This has to be the largest rail model in the world ever! The motors operate using permanent magnets!! How much from Bachmann I wonder?
Built & developed at La Rochelle just as the 3 models of TGV before it. Pity that La Rochelle is still waiting for a proper TGV service to its station!
Regards
I've long suspected Switzerland is just a giant model railway, and an unrealistic rabbit warren type of layout at that.
... but it's a _reliable_ model railway!
Greg.P.
And it runs on non-polluting hydro-electric energy!
"MartinS" wrote
All energy creation is polluting. Pollution was created in building the hydro-electric plant in the first place.
John.
John Turner said the following on 06/02/2008 08:26:
I think the Icelanders have the best solution - just use the heat that comes out of the ground!
"Paul Boyd" wrote
Ah but do their geysers have de-sulphurisation plants fitted? ;-)
John.
And on a parctical front, daming up a valley isn't terribly ecological, and tends to pee the valley's occupants off a tad.
Cheers Richard
There is/was a thermal power station on Cornwall/Devon somewhere - I can't remember if it is/was purely experimental or whatever.
Cheers Richard
If global warming keeps up, then the valley might get flooded anyway :-)
Jim.
Na, Gordom will just ban it and it will all be alright ;-)
Cheers Richard
beamendsltd said the following on 06/02/2008 11:24:
Ban it? Wot, and miss an opportunity to tax it instead?
The Geothermal scheme in Southampton claims to be the first in the UK,some details on this page here.
G.Harman
I know village called Vaugeny in France where locals were most pleased with the compensation that got when their valley was dammed.
Chris
Face it, human existance is polluting - we only have the choice of how much we pollute.
No John, the heat is extracted through heat exchangers, not by piping the geysers direct into your shower! ;-)
Greg.P.
Village of the Dammed ?
Cheers, Simon
At least their ongoing operation doesn't leave a "carbon footprint" or contribute significantly to "global warming"
("Global warming"? Tell that to all the people in Canada - and China - who are buried under snowdrifts or suffering bitter cold.)
Incidentally, a large wind generator not far from where I live is situated right next to a nuclear power plant. To provide backup power if the reactors have to be shut down?
Indeed - as are the French in general over such issues, hence they have nice by-passes, high speed rail, etc. rather then us who get the Weymouth by-pass, which is clearly desperately needed to allow the ex Navy base on Portland with its superb port to be explioted. This has cost something like £24million without a single bit of construction. It's now being opposed by the pinko's on every single purchase order, likey to double that figure, still with no construction - it's not even the locals who are opposing it! That's something approaching £50million that is not available to spend on hospitals, NHS dentists, another car for 2-Jags etc, or even to make a start towards re-instating the Portland railway line - sadly never going to happen, as it would have to cross Radipole Lake, which is a shame as Portland would apparently make an ideal container terminal - interesting fiction to model though.
Cheers Richard
Pity - it could add a whole new experience to a bidet!
Cheers Richard
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