Interesting indeed. The last paragraph of that article refers to the VIA rail Renaissance cars which are used throughout Eastern Canada.
China announces total new rail mileage in 2022 . Also 2000 + Km HSR and plans 2500 + Km HSR in 2023 .
China opens 4100km of new railway - International Railway Journal (railjournal.com)
Sydney . Au making large terminal underground.
Inside Sydney’s $63 Billion Super Train Hub (msn.com)
EU pushing muti country trains especially overnight.
EC announces 10 cross-border passenger rail pilot projects - International Railway Journal (railjournal.com)
blue streak 1 EU pushing muti country trains especially overnight. EC announces 10 cross-border passenger rail pilot projects - International Railway Journal (railjournal.com)
To say "especially overnight" is not an accurate summary of new services.
UK HSR progress on its longest tunnnel.
Two of HS2's longest tunnels at halfway point (msn.com)
charlie hebdo blue streak 1 EU pushing multi country trains especially overnight. To say "especially overnight" is not an accurate summary of new services.
blue streak 1 EU pushing multi country trains especially overnight.
EU pushing multi country trains especially overnight.
Overmod charlie hebdo blue streak 1 EU pushing multi country trains especially overnight. To say "especially overnight" is not an accurate summary of new services. I think what he means is that the most valuable 'multicountry' trains will be those that take advantage of sleepers to permit longer overnight runs, when other traffic on the lines concerned would be at a relative minimum.
I think what he means is that the most valuable 'multicountry' trains will be those that take advantage of sleepers to permit longer overnight runs, when other traffic on the lines concerned would be at a relative minimum.
Thought EU countries run most of their freight at night, so as not to delay passengers.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BaltACD Overmod charlie hebdo blue streak 1 EU pushing multi country trains especially overnight. To say "especially overnight" is not an accurate summary of new services. I think what he means is that the most valuable 'multicountry' trains will be those that take advantage of sleepers to permit longer overnight runs, when other traffic on the lines concerned would be at a relative minimum. Thought EU countries run most of their freight at night, so as not to delay passengers.
True. I'm not going to guess at what the OP intended his phrase to mean when the words are clear enough.
charlie hebdoTrue. I'm not going to guess at what the OP intended his phrase to mean when the words are clear enough.
Even for those lines with mixed passenger and heavier freight, my understanding was that European freight generally operated faster and more directly than North American, and that the long-distance sleeper service could be 'one-speed' run with relatively slower freight traffic during the period that sleepers would be inhabited (cf. the California Zephyr).
I am of the opinion that a great many 'prospective' multicountry long-distance trains actually intended to compete with or 'stand in for' air traffic would involve careful overnight timing along the lines of trains like the Century, departing reasonably after a 'business day' with arrival at the start of the next. What becomes
And in the area of commuter trains, a design "oopsie" from Spain:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/spain-spends-%E2%82%AC258m-to-build-trains-too-big-for-its-tunnels/ar-AA17d0zZ
https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/02/10/update-cantabrian-president-demands-heads-of-big-shots-must-roll-over-new-trains-not-fitting-through-tunnels/
ORNHOOAnd in the area of commuter trains, a design "oopsie" from Spain: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/spain-spends-%E2%82%AC258m-to-build-trains-too-big-for-its-tunnels/ar-AA17d0zZ https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/02/10/update-cantabrian-president-demands-heads-of-big-shots-must-roll-over-new-trains-not-fitting-through-tunnels/
English/Metric conversion??????
Can understand why the persons living in the NW of Spain feeling very slighted, Here we have Spain slowly working to have the Broad guage tracks reduced to standard guage to be compatible with Europe especially France,
However, it appears that no effot to get at least 1 standard guage line into NW Spain is in the plans. That alone does not allow for any thru train service to the standard & broad guage only cities. As well no way for single train service to France which is desired by many residents on both side of the border ?
You would think Spain would have at least change the loading guage of one meter line's tunnels to allow standard guage trains. As well, those renovations should have started when the standard guage decision was made. How many tunnels involved with total number of feet / meters of tunnels ?
Prelimanary report of Greek head on collision/
Greece train crash: at least 40 killed and dozens injured in collision | Greece | The Guardian
blue streak 1Prelimanary report of Greek head on collision/ Greece train crash: at least 40 killed and dozens injured in collision | Greece | The Guardian
Head on collision is as bad as it gets. Total FAILURE within their system.
Another report.
Dozens dead after collision between passenger train and freight train in Greece | Watch (msn.com)
Some one in the know?? What is the normal direction of travel for trains? Left hand or right hand ? Or is this a 2 main track operation?.
Bew report. 67 dead and soe critical in hospital
Greek train crash: anger grows as government admits network problems | Greece | The Guardian
Am wondering about signaling. Signaling appears to be manual blocks?
Another EU sleeper planned Amsterdam to Barcelona.. Spring 2025. Certainly seems to be an equipment availability or construction backup.
New Sleeper Train Will Connect Amsterdam and Barcelona | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
Article critical HSR2 in UK. Author unknown so do not kow leanings.
HS2 is a total shambles – and reveals a rot at the heart of Britain's economy (msn.com)
First section of Indian RR ( Central Railway ) completes electrification. 3825 Kms
Central Railway completes 100% electrification | News | Railway Gazette International
And for something strange, a Japanese ( commuter line? school bus route? tourist attraction? ) that uses hi-rail busses partly on narrow gauge rail and partly on highway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn56bMZ9OE8
slightly more info can be found on wikipedia under Asato line.
ORNHOOAnd for something strange, a Japanese ( commuter line? school bus route? tourist attraction? ) that uses hi-rail busses partly on narrow gauge rail and partly on highway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn56bMZ9OE8
By comparison, dust off even the original Evans Auto-Railer and its method of switching mode between road and rail. Add even rudimentary camera guidance; in fact, even the parallel-parking aids on the market years ago could be adapted to the road-rail transition, and going the other way is much easier.
(We could do this tomorrow with converted Thomas cabover buses... if there were any market for railbus service here. I am still bitter they scrapped the Leyland 100mph bus from the Carter years.)
Overmodam still bitter they scrapped the Leyland 100mph bus from the Carter years.)
Could you provide more details about this? Sounds interesting!
charlie hebdo charlie hebdo wrote the following post an hour ago: Overmod am still bitter they scrapped the Leyland 100mph bus from the Carter years.) Could you provide more details about this? Sounds interesting!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_railbuses
Unlike the Japanese example the Leyland Railbus operated entirely on rails.
http://preserved.railcar.co.uk/LEV2.html
ORNHOO charlie hebdo charlie hebdo wrote the following post an hour ago: Overmod am still bitter they scrapped the Leyland 100mph bus from the Carter years.) Could you provide more details about this? Sounds interesting! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_railbuses Unlike the Japanese example the Leyland Railbus operated entirely on rails. http://preserved.railcar.co.uk/LEV2.html
Like the GM Aerotrain, but different...
The Leyland railbus was brought in about the time the NEC was undergoing the first stages of its first rebuild to 150mph standards -- there were as I recall two, one of which went 'barnstorming' to see if there was interest in its operation and was then returned to Blighty. The one in question was made with a special long body (over 50') and was intended as a kind of modern higher-speed version of the New Haven FCD Macks. The suspension was a Flexicoil derivative of Alan Wickens' high-speed HSRV and was certainly high-speed capable... on adequate track. As I recall (it has been a long time) the longitudinal damping at high speed left quite a bit to be desired (the follow-on railbuses in Britain were not nicknamed 'nodding donkeys' for nothing!) and the 200hp went through one drive axle so both low- and high-speed slipping could be an adventure, and braking from high speed could be little fun. That was not the thing that queered it, though: it was too light to activate signals effectively, no one bothered to make a shunt for reliable activation, and someone was killed in a 40mph grade-crossing accident.
It was then fobbed off on Steamtown (of all places!) where one of the volunteers thought he would tinker with the torque converter -- and couldn't get it to stop leaking. It then went to West Virginia for a while, where they fixed it and ran it more or less effectively. It then went to Connecticut as part of a trade for a geared steam locomotive.
There was interest in Britain in repatriating the thing, and they actually raised the money the museum wanted for it, but the effort foundered on shipping arrangements. It was a sin to scrap it without notice.
[quote user="Overmod"]it was too light to activate signals effectively, no one bothered to make a shunt for reliable activation
I can't help making a comparison to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_trHR0PDP4
or this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBbgv2yHhU4
You do have to wonder what NCL brought in to replace the Toonerville Trolley...
Crimean bridge problems. Bridge columns have vertical cracks. Not clear if only roadway or includes RR bridge.
Crimean bridge is falling down – cracks appear on its pillars, photos (msn.com)
Indian issues
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/02/1179865254/india-train-derailment
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