Does anybody have the timings for the RhB snowblower trip heading from Pontresina to Samedan for the Untervaz festival? I'm hoping to photograph it at Filisur...
For anyone planning a visit to Aigle, be aware that the TPC station area at Aigle is currently under redevelopment. Rail services are entirely suspended (since...
... If you click the arrow buttom after this: Pour plus de détails techniques, nous vous invitons à consulter le plan suivant [>] you will get a PDF with a...
... This morning, when we went to the railway station, I was a bit astonished to see a Re 485 here, but not for long ... until I realized that Mercia Charters...
The Tages-Anzeiger has again reported another story about SBB Cargo again raising questions about its future. They cited a recent Mercer Consulting report...
... http://www.mercermc.de/plain.php3?content=content/pressemeldungen/index&navlink=63 ... for ... One shouldn't forget that this report was written by...
Over a recent weekend I was watching a cargo operation being performed in Switzerland that I feel is not taken into account by such business analysis. Early...
... Taking the move on its own, yes it would be costly, however, the staff are already on duty and may well be otherwise sitting around doing nothing, so the...
... From time to time the cargo lobby claims that the priority for passenger services should be abolished. What do you think, would happen, if this was done? I...
We had a discussion about gauge changing trains by the end of July ... The Japanese train (there is only one single train so far) will get new bogies of a...
... First we have to ask about outsourcing. You can erect a cargo railway that moves some millions of tonne-kilometers (tkm) and only has a handful of...
... If its Giezendanner you are thinking of, we are talking about a guy with a clear pro-road bias who will happily support any motion that damages public...
... Does the KCS carry any passenger traffic at all or is it running exclusively freight only across its tracks? Does it interoperate continuous through...
... I think it is freight only, but am not quite sure; it could be that there is one train per day touching KCS territory. ... As far as I remmeber reading,...
... It is not only Giezendanner claiming that; it is a pretty common request. However, it would not be logical for G. to damage public transportation, because...
... We had a similar proposal here (Ireland) where it also died a death so quick it was indecent! Political will is IMHO the only thing that will save freight...
I chose KCS, because they are one of the Big 7, of North American Railways, albeit the smallest, and at the moment least profitable. I also used the figures...
My memory of the Central Rail project was that it was thrown out by the Commons as the promoters did not provide enough detail in their proposals to make an ...
... Man, you are dreaming. Even if you would let that company build the bypass without any security installations, they would loose all their money. They would...
... KCS is currently and will probably remain a freight only operation. They have been receptive to hosting AMTRAK on the Jackson MS to Dallas TX route, but...
_____ From: SwissRail@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SwissRail@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Max Wyss One thing to keep in mind, when comparing US and European...
... Revisions in [ ] ... The short lines do a lot of distribution but the main line railroads as CSX, NS UP and BNSF serve large and small customers from one...
Did anybody see me mention the word money anywhere in the comparision of the two railroads, other than between DB Drivers and those for SBB-C? I was merely...
Two factors I haven't seen mentioned yet: USA versus Europe: In the US about 50% of the freigt goes by rail, in Europe about 50% goes by ship. The amount of...
... here I disagree. The worst congestion does not occur on the big trunk motorways (leaving the Gotthard aside), but on roads in and around conurbations. You...
Can anyone help. I'm always puzzled over what exactly happens with 3 phase electrical transmission and how the trains are controlled. As far as I can...
... correct ... I believe the motors are asynchronous. Similarly to what is done with DC motors on tap-changer locomotives, resistive shunts are used to...
... What they mean is that this is low floor roling stock. The low floor is between the bgies and permkits level boarding. then there are steps up to the bits...
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