Ashville: An Advocate for Railfreight and the End of Ashville Weekly.

Today, Sunday 3rd August 2025, marks the final episode of the Ashville Weekly series by the Ashville channel on YouTube with episode 250 ‘The Last Dance’.  I can’t remember the first time that YouTube suggested an Ashville video to me, but ever since then, I have thoroughly enjoyed watching the weekly episodes, as well asContinue reading “Ashville: An Advocate for Railfreight and the End of Ashville Weekly.”

The eHighway Opportunity

To decarbonise road transport and especially that of road freight, Siemens has been developing the eHighway; overhead electrification at 670v DC using pantographs to power HGV’s along routes such as motorways. This link from Business Insider gives quite a lot of detail into the scheme. The trucks themselves are hybrids, able to operate both onContinue reading “The eHighway Opportunity”