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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Modelcar</i> <br /><br />One reads of projects all over Europe and Asia and Scandinavia {sp?}, that boggles the mind....stuff we wouldn't think of doing for ourselves now....???? Modern stuff of all kinds of communications and transportation. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Not a lot is happening in Scandinavia that is positive seen from a RR perspective. In my city, though, we do have a brand new driverless subway which is finally showing its worth after months of childhood diseases. Sweden and Norway seem to be downscaling activities, and state driven railroads are retaking failed privatization projects - who knows for how long. Demands for comfort, speed and safety are skyhigh, driving up cost and endangering long term viability of train travel. In Denmark, the signaling scheme is outdated and in need of complete replacement at a cost that politicians seem to find prohibitive. <br /> <br />Scandinavians have always wanted to have things both ways - first class service at a discount. Well, reality is catching up with us here, and it will be interesting to see how much is left say 10 years from now.
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