Double Track

At the beginning of November the Zillertalbahn -a 760mm gauge line in the Austrian Tyrol- quietly announced that they had finished some minor work to improve a level crossing and seperate a section of track from the road where it was previously a bit dangerous, as part of a scheme of improvements costing about 5 [...]

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The Allegra

The Rhätische Bahn in Switzerland took delivery of a new electric unit from Stadler a couple of weeks ago (RHB Press release). It’s being tested at the moment with a view to introduction in the May 2010 timetable change. I’ve not been able to glean a lot of information except that it’s an (/12 wheel [...]

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Quality Time

It’s been much longer than I’d like since I posted here. Of course a job interview and cycling back from Amsterdam on a cargo bike didn’t help this. It’s hard to build models when you’re nowhere near your modelmaking bench. (The story of getting the bike home is gradually unfolding here).  I also want [...]

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What Narrow Gauge could be -4

The last films on this theme were in Switzerland or east Germany: finally I’ve found a very brief glimpse of a freight carrying line in the ‘Old’ Federal Republic, today, and not far from one Bonn. No-one on the Brockenbahn seems to think narrow gauge is just for tourist railways as [...]

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Stuttgart S-bahn Construction

Construction work continues at Wendlingen in preparation for extending the S-Bahn system to Kirchheim. This is part of a major package of investment by Deutsche Bahn which will see a number of extensions and new trains replacing the 1960’s built units that are still used here. The old units are in pretty good condition having [...]

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What NG could be

Okay so this is a bit of a cop-out instead of writing a real entry, but it’s a good video nonetheless showing a variety of freight trains in Filisur, on the RHB system in Switzerland.
If they can run a modern narrow gauge freight system, why can’t we?

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Steel and Snow

DB class 218 number 218 499-2 racing through the snow on the Teckbahn to Oberlenningen. I’ll write a full post on this journey soon. I’d make this my banner picture if it would only fit.
The colour version is here, but I prefer it in black and white.

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MAN Railbus in Eyach

Long-term readers may recognise this location (Image from the ‘Roter brummer‘ site) as the ‘Mystery Station‘ at Eyach that I blogged about in summer. A bit of research has shown that the station is a meeting point of the Hohenzollerische Landesbahn AG (HzL) and Deutsche Bahn. The HzL line from here is usually freight [...]

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How time flies…

I don’t know, a whole week and no railway related content posted. I have been working, but unfortunately I haven’t made much progress, and what I’ve done isn’t that photogenic as yet.
So to avoid losing both of the people who read this blog, here’s a railway video to make up for it. This features a [...]

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Good News

According to the local free paper (I know, I could put a sticker on the letter box so I don’t get it any more, but it’s good for lining the compost bin) Light Rapid Transit is in fashion at the moment with city authorities: in Germany alone Bremen, Düsseldorf Erfurt, Gera Karlsruhe, and Stuttgart are [...]

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