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Interesting development in South Korea. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-cooling-overheated-summer-railways-thermal.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette Cooling overheated summer railways with 'thermal-blocking textile' technology by...

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...

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

Would Filton have had any noise or flight restrictions compared to the current airport location?

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=

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 –...

Bit more about it here.....probably a bit biased..... https://www.peaksanddalesrailway.com/reinstatement

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...

Who else was on the shortlist?

With the 1936 plan and the Dawlish Warren route, did Dawlish ad Teignmouth get new stations in a different part of the town?

Angry eyes on the long distance version.

Wasn't there a toothpaste this colour?

Given the way Swansea developed and the way the railways in Swansea developed, could the station have been a through station from the start?

What is covered by the term 'Coventry Corridor'?

Have any plans been generated?

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

When the line was built, was a line further inland looked at or was it always a tunnel slightly inland or the eventual line hugging the coast?

Is there actually space on the network to take all the extra passengers that lower prices would attract?

How much of the savings with the Pacer was down to having a wheel in each corner rather than a bogie mounting for the wheels?

If you have oil fired steam rather than coal fired steam, what activities are no longer needed?