CHARLES CALVERT, PHD STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, INTRODUCES THE LOCOMOTIVE WHICH WILL OFFER RIDES AT MODERN RAILWAYS RVE
Rides at Modern Railways RVE: Hydrogen Hero in action at the Stapleford Park Miniature Railway.
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Modern Railways RVE is an evolving and growing show. As the UK’s only dedicated rolling stock event, it serves an important purpose in this vibrant sector. But a major first for the 2018 show will be the presence of a real locomotive offering rides to visitors. That locomotive is Hydrogen Hero, the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education’s 10¼-inch gauge hydrogen train, the first fully operating locomotive of the type in the UK. Charles Calvert is one year into a PhD at the University of Birmingham, studying future traction types for railways, a hot topic in the industry at present.
