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Road-rail fire trucks of Switzerland
I wrote about the fire-fighting trains of the Swiss Federal Railways the other month, but they aren’t the only specialised vehicles used to fight fires on the railways of Switzerland – they also have road-rail fire trucks. Photo via Interkantonales […]
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Tagged emergency services, firefighting, rail operations, Swiss Federal Railways, Switzerland
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Fire-fighting trains of the Swiss Federal Railways
I’ve written about the fire-fighting trains of the Russia before, but they’re not the only railway to operate such trains – the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS) also have a number of firefighting and rescue trains for use in their long […]
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Tagged emergency services, firefighting, rail operations, Swiss Federal Railways, Switzerland
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Russia’s ‘robotic fire-fighting train’
As well as ‘conventional’ fire-fighting trains used to put out the flames anywhere conventional fire trucks can’t reach, the Russian Railways have also started rolling out a fleet of ‘robotic’ trains that can be used to fight fires in railway […]
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Fire-fighting trains of the Russian Railways
Russia’s rail network stretches the length of the country, from cities to mountainous forests. Fires can happen anywhere – even in the middle of nowhere – so the Russian Railways have their own fleet of fire-fighting trains, to put out […]
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Tagged emergency services, firefighting, rail operations, Russia, Russian Railways
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Frankfurt’s mysterious ‘Feuerwehr Übungstunnel’ platform
I didn’t spend much time in Frankfurt, but I did manage to take a short trip around their underground railway (U-Bahn) network. Along the way I came across what looked like a disused platform, with the only clue being a ‘Feuerwehr Übungstunnel’ sign on the steel gate – so what was it?
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Tagged emergency services, firefighting, Frankfurt, Germany, mystery, U-Bahn
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