Hi Malcolm ... We are talking about an aerodynamic shield made of plastic, with no inpact on safety. ... You put your finger on the trick: I don't recall the...
Never mind high speed trains hitting a derailed freight train. The link is to a photo of a train that hit a derailed freight car on an adjacent track in...
Dear Mr. Peakman, First of all, thank you very much for this very interesting discussion. Indeed there is heavy criticism against the newly opened high speed...
Dear Mr Gokce I have not travelled on the High Speed Train - friends who have and discussions with various contractors beforehand explored the issues of...
Guys, fully agreed on the need to fence this line properly. Both against unaware humans who are happily crossing tracks without having even thought about that...
Christian I fully agree with your assesment and also agree about standards (and don't think I said that "AAR was a world standard) However there are a couple...
On my last visit to Sirkeci I was very impressed by the new maps they had on display. I asked if I could have a copy of thee maps but was told they were not...
The operations started recently. ... From: Philip Wormald <pwormald@...> Subject: [Turk-Rail] Mersin - Aleppo timings To: Turk-Rail@yahoogroups.com Date:...
Hi, anything specific I should look after when strolling around Sirkeci station? As I'll probably have access to most I ask for ( special guest etc..), go...
Hello all freaks of turkish railways, I visited Turkey in Sept. 1988 and went by train to Dinar and the Burdur System. At this time the line Sutlac - Civril...
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Hi Paul Thanks for this interresting insights. It is often overlooked that the 56500 were more powerfull than any of the diesel that replaced them Regards ...
... Well, that will worry you no longer. I hope I got all the different building blocks in picture. I'll relay them to you next week, so be prepared :-) Apart...
...and in the same plans, Sirkeci had four (4) parallal tracks all served by the same single turntable, and there were patforms on either side of the 4...
... Or did they have a turntable ..at Yedikule? That's what they said what it was by the end of the steam era. I couldn't find any traces of a turntable in...
Hi Derya In "Deuscthe Schienen in osmanischem Boden", page 116, there is a picture dated 1890 of the short turntables you are refering to. These turntables...
Hi all, when leafing through Erim's archives for a project I found the 1009's photos. Comparing them to the DR (Deutsche Reichsbahn-GDR) E5 series, they seem...
Yet another question: Looking at R. Lush's 1978 phots, the locals out of Izmir were composed of 2-axle steel(?) coaches. Is there a good photo anywhere to see...
Hi Helmut It seems that 2 axles bangers were used by TCDD on locals quite late (at least the 1980s). I have seen many pictures of them. In "Turkish Steam....
Hi From observation of the 4 wheel coaches still extant in the 1990's they were built around 1948 by Smicov in Praha (They were being used as service cars by...
Hi all Chanel is releasing worldwide a new advertisement film for its flagship perfume n°5. What does this has to do with us apart from a perfume having a...
A train departs from France and arrives at HaydarpaÅŸa. I think the real holywood magic is here, an electric loco moving on a non - electrified route with its...
I hope to go to Turkey next year and teach English. Anyhow, I have Yahoo and Flickr groups dealing with "mixed" trains. That is, a freight train with a...
John Hi from my recent visit (3 months in Adana in 2009) I'm not sure that such trains run anymore, I had a long run from Denizli to Izmir on a mixed (actually...
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