Archives: Asturias

HYDRAIL HISTORY: RIDE THE TRAIN IN SPAIN

December 8, 2011 | By Stan Thompson | 1 Comment | Filed in: Advocates, Fuel Cells, Hydrail, News.

by guest blogger Stan Thompson Unless you have access to Dr. Who’s TARDIS or H. G. Wells’ Time Machine, you’ll have to depend on old texts to envision William Murdoch’s 1784 steam locomotive debut in Britain or Peter Cooper’s Tom Thumb, the first locomotive to run in America. But if you can afford an air • Read More »

Hydrail: Spain Leaps Ahead!

October 10, 2011 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Hydrail: Spain Leaps Ahead! | Filed in: Hydrail, Hydrogen Vehicles, News.

By guest blogger Stan Thompson It’s way too easy to miss really important events in the history of hydrogen railroading if they don’t contain the magic searchable word “hydrail”. I missed a huge one last month: the demonstration of Europe’s (and perhaps the world’s) first hydrail train—or maybe the first hydrolley—now planned for regular passenger • Read More »