Forum: Light Rail and Metros
14th April 2010, 12:26
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,485
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
11th October 2009, 13:08
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Replies: 30
Views: 31,485
Hello from Paris to everybody. The western area...
Hello from Paris to everybody. The western area of Paris suburban trains (st. Lazare and Invalides stations) has been working with a 750v third rail system for nearly six decades (ca 1920-1980), and...
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
20th June 2009, 20:45
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,439
Hello,
In Paris metro and "RER" systems, the...
Hello,
In Paris metro and "RER" systems, the buzzing sound before closing the doors means (of course): "doors are about to close, please keep clear of them". But it is understood as :"last moments...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
1st May 2009, 18:27
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,723
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
19th February 2009, 12:43
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Replies: 12
Views: 6,268
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
3rd February 2009, 19:12
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,996
Caution is the masterword now
In France also, it takes now days to get a line back into service after an incident or an accident.
Same thing for (more or less) heavy works of conversion. A suburban line near Paris used only...
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Forum: Railway Modelling
2nd February 2009, 13:58
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,219
beautiful modelling of a beautiful area...
Congratulations.
West Devon is soooo beautiful.
As far as i remember, Bere Alston was a station where trains had to reverse to proceed further on the line...
Is the actual line still...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
11th January 2009, 07:37
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,444
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Forum: Railway Stations
10th January 2009, 09:49
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Replies: 75
Views: 34,585
Shepton-Mallet
... when it was still working, decades ago!
I remember one funny thing: the board marked "GENTLEMEN" was twice as big as the ones bearing the name of the station! After all, it sound logical:...
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
31st December 2008, 19:57
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Replies: 33
Views: 21,277
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
31st December 2008, 11:29
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Replies: 33
Views: 21,277
Hello, and "bon courage" for your project!
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Hello, and "bon courage" for your project!
The current track-circuit systems vary according to the status of the line: electrified or not, 750 V DC 3rd rail (ex Network SouthEast and various...
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
31st December 2008, 10:31
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,093
Great project
Hello,
The area is lovely, with or without snow !
Best whishes for this project.
The question is that the former trackbed seems to have been "eaten" by industrial developements. Does it...
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
21st December 2008, 21:03
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Replies: 34
Views: 22,171
If you allow me, I will bring some more...
If you allow me, I will bring some more information : the "tram-train" as it is understood in France is much more looking like a tram than like a train. It is designed for a street use, meaning...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
21st December 2008, 20:37
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,317
train speed to Devon
As far as I remember, the High Speed Trains from Paddington to Bristol and Plymouth, long ago named "intercity 125", were the fastest commercial DIESEL HAULED trains in the world.
Devon has not...
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Forum: Railway Modelling
21st December 2008, 20:29
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,895
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Forum: Say Hello
21st December 2008, 20:17
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,168
Hello from France
Hello to everybody in this forum.
I live in Paris and I love Britain and their trains.
PS: Please, forgive me for my bad English. I'll try to improve it every time I log in here!
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