Archives: University of Birmingham

Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: Big-Picture Hydrail

June 21, 2016 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: Big-Picture Hydrail | Filed in: Hydrail, Infrastructure.

by guest blogger Stan Thompson 21 June, 2016:  Today, Eva Grey, writing in Railway-Technology.com, described the quintessential model indicating where hydrail (hydrogen fuel cell railway) technology is headed. In her story, “German state thrusts hydrogen-powered hydrail into the spotlight,” Ms. Grey breaks the story of plans by the State of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany to convert • Read More »

High Speed Rail Celebration at Hydrail’s Second Home

October 3, 2014 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on High Speed Rail Celebration at Hydrail’s Second Home | Filed in: Conferences, Hydrail, Hydrogen Education.

by Guest Blogger Stan Thompson For three days this December, the 8th, 9th and 10th, the University of Birmingham UK will host the 50th anniversary celebration of the birth of High Speed Rail. The blessed event occurred in Japan in 1964 with the opening of Tokyo’s Shinkansen line. Many of the top experts in this most fascinating (and literally “dashing”) element of • Read More »

China: Choosing hydrail?

January 11, 2014 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on China: Choosing hydrail? | Filed in: Conferences, Hydrail, Infrastructure, Political Issues.

by Guest Blogger Stan Thompson A version of this post originally appeared January 12, 2014, in my Mooresville [NC] Tribune newspaper column. Last month, when China’s Jade Rabbit lunar explorer touched down on the moon, it may have given the world a hint about that country’s railroad vision. As the pundits observed, China didn’t replicate the American • Read More »

University of Birmingham, UK, To Host 2012 Hydrail Conference

August 16, 2011 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on University of Birmingham, UK, To Host 2012 Hydrail Conference | Filed in: Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Infrastructure.

By guest blogger Stan Thompson The University of Birmingham, UK, will host the next International Hydrail Conference there in the summer of 2012 in cooperation with Appalachian State University. Dates and details will be available in late September, 2011, on the hydrail web site of the Energy Center at “App State” in Boone, North Carolina: • Read More »