I have posted some images taken at Basel SBB earlier this year. They can be found at the following page :- http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=188 Looking ahead I am planning to

It's probably a long standing joke here in England. Due to track access charges loco's are regularly moved by road for various reasons as it's cheaper.I hope the Swiss aren't going down that road.

The 2012 timetable can now be downloaded from http://fcd.zvv.ch/fahrplan.php

I know the Re6/6 was later, but does the Ge6/6ii have to cope with vertical grade changes in excess of anything a standard-gauge loco needs to? -- Tim Hall Weblog ->

Am 25.11.2011 20:27, schrieb Tim Hall: Exactly, but with the Re 6/6 11603 and 04 prototypes it was found that springs can do the same, making the carbody simpler. Same development was seen in

Is reason so the adhesive weight on each axle remains constant during grade changes? -- Tim Hall Weblog -> http://www.kalyr.com/weblog Twitter -> http://twitter.com/kalyr RPG blog ->

Am 25.11.2011 17:59, schrieb jlovda: It depends, on what you call an articulation... The Ge 6/6 II carbody doesn't follow curves but it follows grade changes. As Re 6/6 11601 and 02 do. Markus,

Near Steinen, and as close as I can tell between Schornen and Platten, there is a rock ridge through which the Gotthard line passes. Often we have seen people rock climbing with ropes on this ridge,

Absolutely… As well as what Bombardier did… as well as every serious manufacturer does. Max.

I have an acquaintance who is an engineer that designs coaches at Landquart. (He lets me take pictures at the roundhouse). From what he knows now, the front bogie was totaled. The bogies are still

Am 25.11.2011 17:05, schrieb Gordon Wiseman: Have you ever travelled in a SOB unit? Last Summer we made a near daylong journey in the South Tyrol FLIRTs (who now ordered eight more and put additional

Am 24.11.2011 20:30, schrieb martinbaumann112: My understanding of this source was that the two bogies that remained in Rueun had been replaced by reserve bogies for Ge 4/4 I. The remark about the

That is not Stadler's fault. It's the customer that specifies the seats. The SOB Flirts for example have much different interiors. > Krist

This will stray off topic, but please allow me to say that the one thing that is much better on AGCs in France is the seating as it is designed to cater for longer journeys, whereas Flirt

Actually, with this number of sales, Stadler "beat" Bombardier with their sales of their AGC units (700), which are conceptionally similar to the FLIRT. Max.

From: disco1ie Lateral vision isn't good at high speed, akin to rapidly flashing lights, likely to cause epileptic type fits while driving. Also, at high speed the brain can't absorb data fast enough

I once asked that question to an airline expert, in the context of planes that could fly themselves... The answer was that safety is best served when the operator of a vehicle is in the vehicle

Yes, as I think I reported in the summer in order to make a Baltic cruise on-topic I was amused (pleased on behalf of the Swiss economy) to see them at Helsnki (along with the expected VR Lok 2000s!

I see an announcement from Stadler that a recent Italian order has now taken total no of ordered FLIRTS to over 700. Well done Stadler! (I wish we had bought them here (Dublin) instead of the last lot

Why not go the next stage and do away with drivers altogether?!? (says he tongue firmly in cheek. In fact our Dart system in Dublin had that capability when it was introduced (1984) but surprise