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Private German Rail Operators toot their own horns

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Private German Rail Operators toot their own horns
Posted by samfp1943 on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 5:36 PM

SoapBox    In the TRAINS NEWSWire of this date 9/26/2020:  A story of a political protest by private German rail operators. Sigh

FTA:"...BERLIN — Residents of Berlin experienced a unique — and loud — rail-based protest of government policies on Monday. A train composed of 21 locos from private German freight companies, organized by Netzwerks Europäischer Eisenbahnen (NEE — Network of European Railways) on the Berlin Stadtbahn cross-city route operated within sight, and sound, of the German Parliament during lunchtime on Monday.."

 Linked as well: [YTVideo]  this YouTube video shows

see article linked @ https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2020/09/29-german-rail-operators-make-their-point-loudly

 

 


 

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 6:03 PM

I guess that got their attention all right.

And it didn't make the mess driving a Tiger tank through the lobby of the Reichstag building would have!

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