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Haidh a h-uile duine. Dh’fheuch mi ri cumail orm sa Bheurla ach chan eil e a’ còrdadh rium a bhith a’ sgrìobhadh sa Bheurla agus mar sin, tha mi a’ dol a ghabhail fois fad beagan mhìosan.

Chì mi a-rithist sibh airson trèanaichean, tramaichean is tràilidhean!

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Hi everbody. I tried to keep the blog going in English but I don’t enjoy writing in English so I’m going to take a break for a few months.

See you later for more trains, trams and trolleybuses!

Alasdair

Tha Comann Litreachais Ghlaschu ga ath-stèidheachadh às dèidh a bhith na thàmh fad corra bhliadhna. ’S e buidheann-leughaidh mhì-fhoirmeil a tha seo a tha ag amas air daoine a bhrosnachadh gus leabhraichean Gàidhlig a leughadh agus cabadaich mun deidhinn còmhla.

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Bidh fàilte ron a h-uile duine a tha ag iarraidh leughadh agus bruidhinn ann an Gàidhlig. Ged a bhios cuid mhòr dhinn airson nobhailean agus leabhraichean slàn a leughadh, le ùidh gu leòr ghabhadh coinneamhan a chur air dòigh airson, mar eisimpleir, sgeulachdan goirid is bàrdachd.

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In English, we talk about “taking coal to Newcastle”. In Gaelic, we’d say “taking wood to Lochaber”.

But maybe we’ll be taking plastic to Lochaber for the railways soon!

Since the beginning of railways, wooden sleepers have been crucial.

While concrete sleepers have become more prevalent in recent years, wooden sleepers have continued to be used, for example in areas where there there are weight restrictions or on lightly used tracks.

However, the day of wooden sleepers is coming to an end. New softwood sleepers coated in creosote are no longer allowed due to environmental regulation and hardwood sleepers are not available from sustainable sources and so are no longer used by Network Rail.

For this reason, Network Rail has started using recycled plastic sleepers for the first time.

You can read the full story here: https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/beyond-wood-first-recycled-plastic-railway-sleepers-laid-on-network-rail-tracks

Alasdair