Dear Everybody, Happy New Year, first of all! The two trains that are most likely to be M62 dragged between Nagykanizsa and Balatonszentgyorgy are 8507, dep...
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david@...
Jan 3, 1999 11:01 pm
KBS 861 The line from Nurnberg Nordost to Grefenburg will remain closed until 28/2/99 I was there on the 29/12/98 and ther were signs up at Nordost and on the...
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Joo Ferenc
ferencj@...
Jan 3, 1999 11:20 pm
One out of the three large unions hasn't accepted MAV wage increase offers, and said would go on strike Monday midnight. The other two unions continue work. A...
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Joo Ferenc
ferencj@...
Jan 4, 1999 10:23 pm
I can inform you about the situation at Budapest-Nyugati station: As members of the striking union are geographically not evenly distributed, no problems...
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Phil Richards
phil@...
Jan 4, 1999 11:15 pm
Following the changes last year, the InterRail Pass remains the same for 1999 and in the UK prices remain unaltered. For other countries, please check! To...
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Joo Ferenc
ferencj@...
Jan 4, 1999 11:16 pm
EN 228 (to 228 territory!) to Berlin left Budapest 150 minutes late with V63 152, that has recently been damaged by a 20-year-old suicide girl at 140 km/h, but...
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Clive Haines
Clive@...
Jan 4, 1999 9:48 pm
Myself and Alastair Tillotson have just returned from a week in France. For a list of mainly diesel observations please send me an e-mail. The list is in Word...
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Joo Ferenc
ferencj@...
Jan 6, 1999 10:26 am
After going to sleep at 3am, following more strike managemnet negotiations, a stroke attacked Istvan SIPOS, general manager of MAV, who was found dead in his...
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Joo Ferenc
ferencj@...
Jan 7, 1999 8:17 am
Dear All, Despite the death of MAV GM Sipos, the VDSzSz union is continuing its strike. Yesterday EN 228 Berlin-Budapest was seen passing Vac at 19.35. It was...
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Hannibal
hannibal@...
Jan 7, 1999 6:08 pm
Clive has asked me to apologise to anyone who requested his SNCF gen - he is having some problems with Freeserve and his other PC cannot handle Word files. He...
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Joo Ferenc
ferencj@...
Jan 7, 1999 6:18 pm
On Wednesday, there were more trains from Debrecen to Nyiregyhaza and Budapest than on Wednesday. By mid-afternoon, the InterCity services started running...
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Joo Ferenc
ferencj@...
Jan 8, 1999 12:20 pm
After a court ruling stating the strike is illegal, the striking union ( VDSzSz) suspended its strike at 12 (noon) on Friday, January 8th. All trains should be...
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Phil Richards
phil@...
Jan 10, 1999 12:27 am
The following list of lines in the Magdeburg and Leipzig areas are due for closure on or before May 1999 appeared in the Branch Line Society magazine "Branch...
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Phil Richards
phil@...
Jan 10, 1999 12:22 pm
Information Files - Eurostar & European Rail Pass ************************************************* I have two files (in text format) outlining details of...
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Joo Ferenc
ferencj@...
Jan 11, 1999 9:13 am
Dear All, The 228 trip on Saturday was with 228.749, now preserved as 118.749. The route was Arnstadt-Plaue-Oberhof-Meiningen-Eisenach-Erfurt-Nordhausen and...
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Phil Richards
phil@...
Jan 12, 1999 10:21 pm
Special Winter Fare Promotion ***************************** London or Ashford to Lille, Brussels or Paris £49.50 Valid for travel Monday to Saturday £59.50...
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Joo Ferenc
ferencj@...
Jan 13, 1999 10:31 am
Dear All, Talked to some MAV officials today. You will first find some info on re- engining and then which engines should be scrapped this year and how much at...
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Joo Ferenc
ferencj@...
Jan 13, 1999 7:23 pm
I received a call today that supposably the following workings occured: -2xM41 with Venezia and Drava (both Budapest-Venezia) on the Tatabanya-Papa route and...
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Martinglop@...
Jan 13, 1999 10:05 pm
If anyone has any up to date or just out of date CSD (CZECKO) Diagrames for 749/751's in particular, please could they send them direct to-: Martinglop@......
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Philip Wormald
PWormald@...
Jan 17, 1999 11:39 am
The Loburg - Altengrabow section of KBS259 closed to passenger traffic yesterday (17/1/99), the section will be officially covered by busses until end of May,...
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Mark Bristow
mark@...
Jan 17, 1999 4:26 pm
Phil' Are you going to make the diagrams you mentioned available like the last ones? If so could I have a copy (visiting DB in Feb)? Thanks, Mark... P.S. love...
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Philip Wormald
PWormald@...
Jan 17, 1999 6:14 pm
Mark, Will get diagrams to you when they are done. http://bfcase.railfan.net/ has some good shots Phil PWormald@... ... eGroup home:...
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Bob Visser
bvisserasd@...
Jan 19, 1999 7:36 pm
Electric loco 1637 (Alsthom 1982) has been repainted in red for NS Cargo. Since 1st. January Dutch electric locomotives has been split up between NS Cargo and...
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Mail Service
trevor.cockram@...
Jan 20, 1999 12:58 pm
Many thanks Trevor Cockram ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/europeanrail Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com...
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PhilHodgson@...
Jan 20, 1999 4:06 pm
The following additional day trains run on certain dates during the ski season. Principal stops noted. 6113 06.29 Reims - Bourg St Maurice 15.47. Runs 6/2 &...
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Justin.WICKENS@...
Jan 20, 1999 5:38 pm
My apologies if you have had some of this stuff already from Andy Baker. SATURDAY 2ND JANUARY 212311 was piloting 232070 on the last Erfurt-Schweinfurt service...
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Bob Visser
bvisserasd@...
Jan 20, 1999 8:21 pm
Nine of NS (Cargo) electric loco's type 1100 (Alsthom 1950-1956) are still active with passengertrains. They are similar to SNCF series BB8100. NS Reizigers...
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Martinglop@...
Jan 24, 1999 4:20 pm
Saturdays tour in Ireland was a success, A39 did the tour throughout & arrived on time back in Dublin. It started the day on only 5 motors, however with a huge...
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Hannibal
hannibal@...
Jan 24, 1999 10:23 pm
A few more extra observations: Weds 20/01/99 - 17.15 to Longford - 176+146 Thurs 21/01/99 - Ballina shuttle - 166 Fri 22/01/99 Morning & evening Ballybrophy &...
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Ernst H. van Gulden
gulden@...
Jan 24, 1999 11:16 pm
Dear readers, After the first mail of my collegue-photographer about the colourchanging of the 1637 to NS-Cargo. At this moment the renumbering has started...
