#8 – Funky P-Way with Gareth Dennis
Jonny and Ela sit down with Permanent Way engineer and railway social media extraordinaire Gareth Dennis to discuss some of the UK’s most unusual and silly permanent way designs still in service.
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Ela: (https://twitter.com/elathedeveloper)
Jonny: (https://twitter.com/Jonny60009)
Gareth: (https://twitter.com/garethdennis)
Gareth’s Shows are available at: https://youtube.com/garethdennistv
Show Notes:
Amtrak Joe is now President!
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/07/politics/biden-amtrak/index.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics/biden-amtrak-inauguration-security/index.html
China still uses Flash:
https://www.thedrive.com/news/38897/adobe-flash-shutdown-halts-chinese-railroad-for-over-16-hours-before-pirated-copy-restores-ops
Euston Square Protests:
https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/news/statement-from-hs2-ltd
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55871908
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55796445
DRS Tractors:
https://www.railmagazine.com/news/fleet/exclusive-drs-talks-to-rail-about-the-future-of-its-class-37s
Funky P-Way with Gareth Dennis!
Garry Keenor’s OLE book: https://www.ocs4rail.com/downloads/
Andrew Dow ‘The Railway’: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-railway-british-track-since-1804/andrew-dow/9781473897571
Newcastle East Jn: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newcastle_Central_Station_junction,_1963_(15554224063).jpg
Gareth’s Thread on Colton Junction: https://twitter.com/GarethDennis/status/1069554924042821632
Gareth’s Eurotunnel Post: https://garethdennis.medium.com/channel-tunnel-the-20th-centurys-most-expensive-construction-project-but-worth-every-penny-6277312e05f4
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Newark:
https://www.thepwi.org/technical_hub_journal_technical_articles/pwi_journal_0420_vol138_pt2/pwi_journal_0420_vol138_pt2_newark_flat_crossing_renewal
https://www.sekisui-rail.com/en/brochures-ffu-synthetic-wood.html?file=files/content/Prospekte/Prospekte-FFU-Englisch/15-FFU-Newark-crossing.pdf&cid=9436
Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com / @dcuttermusic
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