Hi, The British magazine "Today's Railways Europe" May 09, p53, says that LDz Cargo was granted, on 27th Feb 09, a certificate allowing them to operate...
Gentlemen At first a small correction to claim that RZhZ is going to start the third fastest passenger express train service in Russia on 23.12.2009 running...
Gentlemen Sumgait1 asked an interesting question of the motive power of Turkestan - Siberia Railway. There are still many ex DRG locomotives which seems to...
Gentlemen Maybe i am wrong but I have a feeling that it was the Soviet Union which started the mass tourism provided by extra vacatational long distance trains...
Gentlemen I would like to rise one topic in these pages, not usually described at all in (Soviet) Russian railway literature, and being nearly unknown outside...
Gentlemen The trains in question are: Nr 1 / 2 Latvijas Ekspress Riga - Rezekne II - Moscow Riga Station v.v. 921 km Nr 3 / 4 Jurmalas Ekspress Riga - Rezekne...
Ref the Paris to Moskva sleepers They no longer go via Bruxelles Liege and Bielelfeld but Metz and Mannheim. In Berlin the eastbound Russian coach is taken...
Gentlemen I do not know how much attention the media in Central - Europe, Western - Europe, Southern - Europe and in United States is giving to the small news...
Gentlemen As I have said earlier the Finnish press and TV have actively followed since 1991 what is happening in Russia. The reporters have travelled also in...
Gentlemen Despite how much I have tried to reseach similar population centers in Europe than Moscow and St.Petersburg (distance by rail 650 km) I can found...
Gentlemen I have a little problem with one European locomotive builder. The question is of Alsacienne / Elsassische builder in Graffenstaden. Thanks to another...
Gentlemen I just heard that there has been published a 53 page slimm edition in Russia in Russian language of the history of Murmansk Railway named "Rails...
Hello: Jukka, just a comment on Koechlin locomotives resold to Spain/Portugal. You have provided a date previously unknown for me, I didn't know the works...
Serial 1263 is also reported as SFAI 1211, the first of the SFAI group 1211 to 1220 (serials 1263-1272). According to most sources there were only ten ...
Dear Guillermo and other interested members Thanks for reply. I have to confess I am not an expert regarding broad gauge Iberian steam locomotives. I do not...
Hello all: Regarding Koechlin engines, my list should be mistaken: 1263 must be a SFAI locomotive, so the four TBF must be works numbers 1253, 1256, 1257 and...
There is a book (Broad Gauge Steam Locomotives of Portugal) that appears to be fairly good on the subject. Author is John R. Walker, and it was published by...
Actually the name is "Locomotives beyond the Polar Circle" and it seems to be the first issue in a series called "History of Transport". It is available in...
... a US Railroad (the) Memphis - El Paso (Nr. 1 - 10), the one and only order received by an European locomotive builder from a main line US Railroad, but...
Well, since you did not say 'steam' locos I guess I could add that DRGW and SP bought 20 some Krauss Maffei Diesel Hydraulics in the 1960's. And then there is...
Hello: Doug, there are indeed some books on Spanish early steam (all of them in Spanish). Some years ago, a collection was started with the purpose of covering...
I believe the first one is Locomotoras de M.Z.A. and is Tomo 1 of the Historia de la traccion vapor en Espana. I have a copy of this book. I would be...
Gentlemen Thanks for all providing additional information. The Koechlin list provides customer for five works numbers, namely: Koechlin 1253 / 1870 (18?? ->...
Dear all, Starting from 31st May 2009, PKP operates a daily nighttrain Kraków - Lvov, with SUW2000 technology. The timetable for train 35/36 is different from...
Gentlemen I need some help to update one locomotive list. Here are the German depots (Bw) ED Wuppertal: Scherfede and Warburg (Westf.) ED Essen: Paderborn and...
I recently came across two interesting photos in an archive in London. Unfortunately I am unable to post them to the group for copyright reasons. The photos...
Gentlemen I made on Saturday (13.06.2009) a journey behind wood burning steam locomotive here in Finland. The engine was well kept serie Tk3 Nr. 1168 (Lokomo...
Martin I try to look through copies of original Russian locomotive lists 1872 and 1875 to find out more of "GOSTAL" (VISITER?) if appear under this name in the...
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