Yearly Archives: 2025

Straßenroller – moving railway wagons by road

There’s a lot of oddball railway vehicles out there, but the “Straßenroller” (“street scooter”) of Germany are something else altogether – a trailer designed to move railway freight wagons by road. Photo by picture taken by myself (Stefan Kunzmann), via […] Continue reading

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Recycling retired locomotives for carriage heating

In much of Europe it gets awfully cold in winter time, which presents difficulties for rail operators when carriages are parked overnight in a siding, and need to be warmed up the next morning ready for passengers to board. Their […]

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