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Category Archives: Trains
Building an underground station while trains pass by
This is the story of Tverskaya station on the Moscow Metro – retrofitted to the existing Zamoskvoretskaya line during the 1970s, while trains continued to pass through the neighbouring tunnels. Photo by A.Savin (Wikimedia Commons · WikiPhotoSpace), via Wikimedia Commons Early history Originally […] Continue reading
Retrofitting an underground station to the Kiev Metro
How does one go about retrofitting a station to an existing underground railway? It was was problem that Ukrainian engineers solved in the 1970s, when Teatralna (Театральна) was added to the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line of the Kiev Metro system. Photo by […]
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Tagged abandoned, construction, Kiev, Kiev Metro, metros, museum, Ukraine, urban exploration, urbex
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Trams and freight trains share the road in Bremen
I’ve written about freight trams before, but in the city of Bremen in northeast Germany freight there is something a little different – a freight siding that shares the tram tracks. Photo by Spoorjan, via Wikimedia Commons The freight siding […]
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Tagged Bremen, freight trains, Germany, level crossings, rail freight, rail operations
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Cable hauled train at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport
Automated people movers between airport terminals are a common sight around the world, but the system at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport is a little different – the trains are hauled by cables. Photo by A.Savin (Wikimedia Commons · WikiPhotoSpace), via Wikimedia Commons It is […] Continue reading
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Tagged airports, automated people movers, aviation, Moscow, railways, Russia
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Delivering a crane by train
I’ve seen many interesting pieces of Russian heavy machinery, but this is a new one – a crawler crane that can be moved by rail. The crane arrives at the Tyosovo Railway Museum in Novgorod Oblast on the back of […]
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Tagged cranes, heritage railways, narrow gauge, Russia, Russian Railways, winter
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‘Do Re Mi’ music as the train powers out of the station
It’s normal for electric locomotives to make some kind of ‘buzzing’ noise as their accelerate, due to the way that power is applied to their traction motors. But the Siemens EuroSprinter family of electric locomotives make an unexpected sound – […]
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Tagged Austria, Deutsche Bahn, Germany, locomotives, ÖBB, railway electrification, railways
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Transporting railway track by train
You can transport many things by train – but what about the railway tracks themselves? Photo by Falk2, via Wikimedia Commons Used to deliver pre-assembled pointwork or crossovers directly to the work site, the tilt mechanism ensures that the bulky […]
Why did the train stop to close the bridge?
On Facebook I recently came across a video of a train coming to a halt, so that a man could swing a piece of track into place before it could then proceed. So what is the story behind it? The […]
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Tagged heritage railways, museum, mystery, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Netherlands, railfans, railways, viral photos
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How do trains change to daylight savings time?
Timekeeping is something that railways take seriously – but what happens to trains when the clocks changes from ‘normal’ time to daylight savings, and an hour is either lost or gained? Germany Deutsche Bahn cancel trains due to run in […]
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Tagged America, Amtrak, Australia, Deutsche Bahn, France, Germany, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Netherlands, rail operations, Russia, Russian Railways, SNCF
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Moscow’s deepest metro station at Park Pobedy
The Moscow Metro is known for deep stations, but Парк Победы (Park Pobedy) is the winner – at 73 metres underground it is the deepest station in the city, and third deepest in the world by mean depth. Underground there […]