The Mooresville Hydrail Initiative, begun in August, 2003, as an invited proposal to the US DOT’s Volpe “think tank”, reached its primary goal this morning (17 September 2018) as the first ticketed passengers rode Alstom’s ghostly quiet Coradia iLint trains through Lower Saxony—the world’s first regular intercity hydrail passenger traffic! Stan Thompson (pictured above), the • Read More »
Archives: Appalachian State University
Eleventh International Hydrail Conference: a first look at the program
June 15, 2016 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Eleventh International Hydrail Conference: a first look at the program | Filed in: Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Organizations, News, Uncategorized.by guest blogger Stan Thompson This year’s “11-IHC” is the first event since the International Hydrail Conference series began in 2005 when a major focus of the agenda will be on hydrogen fuel cell passenger railway equipment already being manufactured and in service. (see http://www.hydrail.org) China now has two hydrail trams in production. One is • Read More »
2013 HYDRAIL CONFERENCE IN TORONTO
January 16, 2013 | By Stan Thompson | 1 Comment | Filed in: Conferences, Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Boats, Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Fuel Production, Hydrogen Organizations, News.by guest blogger Stan Thompson Toronto (Ontario) Canada will be the location of the Eighth International Hydrail Conference (8IHC) on 11 and 12 June, 2013. The venue and the first of the slate of presenters will be announced shortly. The International Hydrail Conferences are annual gatherings of academic, government and rail industry experts to expedite • 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 »