GrampBoth videos - so much trackage, so few oncoming trains. Any way to increase use of the resources?
The assured clear distances involved in operating trains always make it look like the railroad is hardly be used.
I don't know how far apart the signals are spaced in the videos in this thread. At a BARE MINIMUM two blocks ahead of the train MUST BE CLEAR of trains for the operating train to obtain a CLEAR Signal Indication. Depending upon the signal system and the signal indications displayed by it, it may be required the three or four blocks must be CLEAR for a train to get a CLEAR Signal Indication.
The Train Dispatcher's model board will show a whole lot of traffic that won't be seen by a operating train - all that traffic must be accounted by the Train Dispatcher and handled with a minimum of overall delay. In addition to what is actually displayed on the model board, the Train Dispatchers mind is also directed to trains that will be entering his territory on the passenger train scheduled times, or any variation from On Time.
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Both videos - so much trackage, so few oncoming trains.
Any way to increase use of the resources?
Last official revenue run was in October 1988.Regards, Volker
How long did steam last in East Germany?
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And the DR in the former DDR (East Germany) required extensive rebuilding after reunification. Example: Some former double-tracked lines had been reduced by the Russians to single track.
After WWII the German rail system got patched up as fast as possible to get at least one usable transportation system.
There were routes certified for 100 mph before WWII. In 1967 a speed of 100 mph got allowed on German rails.
There was only one route in Germany between Munich and Augsburg allowing 125 mph in the late 1960s.
All other routes certified today for 125 mph and higher had to be rebuilt or newly built. The rebuilding program to 125 mph started in the mid 1970s.
The last steam locomotive was retired in October 1977. As eletrification was the final goal for many routes Deutsche Bahn saved itself the intermediate step with replacing steam locomotives with diesel locomotives. These were reserved for routes not to be electrified though steam and diesel was mixed on routes before electrification was finalized.
I admit that it was much easier to do for DB as a government owned railway than for a privately owned.
Since 1994 DB is privately organized but the government is still the only shareholder. Going really public never materialized. The losses deemed too high. Regards, Volker
BaltACD charlie hebdo A lot more modern rail infrastructure. Here's another: DB ICE HSR ride Nuremberg to Munich Of course - they HAD to build NEW from 1945 on - to service a population that was trying to recover from the war and had no working highway system or a population that had the financial ability to buy and operate automobiles.
charlie hebdo A lot more modern rail infrastructure. Here's another: DB ICE HSR ride Nuremberg to Munich
DB ICE HSR ride Nuremberg to Munich
Of course - they HAD to build NEW from 1945 on - to service a population that was trying to recover from the war and had no working highway system or a population that had the financial ability to buy and operate automobiles.
They rebuilt post-war, of course. But in the 73 years since then, they have built many new stretches as well as rebuilt older lines to bring them up to modern standards and needs, including HSR. The new Berlin-Munich line with some totally new stretches just opened this year. We haven't kept pace with the times. Worldwide, even countries that barely had railroads are building HSR now.
The modern restricted access highway was invented in the 1930s in Germany and was the inspiration for Ike to build our interstate system.
charlie hebdoA lot more modern rail infrastructure. Here's another: DB ICE HSR ride Nuremberg to Munich
A lot more modern rail infrastructure. Here's another:
A lot more rail infrastructure in Holland and Belgium than over here.
Listen to that electric motor rev. Sounds like a Little Joe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdDvpNS9xyE
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