Forum: Railway News from around the World
20th January 2008, 21:43
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
11th January 2008, 13:13
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Here is my list of seven favourite railway...
Here is my list of seven favourite railway wonders.
1. Transiberian line Moscow to Vladivostock
2. Tibet link from China
3. Trans-Australia lines Melbourne/Sydney - Hobart/Perth
4. Chicago-...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
8th November 2007, 13:06
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Replies: 24
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
2nd November 2007, 08:45
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
29th October 2007, 11:14
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Replies: 24
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The nomination of the Gotthard Railway, as...
The nomination of the Gotthard Railway, as Swisstrains puts it, is self-explanatory as to what is a Railway Wonder.
My mention (The "Krasnoyarsk HEP ship transloader") was rather a provocation.
Of...
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
26th October 2007, 13:44
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,532
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
26th October 2007, 08:15
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Replies: 24
Views: 12,777
Railway Wonders Of The World
1. Transiberian line Moscow to Vladivostock
2. Tibet link from China
3. Trans-Australia lines Melbourne/Sydney - Hobart/Perth
4. Chicago- S.Francisco lines (UP and SF, now Amtrak)
5. Lima-Oroya...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
20th February 2007, 17:32
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Replies: 11
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Forum: Narrow Gauge
18th February 2007, 11:17
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Replies: 21
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Browsing in my library, I picked up the GREAT...
Browsing in my library, I picked up the GREAT BOOK OF TRAINS and opened it from the last page (407): Class NGG16 1-C-1+1-C-1, Welsh Highland Railway.
There is an artist impression of a red-painted...
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Forum: Narrow Gauge
16th February 2007, 15:15
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Replies: 21
Views: 16,258
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
15th February 2007, 17:54
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,369
The Japanese maglev reached 552 km/h on 24...
The Japanese maglev reached 552 km/h on 24 Dec.1999.
By just beating it by 1, the French have demonstrated that the standard gauge railway is still the King of surface transport.
The diesel record...
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Forum: Narrow Gauge
14th February 2007, 11:34
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Replies: 21
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Hi Syd,
it's good to be back, as I was...
Hi Syd,
it's good to be back, as I was suffering from a hernia. I have been operated one month ago and now I am recovering. So it's fit that I resume duty here! Thank you for the information on...
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Forum: Say Hello
14th February 2007, 11:15
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,832
Ciao Malcolm,
as you state in anoter thread,...
Ciao Malcolm,
as you state in anoter thread, you have some knowledge of Italian, I send you my "cordiale benvenuto"! Dario Romani from Rome
P.S. Is there something in particular from the italian...
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Forum: On-track Machinery
13th February 2007, 14:58
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Replies: 2
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Forum: Narrow Gauge
13th February 2007, 14:45
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Replies: 21
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
19th October 2006, 21:48
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
19th October 2006, 21:41
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The driver has certainly been adviced with the...
The driver has certainly been adviced with the "advice of guarantee" by the inquiring magistrate, and simultaneously there are two investigations, one legal and one by the Ministry of Transport....
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
17th October 2006, 21:18
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
17th October 2006, 20:36
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The casualties stand at one dead, 164 people...
The casualties stand at one dead, 164 people having been attended by doctors, of which 5 heavily wounded. A japanese tourist lady is the most grevious patient. The driver was not seriously injured.
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
17th October 2006, 20:18
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
17th October 2006, 20:15
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Rome MetRo Line A Crash
Today 17th October will be remembered as a sad day in the eternal city's history.
An underground train has crashed into another stopped at Piazza Vittorio Station just after 9.37 am.
How something...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
27th September 2006, 20:20
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Replies: 12
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We had this idea adopted in Italy by Alitalia,...
We had this idea adopted in Italy by Alitalia, known as "surface flights" from Rome International airport to Naples and Florence, and viceversa, some years ago.
Alitalia then had financial troubles...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
24th September 2006, 18:18
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Replies: 12
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What the TRANSRAPID is not: susteinable...
What the TRANSRAPID is not: susteinable transportation.
There were analogous British projects 40 years ago, but common sense has shown their costs/benefits simply would not work.
The TRANSRAPID...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
19th September 2006, 21:34
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,676
Browsing thru European Commission...
Browsing thru European Commission literature/statistics on transport, by the Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, I found ,among others, these data:
Road Fatalities (dead, within 30 days...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
18th September 2006, 21:09
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Replies: 1
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