Anyone who has travelled any distance on the roads in the USA will be be familiar with the intimidating phenomenon of the super sized American truck, powering up behind on their odysseys across the nation. They may also have noticed the alternative transport solution, once marginal but now increasingly relevant. In the US freight trains… Continue reading
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Chalk up and walk in the Chilterns
The Government – in fact all three major parties – are committed to building HS2, the high speed rail link from London to Birmingham, then Scotland – through the Chilterns. I spent a day there – arriving and departing, I must admit, by (slower) train.
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