Can some kind person translate this, it is on TRELER group: Thanks Are they talking about freight duties or both freight and passenger? DE 33000 lerin 5 tanesi...
11 of 18 DE33's currently on the fleet are assigned to Afyon Shed. They are 33004, 33007, 33010, 33011, 33012, 33013, 33014, 33015, 33016, 33017 and 33018. ...
The report of my latest trip is available on the Railography website. http://www.railography.co.uk/reports/tr_2006_03_27.shtml It's not all trains but there...
What excellent photographs. Is there a register of heritage railway facilities in Turkey? Such things as
architecture, loco depots and infrastructure items...
It is a very interresting question for which I don't know the answer. The register should go beyond the railways to include all 19th/20th century industrial...
I was in Ushak last week (Wed/Thurs 12-13April) to be precise) and I took some photographs of the locos stored there. There appeared to be 13, not including...
Hi Brian Thanks for this interresting report. My own compilation of locos at Usak can be seen here: http://www.trainsofturkey.com/steam_engi_inv.htm For the...
... us has a typo! ... minor branch lines, TCDD is now giving up some more substantial lines and Manisa Afyon seems to be high on the list. ... Mea Culpa,...
Hi Manisa to Afyon was the last major line I covered (in 2003) I enjoyed the line from the cab and must say that it is lightly laid and heavily graded in...
Hello all, On the current issue (March 2006)of the Continental Modeller magazine -UK there is a section dedicated to Greek railways. And in the photo attached...
CM ran a 4 pages story about Turkish steam in December 2001. I am confident that they would print more if anyones submits good articles. Regarding the relative...
Jean-Patrick, I don't think it's cash, it is improved operations. Currently, TCDD does not accept any loads less than 500 tons, they prefer customers who want...
Speaking of improvements, I visited TCDD website today: it is looking better by the day. This website has now a comprehensive section in English, with detailed...
Dostluk - Filia Express is a sleeper-only train. So the issue should not be related to seat pitch. ... From: "Jean-Patrick Charrey" <demiryolu@...> ...
Can someone do approximate translation of these (I think they are timetable changes?) Also, on the changes at Izmir are all trains from Ankara now terminating...
Part 10 is here: <http://s134260722.online.de/drehscheibe-online/forum/read.php?f=17&i=133506&t=133506> Part 11 seems to be missing. ... From: Derya Ferendeci...
1. Do you know already something more about the number of E43000 locomotives of TCDD? In the website I found 418 but is it really that high?(Trains of Turkey...
1) E43000: 45 units. 418 is the quantity of DE24000 2) True: there is an issue with the total qty of E14000 in Trainsofturkey.com. Ergin's page is much more...
Who wants to become a professional railway journalist in Turkey? I think there is strong market demand for a free-lance journalist covering the railway scene...
The last 15 days start for the RAILFILM competition entries. RAILFILM meanwhile has got the full support of DB AG, the German railways, and their satellite TV...
Are e locos E52500-series the locos made in Sweden (NOHAB?) and bought byTCDD from Bosnia where they could not be used because of the Balkan- war? In 1999...
hello! no, they are made by ASEA / SGP Graz, and Koncar, Zagreb. They were originaly operated in Bosnia (ZFBiH operator); now those locos are in long term rent...