Rail electrification costs & confounders | Pedestrian Observations
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🇫🇷 La visite des ateliers des CFL à Luxembourg-Bonnevoie était :
- tip top au niveau organisationel
- hyper intéressante même pour l'amateur aguerri et cheminot que je suis.
- L'occasion de voir que les CFL, malgré leur petite taille sont une entreprise publique performante, innovante, à la pointe et efficiente, n'en déplaise aux chantres néo-libéraux de l'UE et leurs discours que seule la libéralisation peut apporter du bon sur le rail en Europe.
Ainsi, tout au long de la journée, on a pu regarder les trains droit dans les yeux, sous leurs jupes et au coeur de la salle des machines. Ce ne sont que trois photos de la grosse centaine réalisée. Je tâcherai de faire un article de blog plus détaillé et publierai d'autres photos plus tard.
En outre, quelques "goodies" et un support pour smartphone qui est aussi un coussinet anti-stress gagné à la "roue de la fortune" en plus d'un bon d'achat de 5 EUR pour le Cactus Shoppi en gare.
Bref, une chouete journée à l'écart du smartphone et des réseaux et des échanges entre humains, ça fait du bien aussi de temps en temps!
Bonne soirée. 👋
🇬🇧 The visit to the CFL workshops in Luxembourg-Bonnevoie was:
- tip top at the organizational level
- super interesting even for the old amateur and railway worker that I am.
- The opportunity to see that the CFL, despite their small size, is a high-performance, innovative, at the top of the technology and an efficient public company, even if the neo-liberals at the EU say that a liberalized market can bring good things to the rail in Europe.
Thus, throughout the day, we were able to look the trains straight in the eye, under their skirts and in the heart of the engine room. These are just three photos of the hundred or so taken. I will try to do a more detailed blog post and post more photos later.
In addition, some "goodies" and a smartphone holder which is also an anti-stress ball won at the "wheel of fortune" in addition to a 5 EUR voucher for the Cactus Shoppi (a shop at the station).
In short, a nice day away from smartphones and networks and with lots of exchanges between humans, a good thing too!
Good evening. 👋
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"Major disruption as grass fire halts all trains to Heathrow Airport"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnvl1r1080go
"'A statement said all lines were blocked between London Paddington station and Heathrow's terminals, as well as Reading, due to "a failure of the electricity supply caused by a fire next to the track".'
'It comes hours after a separate grass fire on Heathrow's airfield shut a runway earlier on Saturday.'
#Paddington #Heathrow #GWR #railways #fire #trains #environment #GlobalWarming #UK #London
Sandon Station, Sandon, Staffordshire, 1916 - WH Smith RP Postcard
https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/sandon-station-sandon-staffordshire-1916-wh-smith-rp-postcard-244999165.htm
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Reviving
Passenger Rail in
New Zealand - A Quick Start
Guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pcMToZeIZ0TWeIGZk5LFN47rGr1Frewa/view [20 page PDF alert, Google Drive link]
This is a wonderfully aspirational document of what the NZ rail network could be, with most proposals easily achievable in a short time frame (3-5 years) and at minimal cost. Hopefully it can serve as a template for an incoming government who are actually interested in rail.
#NZPol #NZ #NewZealand #Railways #Railroads #GreensNZ #GreenParty #TheFutureIsRail
🇫🇷 Bonjour!
Ambiance matinale, samedi dernier, en gare de Remagen. Dans le fond sur les hauteurs, l'église St. Apollinaire qui est un lieu de pèlerinage qui lui-même est la cause du marché qui se tenait dimanche!
Pour ma part, ce sera dans le train pour la plupart de cette journée. 😉
Passez une aussi belle journée que possible. 👋 🙂
🇬🇧 Good morning!
Morning atmosphere, last Saturday, at Remagenrailway station. In the background on the heights, the St. Apollinaris church which is a place of pilgrimage; itself is the cause of the market held on Sunday!
For my part, most of the day will be in train today! 😉
Have the best day possible. 👋 🙂
➡️ https://apollinariskirche.de/de/
#traintrackTuesday #trains #railwayphotography #railways
You can get used to travelling so well. VIA Rail Venture sets feature a semi-private seating in the business car
#trains #bahn #bahnbilder #rail #railways #railfanning #trainstravel #travel
🇫🇷 Bonjour!
Le 23 juillet 1926, la loi créant la SNCB/NMBS était votée, cela fait juste cent ans aujourd'hui! Bon anniversaire à celle qui fut mon gagne-pain durant de longues années et comme dans toute relation, c'était pour le meilleur et parfois aussi pour le pire! 😉
Passez une bonne journée! 👋
🇬🇧 Good morning!
On July 23, 1926, the law creating SNCB/NMBS was passed, it's just a hundred years ago today! Happy birthday to the one who was my livelihood for many years and as in any relationship, it was for better and sometimes also for worse! 😉
Have a great day! 👋
#railways #Spoorwegen #CheminsDeFer #Eisenbahn #railwayphotography #trains
UK Train Nerd post
I see that Grand Central are putting a proposal to the Rail regulators for a St Pancras to Manchester service. It's planned to call at Luton Airport, Wellingborough, Leicester and Stockport.
This is pretty much a revival of the Project Rio service that got my son into his railway career.
It stands a near zero chance of getting approved*, but it'd be a fantastic route for the East Midlands.
*Almost no paths south of Bedford and no platform space at St Pancras. And, it'd lose money hand over fist!
#Railways
🇫🇷 En redescendant vers Boppard, une occasion s'est présentée de photographier un train quittant Boppard pour Koblenz et Remagen.
🇬🇧 On the way back down to Boppard, I got an opportunity to take a photo of a train leaving Boppard for Koblenz and Remagen.
#traintrackTuesday #trains #cheminsDeFer #railways #railwayPhotography #Spoorwegen #Eisenabahn
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/07/05/arisaig-2026-23-homeward-bound-bridge-of-orchy-to-glasgow/
The antepenultimate post in my series about my #Scottish #holiday, taking the return journey as far as #Glasgow.
#blogging #photography #Scotland #Arisaig2026 #BridgeofOrchy #UpperTyndrum #Crianlarich #Railways #RailwayEquipment #Trains #RailwayPhotography
An excellent post by @cocteautriplets@mastodon.scot on the troubled history of Leith Central station.
I had no idea the Central bar predated the station - I'd always assumed it had been the station's bar!
As a student some friends and I explored a bit of the station one afternoon in 1984... (I remember nothing except that I went there!)
#Leith #Edinburgh #railways
First time alighting at Cambridge South station today. Biggest change to my commute in 15 years 😀. Very new, very shiny. Flexi season ticket did let me through the barrier. #Trains #Railways #Cambridge
🇫🇷 Prêt pour entamer une nouvelle semaine? Elle s'annonce moins chaude, et sera sans doute plus propice à une rando! Le 26 juin 2016, j'attendais les voyageurs et l'heure de départ.
Passez une bonne journée. 👋
🇬🇧 Ready to start a new week? Weather should not be so hot and probably more suitable for a hike! On June 26, 2016 I was waiting for passengers and departure time.
Have a nice day. 👋
#1jour1souvenir #trains #railways #railwayPhotography #Eisenbahn #CheminsDeFer #Spoorwegen #Treinen #Züge