester isn't brilliant as you come out opposite a...

Gobowen. Owen's Mine.. ( I am well aware that there is an alternative etymology concerning Owain Glyndŵr)

Does anyone know what the rules are for a passenger passing through a Tier 2 or Tier 3 city - say from Manchester Victoria to Piccadilly or from one London terminus to another?

Been asked by a friend the following: " Anyone out there Re UK...that knows of a site for cheap train tickets? Re WSM to Huntingdon Cambridgeshire for 2 adults please...Some of the prices are off the roof...I could visit Spain for a week on the train prices they are quoting... we want to go on...

Welshpool ? When the bypass was built the running lines were moved and a new platform built.

(More in hope than expectation) Return of steam ?

From a personal note, I am surprised not to see Oswestry-Gobowen on the list. I will ask at the Cambrian Railways group if they applied.

Looks as if the CLPG were being unduly pessimistic

The Times has the full list: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/beeching-reversal-fifty-disused-rail-lines-on-track-to-reopen-xxpfz3522 THE SHORTLISTED BIDS Yorkshire and Humberside Reinstatement of the Beverley to York rail line Restoration of a daily train service on the Keighley &...

A number of stations on the Cambrian are temporarily closing because https://tfwrail.wales/covid-19?fbclid=IwAR3heFl71JuyeF0CRXlfIyK2HB5aCWbG_x0yKcZzoJOMF7NirR1TJhvBn8o

Bigger pedant: no. Not all metals will burn irrespective of the temperature.

According to the Worcester News, all the tests and checks that are required before the station can enter into service have now been completed. It is up to the council to agree an opening date ...

Surprised no-one has mentioned Stratford to Honeybourne. That has been kicking around as an idea for sometime. I know that there are issues in Stratford where a road widening scheme has encroached on to the trackbed but I understand that there is a mitigation proposal.