Ciao everyone!!
It's time to move the Diner. This month we are going to visit Italy!
There are several types of trains in Italy, from high-speed and luxury trains to the trains that connect smaller towns. The type of train you take in Italy can depend on where you’re going, how much time you have, and what your budget is.
Italy’s high-speed trains are sleek and efficient, with relatively inexpensive ticket prices if purchased in advance. High-speed trains always require reservations. Trenitalia, Italy’s state-run rail network, operates most of the high-speed trains. Others are run by a private company, Italo. The two options are competitively priced and reasonably similar, though they sometimes serve different train stations. High-speed train tickets usually cost more than slow trains, but they’re much more efficient if you’re short on time.
Regional trains in Italy are slower, but serve a much wider network of cities and smaller towns throughout Italy. Many don’t require reservations, and some have only second-class cars. Regional trains may be your only option if you’re traveling through rural parts of Italy. They take longer, but are sometimes the cheapest option.
Other types of trains in Italy include overnight trains for long-haul trips and privately-run scenic trains that are excellent options for sightseeing day trips.
Click on the photos to get the full view.
Frecciarossa high speed train:
Freight train. All of Italy's ports are connected to the main rail lines:
How about a little fun(icular):
Beautiful scenery:
More fun:
The highest railway in the Alps connects Italy to Switzerland:
Older local freight:
That will get us off to a good start,
Chin chin!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Excellent... A visit to Italy.
You guys watch the trains, I am going to eat the food!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Thanks for getting us moved to Italy Dave. I love the place and the time I spent in Venice I think about it often. Sitting at an outdoor cafe drinking wine all afternoon and watching the traffic go by on the canals is ingrained forever. One of the best times for sure. I never ate so much beef as I did in Italy, those guys can cook!
Spent a few hours helping the wife paint this morning, I use to never help as she enjoyed doing the job herself, however with her declining health I need to lend a hand.
After painting, I took my Bud and did an 8.4km skoot while the wife went to Costco. She then made us a feast. I did 15043 steps today so I pigged out.
I ordered 1 Baggage Dorm and 6 Manor sleepers today, they are part of Rapidos Canadian rolling stock. They are going fast so I didn't want to miss out. Hopefully, they will produce the rest of the train before I croak. Came out from Winnipeg to Vancouver in April 1959 on the Canadian, and I would like to replicate that consist if I can.
I ordered them from PWRS as I had a good size credit there from all the gift certificates people buy me.
Helicopters do not drop out of the sky if they lose power, they auto-rotate to the ground. If you think flying in an aircraft is more dangerous than driving down the freeway at 70mph. Not much point in any further discussion. We can have our own opinions, but not our own facts.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Thanks for the seamless transition over rough seas, Dave! I barely felt a bump...
My only photo of Italian equipment —
Fiat_z by Edmund, on Flickr
Kind of wish I could justify having one on the layout. Really kind of a neat looking machine.
Cheers, Ed
gmpullmanKind of wish I could justify having one on the layout. Really kind of a neat looking machine.
Just pretend that the same guy that bought the London Bridge and moved it to the U.S. bought one of these as well and runs around the country in it.
SeeYou190Excellent... A visit to Italy. You guys watch the trains, I am going to eat the food! -Kevin
You can do both!!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
BATMANJust pretend that the same guy that bought the London Bridge and moved it to the U.S. bought one of these as well and runs around the country in it.
I'm way ahead of 'ya there, Brent:
Coronation-Scot by Edmund, on Flickr
It was thrown in with the bridge deal
That's the ticket— Ed
Benvenuto in Italia
A cappuccino please, Janie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-GlXzRro-g&ab_channel=Wingin%E2%80%99It%21PaulLucas
Enjoy
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Some fancy overhead:
Milan, Italy, 1989 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
Squeeze play:
Milan, Italy, 1992 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
Neat video David!
Thanks,
Holiday!
With EGGS and saucyages
AND PASTE TREE TWISTS!
Mornin'... Woke up in Italy? OK, One of the ladies I go out with is Italian. I like Italian....
BATMANHelicopters do not drop out of the sky if they lose power, they auto-rotate to the ground. If you think flying in an aircraft is more dangerous than driving down the freeway at 70mph. Not much point in any further discussion. We can have our own opinions, but not our own facts.
Thanks! I actually did quite a bit of research before I even bid on the flight. One thing I found that was that Copters are safer than small fixed wing aircraft. Not as safe as commercial jets though. I have spent a good many hours in the passenger seat of a Cessna way back when I taught in Waverly. Had a great time. I did not fly with my Pastor though.... He had an interesting reputation as a pilot..... He once flew a pair of School Teacher Negotiators from Waverly, NY to Albany, NY for a training session. They ended up circling the airport for a long wait and were nearly out of fuel when he got permission to land right between two 747's... He touched down and opened the throttle full blast and was going flat out as fast as she would go down the runway. One of the teacher's said, "What are you doing!!!" He calmly told her to look behind them.... That guy was completely fearless (nuts!). No way I wanted to ride with him. Oh... He also only had one eye (so impaired depth perception), smoked big black cigars, and had some "colorful" language. He also aways brought a keg of beer to the Young Couples Picnic every year. Yep, he was the guy who brought me back into the "church"! I went up many times with another guy who was a Friend and a fellow Scouter! I felt much safer riding with him.....
(fyi... I am an ordained Deacon.)
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
I woke up this morning to a hot house. The A/C has stopped working.
The breaker for the compressor was tripped in the garage. As soon as I reset it, the breaker tripped again. I went outside and removed the disconnect for the compressor, and the breaker held. The problem must be in the unit.
I noticed the electrical access panel is missing, and there is a big dent in the housing. I guess this is storm damage I had not noticed.
The guys have been called. I hope it is a simple fix.
SeeYou190 I woke up this morning to a hot house. The A/C has stopped working. The breaker for the compressor was tripped in the garage. As soon as I reset it, the breaker tripped again. I went outside and removed the disconnect for the compressor, and the breaker held. The problem must be in the unit. I noticed the electrical access panel is missing, and there is a big dent in the housing. I guess this is storm damage I had not noticed. The guys have been called. I hope it is a simple fix. -Kevin
Might be the capacitor. If shorted they sometimes do that.
Good morning from a sunny West Coast where it is 5c.
The boss and I both were awake at 0530hrs and we were painting by 0600hrs, it is 0944hrs and we are done. My body monitor says I burned a lot of calories painting so it is time for a mountain of bacon and eggs and a cup of Tims.
Shower and then out with the mutt for a skoot.
I found my Italy pictures from when my daughter studied there for a term in college!
I also put a couple of them on Imgur to test that out, because most of my pictures are not trains so Railimages wouldn't be appropriate. Let's try....
I can see it. Anybody else? This is the train that took us from Florence where we were staying to Venice. Two of the loveliest cities in the world.
We walked to the Florence station, because like many European stations it's right in town. We had to "settle" for First Class because Second Class was sold out. It was only a few dollars more anyway. Smooth, even train ride through magnificent countryside. A couple of hundred feed from the end of the tracks were the canals of Venice. The public transportation system in Venice is not trains or buses, it's small boats that have regular routes on the canals.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good evening Diners. I see not many have made it to Italy yet. Perhaps a trip on the Venice Simplon Orient Express is required?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh56ESOVYdQ&ab_channel=TrekTrendy
Tonights request is good old Fish & Chips (English style) and Mushy Peas.
Delaware has early voting and absentee voting, just none of the mail-in stuff that could suffer from lack of accountability.
So, I took advantage of it and voted today. Easy in and out in ten minutes. Two years ago it took two hours.
MisterBeasley So, I took advantage of it and voted today. Easy in and out in ten minutes. Two years ago it took two hours.
Good for you Mr. B. We had Municipal elections a couple of weeks back and I spent quite a while looking at all 1,234,999,000,000 candidates running.
If I were not to take the time to do my duty and vote I would feel like I was hitting all those people that gave their lives and/or lived through the horrors of war to defend that right, a smack across the face with a 2" x 4".
I have no problems staying on top of Federal and Provincial issues but admit the local Municipal politics are a bit of a snoozefest out here in the boonies. I get it done though.
Of course, there is that famous quote by Winston Churchill that goes something like this.
"The greatest argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter".
Hello to Italy! I didn't feel the train moving at all -- I slept right through it.
When we lived in New Orleans, we had an elderly friend who rode a train from Turkey to Italy and then on to Paris on the Venice Simplon Orient Express. To top it off, she rode the Concorde from Paris to New York. What a trip.
She bought these lamps at the Orient Express store in Paris. She said these were just like the ones on the dining car tables.
These both sat on a shelf, and the bases were damaged by flooding from Hurricane Katrina. We've cleaned them up the best we could.
This will be an interesting month. Have a good evening, everyone.
York1 John
BATMAN Good for you Mr. B. We had Municipal elections a couple of weeks back and I spent quite a while looking at all 1,234,999,000,000 candidates running. If I were not to take the time to do my duty and vote I would feel like I was hitting all those people that gave their lives and/or lived through the horrors of war to defend that right, a smack across the face with a 2" x 4".
Yes, when I lived in Massachusetts we hsd elections like that. Why jobs like Registrar of Deeds needs to be elected I'll never know. My favorite always went to the janitor where I worked. He was a local farmer, and probably got the job, which no one else wanted anyway, because he had a tractor with a big scoop on one end. He was elected to be Retriever of Dead Animals. Dead deer? Dead skunk? Albert would git 'er done.
Evening
Just woke up sleeping off the jet lag, ...Thanks Dave
I'll have an order of fettuccine alfredo with lobster and scallops, romano and parmesan on top and a half order of beef lasagna with extra marinara if you would please, Maurice.
Oh, And Brents buying, so get whatever He, Ed, John, David, Dave, Kevin, Bear, MLC, Mr B, Peter, Charlie, Dick, Ray, and Mike wants as well, if you would please. On second thought, ...might as well just go ahead and feed everybody in the Diner Thanks
Green Machine back home
Green machine over here
Looked for a green Italian bullet loco but couldn't find one.
Thanks for all the neat pics and vids of the bullet trains and such gentleman
TF
A suggestion, since we're in Italy. If you want a beer, go to a British pub. Italian beer isn't worth it, and many bars will only carry that fizzy rice-water and call it American beer.
Better yet, stick with the local house wine.
MisterBeasleyBetter yet, stick with the local house wine.
And it is cheaper than water.
While this isn't Italy, you might start your trip on the MTA Air Train to JFK airport. Either way, neat to see:
Why have third rail when you can have the whole third track!
Well, again, sorry it isn't Italy but I had to share this neat look at the steam tractor machinery of England...
I love seeing a machine that tells you what it does then shows you how it does it.
No need for apologies Ed. Certainly can appreciate old equipment and seeing contraptions like that at the steam fair.
May as well keep the ball rolling as here comes Big Ol' Blue. Size 13 has nothing on her as she's got some extra large shoes
https://youtu.be/ByCin67MPuM
P.S. Old news but some more if interested.
https://youtu.be/Z0Ktpz390R4
Double Stacker through Double Decker
https://youtu.be/hRVxQuBuvsc