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Pantograph |
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This one was taken in Amsterdam Centraal in 1998 (in spite of the copyright date), and because of its relative abstraction I've posted it here. I shot it with either Kodak Tri-X or Ilford Delta 400 (I don't remember which), and then I cranked up the contrast after scanning it. In the original prints, I eventually did the same with filters, but the print I scanned was kind of soupy. |
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12/18/1998 Upload Date: 5/19/2007 8:21:28 AM |
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Amsterdam, NL |
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Budapest Funicular Railway |
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The Budapest Funicular Railway is very short, as its only purpose is to help lazy people get to the Royal Castle. It nevertheless provides an interesting contrast to the Prague Funicular, as it has two tracks, with no need for a passing siding. |
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2/10/2006 Upload Date: 5/19/2007 8:22:00 AM |
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Budapest, HU |
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| Title: |
Belgrade Sleeper In Budapest Keleti |
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I was very surprised to find a sleeper train to Belgrade in one of the platforms of Budapest Keleti, but on the other hand Serbia isn't too far away from Hungary. |
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2/11/2006 Upload Date: 5/19/2007 9:13:16 AM |
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Budapest Keleti, HU |
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Budapest Keleti Trainshed |
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Like many big city stations around the world, Keleti is large and monumental, and has a large arched ceiling over the main concourse. It's a beautiful station, underneath all the grime, and the only thing that I dislike about it is that it doesn't appear to have central heating, or at least none which is particularly effective. As a result, I was freezing when I took this. |
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2/11/2006 Upload Date: 5/19/2007 8:22:51 AM |
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Budapest Keleti, HU |
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Budapest Keleti |
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Here's an external view of Budapest Keleti, which makes it look a lot cleaner and better maintained than it is!!! It's apparently a beautiful building regardless. |
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2/11/2006 Upload Date: 5/19/2007 8:23:01 AM |
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Budapest Keleti, HU |
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MAV 1361 In Budapest Keleti |
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#1361 is a V43 Class electric, which are quite common on services in and out of Keleti, even if they are indeed quite old at this point. Note that this photo has been retouched, if it looks weird. |
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2/11/2006 Upload Date: 5/19/2007 8:24:53 AM |
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Budapest Keleti, HU |
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OBB 1116005-8 At Budapest Keleti |
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Most European railway stations, at least in major cities, host trains from several different countries, and Budapest Keleti is no exception. This locomotive, a Kraus-Maffei/Seimens 1116 Class electric, works for the Austrian OBB. |
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2/11/2006 Upload Date: 5/19/2007 8:23:16 AM |
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Budapest Keleti, HU |
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Rusian Sleeper Train In Budapest Keleti |
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I noticed that this sleeper train was Russian, although I forget the destination. I think it was Petrograd (St. Petersburg), but I'm not certain. In any case, it's being pulled by a MAV (Hungarian State Railways) Class V63 electric here, which gives it a greater degree of exoticism, although really it's totally normal for sleeper trains to be pulled by the motive power of the railway on which they're running at a given moment. If you can read it in this picture, notice Russian Kryllic lettering and RZD reporting marks on the sleeper. |
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2/11/2006 Upload Date: 5/19/2007 8:25:16 AM |
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Budapest Keleti, HU |
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Steam Heat In Budapest Keleti |
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I took this just because I liked the steam-era look, with what looked like steam heating pipes (for pre-heating trains) leaking steam into the freezing cold air. If I'm wrong on this point, though, please somebody tell me. I don't really know what else it could be. |
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2/11/2006 Upload Date: 5/19/2007 8:25:51 AM |
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Budapest Keleti, HU |
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2nd Generation Thalys High Speed Trains In Bruxelles-Midi |
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Here's a shot of some of the 2nd-generation Thalys trainsets, which have TGV Duplex (3rd Generation TGV) power units (locomotives). The coaching stock is more or less 2nd Generation single-level TGV, though, not Duplex. I like the old ones better. :-) |
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12/30/2006 Upload Date: 5/19/2007 6:55:01 AM |
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Brussels, BE |
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Thalys In Bruxelles-Midi |
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This is a Thalys TGV high-speed train, essentially a 2nd Generation SNCF TGV, but with multi-current capability for operating into Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. As with other international European trains, the Thalys is operated by a crew from the country it is currently in, switching at the border. These are used a lot by American tourists, at least if they've still heard of train travel, because they offer a faster form of international transport than the plane or the car. Also, if you have a Eurail pass (I didn't), it's often cheaper than flying, although a surcharge is added because the Thalys is, indeed, a true high speed train capable of running at 300Km/h (186 m.p.h.). This one looks to have its coupler exposed for running with another set, although I didn't see the other set around. |
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1/6/2007 Upload Date: 5/19/2007 6:55:29 AM |
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Brussels, BE |
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RZD 00102285 In Berlin Hbf |
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Wagons-Lits are better known for providing sleepers and other luxury passenger equipment for the Orient Express, but indeed they do provide a full sleeper service to many carriers. RZD, the Russian Railway, is a major customer, and their sleeper trains, equipped with Wagons-Lits stock, connect Moscow and St. Petersburg to many Eastern and Central European cities such as Prague, Budapest, Karlovy Vary, and of course Berlin, seen here. |
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1/7/2007 Upload Date: 5/19/2007 8:28:58 AM |
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Berlin, DE |
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Jon Searles |
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| Title: |
RZD 00102285 In Berlin Hbf, Picture 2 |
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Wagons-Lits are better known for providing sleepers and other luxury passenger equipment for the Orient Express, but indeed they do provide a full sleeper service to many carriers. RZD, the Russian Railway, is a major customer, and their sleeper trains, equipped with Wagons-Lits stock, connect Moscow and St. Petersburg to many Eastern and Central European cities such as Prague, Budapest, Karlovy Vary, and of course Berlin, seen here. This is a fuller, but less sharp, alternate of Picture 1. |
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1/7/2007 Upload Date: 5/19/2007 8:29:11 AM |
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Berlin, DE |
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| Title: |
Night Train In Warszawa Centralna |
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This was to be my train home, although the dankness of Warzawa Centralna is making it look deceptively late. In reality it was only the afternoon. |
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7/1/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:32:15 AM |
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Warszawa, PL |
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PKP ET22680 Somewhere In Poland (location is unknown and guessed wildly) |
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Crazily, although I'm a pretty hardcore railfan, I didn't take too many train pictures on my first trip into Poland. This one, of PKP #ET22680, is an exception. I'm not sure of the location. |
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7/1/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:32:42 AM |
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Warszawa, PL |
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PKP ET22680(ET22) |
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PKP Electric Locomotives (location is a rough guess) |
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Here's a lineup of PKP motive power, although it's too far away to identify all of it. This was my parting shot before switching back to color film. |
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7/1/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:32:56 AM |
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Warszawa, PL |
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| Title: |
DSB SA9121, Picture 2 |
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This was, if I'm not mistaken, the train that took me out to this station up in Koge, a town to the north of Copenhagen, on my way to stay the night in Fakse. |
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7/7/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:33:43 AM |
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Koge, DK |
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DSB SA9121(Electric M.U.) |
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Kobenhavns Hovedbanegard Station |
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Also known as Copenhagen H, or Kobenhavn H, for short, this is the main rail station for Copenhagen, and is the largest in Denmark. It was built in 1911 to replace an earlier station from 1864, which had replaced the original station from 1847. |
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7/7/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:33:56 AM |
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Copenhagen, DK |
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| Title: |
Arrival |
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This was the view as we entered the coachyard outside of Malmo. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:36:35 AM |
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Malmo, Sw |
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Bridge to Malmo |
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The rail and road bridge over the Baltic Sea between Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmo, Sweden, is supposedly the longest in Europe, or so I'm told. In this situation, I was taking advantage of unexpected extra time on my Copenhagen trip to add another country to my list of places visited. I do plan to go back eventually, though, to see Stockholm and Goteburg. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:36:46 AM |
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Denmark/Sweden Borde, DK |
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DSB#----, Picture 2, Faxe Ladeplads Station |
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Here's another shot of my train. This service would only go as far as Koge, where I would once again have to take a seperate train to complete my journey, only this time TO Copenhagen. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:34:29 AM |
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Fakse, DK |
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| Title: |
DSB SA9205 |
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This was going to be my train back to Copenhagen, if I'm not mistaken. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:34:53 AM |
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Koge, DK |
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Jon Searles |
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DSB SA9205(Electric M.U.) |
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| Title: |
DSB Train Interior, Fakse Ladeplads Station |
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Here's the train interior of the Faxe Ladeplads-Koge train. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:35:01 AM |
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Fakse, DK |
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Faxe Ladeplads Station, Picture 3 |
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This is the train station that I ultimately had to take a bus to. Oddly, although the town where I stayed is called Fakse, spelled just like that, this station is called Faxe Ladeplads. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:35:11 AM |
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Fakse, DK |
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| Title: |
Faxe Ladeplads Station, Picture 5, Edit |
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Here's a view out on the station platforms. The platforms at Faxe Ladeplads are very low by European standards, and for some bizarre reason my photos there got tinted magenta, requiring adjustment in Gimp before I posted them to Flickr. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:35:20 AM |
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Fakse, DK |
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| Title: |
Harlev Station Sign |
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I don't remember why I took this, but I notice that it's nicely composed, so maybe that's why. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:35:28 AM |
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Harlev, DK |
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Kobenhavns Hovedbanegard Station, Picture 2 |
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I had to stop here on my way back from Sweden, before getting a train to Hamburg, and then to Prague. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:36:58 AM |
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Copenhagen, DK |
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DSB Trains At Koge Station |
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These trains were also DSB, although I don't know too much about the Danish equipment. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:35:37 AM |
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Koge, DK |
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| Title: |
Sidings |
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I'm not sure of what class these EMUs are, but I don't really have adequate books to look them up right now. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:37:10 AM |
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Malmo, Sw |
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Malmo Station |
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Amtrak, in the national passenger service in the U.S., once tested a train very similar to these called the "Big Kiss," although the experiment didn't result in any serious use in the U.S. DSB have a sizeable fleet of trains like these, and a number of them even work international services, like these. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:37:23 AM |
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Malmo, Sw |
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Malmo Station, Picture 4 |
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Here's the exterior of Malmo station. It certainly has some nice touches to it, even if it isn't as ornate as say, Washington Union or London St. Pancras. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:37:33 AM |
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Malmo, Sw |
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Ticket Machine, Faxe Ladeplads Station |
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This is one of the many ticket machine designs that I've seen in Europe, with this one having a map to indicate where each station is. If you want such and such a station, you obviously pick your fare by clicking on the appropriate station button. Regrettably, I noticed that a line seemed to have been abandoned since this machine was installed. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:35:48 AM |
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Fakse, DK |
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Jon Searles |
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Ticket Machine, Faxe Ladeplads Station, B&W Version |
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I thought the ticket machine might look good in black and white, so here's my take on it. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:36:01 AM |
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Fakse, DK |
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Jon Searles |
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Tram Tracks |
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I was a bit surprised to see this tram tracks just tucked away in an out of the way neighborhood adjoining Malmohus castle. I'm not aware of whether they're part of a limited tram system, a local industrial railway, or a tram museum, but in any case they're quite interesting, I think. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:37:54 AM |
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Malmo, Sw |
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Jon Searles |
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| Title: |
X2000 Tilt Train In Malmo Station |
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Amtrak also tested the X2000 tilt train, and everybody agrees that it was the inspiration for the Acela Express which came about eight years later. The Acela Express, while it still runs today, has been a technical disaster from the start, as nearly all of the engineering lessons gleaned from the X2000 testing were ignored. The X2000, however, is superb, and one of my regrets this trip was that I didn't get a chance to ride it. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:38:04 AM |
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Malmo, Sw |
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X2000 In Malmo Station, Malmo, Sweden |
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I managed to catch the X2000, or at least a few pictures of it, during my side trip to Malmo, Sweden. This shot here isn't on Flickr, iPernity, or any other site yet, which I didn't realise until now. It was supposed to go up ages ago, though. Next time! By the way, Sweden needs to be added to the location picker. |
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7/8/2007 Upload Date: 2/17/2008 9:38:14 AM |
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Malmo, Sw |
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Jon Searles |
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OBB 1216226-1 in Nadrazi Holesovice, Picture 2, |
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Heres another Austrian locomotive that happened to be waiting in Holesovice, double headed with either a CD 362 or 363 Class electric. |
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1/17/2009 Upload Date: 7/13/2009 7:04:22 AM |
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Prague, CZ |
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Jon Searles |
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OBB 1216237 in Nadrazi Holesovice |
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My first international trip after getting back to Prague was to Dresden, which meant that I departed from Nadrazi Holesovice. Since the Schengen agreement took effect, my sense is that the various European railways have been less hesitant to allow their locomotives to operate across international borders, as these Austrian OBB Class 1216 electrics have been turning up in Holesovice quite a bit lately. |
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1/17/2009 Upload Date: 7/13/2009 7:03:07 AM |
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Prague, CZ |
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Jon Searles |
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