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10035
... is ... tunnel ... I followed a similar train and I see what you mean. It is obviously a bug (which one is invited to report to the webmaseter) as it is...
gordonwis
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Feb 1, 2008
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10036
... ll it can find for 'Zug - Zurich' is the SZU line. ... Google maps is really quite impressive nowadays. It already has a lot public transport information...
Krist van Besien
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Feb 1, 2008
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10037
... <stephenhorobin@> ... is ... the ... tunnel ... If you head down along the left shore of the Zuerichsee, you will get to Thalwil. Just after the station,...
csipromo
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Feb 1, 2008
9:35 pm
10038
... next! ... And google is not the only one, that have information right in the maps: <http://map.search.ch/?x=-38740&y=-6166&z=512> Now, some real time info...
Pascal
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Feb 1, 2008
9:35 pm
10039
The staff used to arrive on the Davos train just before 9.00....
tudoryork
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Feb 1, 2008
10:17 pm
10040
... I know. But most of the company that built map.search.ch has now been bought by Google, who has a big presence in Zürich. So it's no big surprise that...
Krist van Besien
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Feb 2, 2008
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10041
keith47424 <47424@...> wrote: "For example can anyone confirm if 11114, 11124 & 11158 are still active or if they are only now used as ECS...
Heléna Moretti
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Feb 2, 2008
6:32 pm
10042
It has been reported that a new railcar has arrived at landquart (Monday 4th Feb), I assume (but stand to be corrected) that this will be one of the first of...
Heléna Moretti
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Feb 5, 2008
7:50 pm
10043
... I'll probably still visit the RhB as often as I always do. But I'm a little puzzled by one thing. If you are so death set against railcars, why then do you...
Krist van Besien
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Feb 5, 2008
10:17 pm
10044
... "I'll probably still visit the RhB as often as I always do." This is not a surprise. I am sure there are many others who feel like you too, as I was...
Heléna Moretti
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Feb 5, 2008
11:31 pm
10045
... Well, the new railcars RhB has ordered will have a glas partition behind the driver and thus will offer line view, which i consider very "railfan...
Krist van Besien
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Feb 6, 2008
10:27 am
10046
Hi folks, I was trying to think about how any change to railcars would influence my view of the RhB. Not at all really, because no organisation that wishes...
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Feb 6, 2008
1:41 pm
10047
... Something I wonder, is 'character' something that things gain as they get older? Did people bemoan the way things were going when 'plastic' Ae6/6s...
Tim Hall
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Feb 6, 2008
8:35 pm
10048
... I would be glad, if it was the only mistake on this website ... I had written them but didn't get a reply. Until further notice I don't feel this site is...
Markus
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Feb 6, 2008
10:33 pm
10049
... The way it currently looks the RhB intends to use the railcars to pull other stock. Which means that the open cars might still run on the Bernina in the...
Krist van Besien
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Feb 6, 2008
10:41 pm
10050
... I would be glad, if it was the only mistake on this website ... I had written them but didn't get a reply. Until further notice I don't felle this site is...
Guerbetaler
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Feb 7, 2008
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10051
... Sounds like an upgrade to me. Not to disparage Heléna's very valid personal preference for loco-hauled trains, but my first rides on the SBB were...
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Feb 7, 2008
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10052
... According to the website, when real-time positioning does come to the site it will based not on GPS but rather on data from the SURF system, which I ...
George Raymond
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Feb 7, 2008
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10053
... It's a tradeoff: Variable-consist trains do provide flexibility, but at the cost of time-consuming (though admittedly interesting) shunting. TGVs, ICEs and...
George Raymond
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Feb 7, 2008
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10054
... On the other hand, "variable consists" trains have their problems too, because -- without very careful planning and managing, the "additional car to cut...
Max Wyss
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Feb 7, 2008
7:51 am
10055
... is ... did ... correct ... But that leaves some trains on which you cannot walk through the whole train if necessary ... limitation of ... Not quite the...
gordonwis
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Feb 7, 2008
1:06 pm
10056
... One could ask why this is not being done more regularly on other lines and train types. On many older Swiss mu and railcar types (yeah, including those of...
Andrew Moglestue
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Feb 7, 2008
2:09 pm
10057
... It's not Stadler that decides this. This is up to the customer. Many GTW's do have glass partitions, eg. the ex RM ones have this, but the drivers usually...
Krist van Besien
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Feb 7, 2008
2:12 pm
10058
... for ... Whereas in the past this would have employed legions of clerical staff, today this would be a typical application for a computer. Strange that now...
Andrew Moglestue
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Feb 7, 2008
2:15 pm
10059
... Diagramming is not the problem. Higher labor costs is. The labor cost of adding extra cars is high. I've seen proposals to buy IC2000 motorcars and use...
Krist van Besien
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Feb 7, 2008
3:02 pm
10060
Krist van Besien <krist.vanbesien@...> wrote: OTOH, the RhB railcars aren't multipble units. They are real "articulated locomotives with...
Heléna Moretti
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Feb 7, 2008
3:26 pm
10061
... Krist, I think you are missing the point. One must distinguish between local railfans who will grice whatever turns up because its all they have, and...
Andrew Moglestue
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Feb 7, 2008
4:34 pm
10062
... I have no problem with nostalgia. I have a problem with people voicing anger at RhB not taking the needs of nostalgic railfans in to consideration when...
Krist van Besien
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Feb 7, 2008
5:05 pm
10063
... The question is whether this is really a necessity. And keeping in mind that the average travel time on Swiss trains is rather short (if it gets to an...
Max Wyss
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Feb 7, 2008
6:10 pm
10064
... A reason for the blinds is the reflection of the lights in the passenger compartment which can be rather disturbing. A reason for the windows getting...
Max Wyss
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Feb 7, 2008
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