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.

The Show:Twitter: (https://twitter.com/railwaypodcast)Instagram: branchlinebanterSupport us on Ko-Fi! https://support.branchlinebanter.comEla: (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.htmlhttps://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics/biden-amtrak-inauguration-security/index.htmlChina still uses Flash:https://www.thedrive.com/news/38897/adobe-flash-shutdown-halts-chinese-railroad-for-over-16-hours-before-pirated-copy-restores-opsEuston Square Protests:https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/news/statement-from-hs2-ltdhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55871908https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55796445DRS 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/9781473897571Newcastle East Jn: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newcastle_Central_Station_junction,_1963_(15554224063).jpgGareth’s Thread on Colton Junction: https://twitter.com/GarethDennis/status/1069554924042821632Gareth’s Eurotunnel Post: https://garethdennis.medium.com/channel-tunnel-the-20th-centurys-most-expensive-construction-project-but-worth-every-penny-6277312e05f4

Newark:https://www.thepwi.org/technical_hub_journal_technical_articles/pwi_journal_0420_vol138_pt2/pwi_journal_0420_vol138_pt2_newark_flat_crossing_renewalhttps://www.sekisui-rail.