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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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Tagged freight trains, Germany, intermodal freight, rail freight, rail operations, Sweden, trucks
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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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Tagged electricity, Germany, heating, locomotives, rail operations, steam trains
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Car vs steam train on the streets of Germany
The other day on Twitter I found a video of an odd scene – a steam train driving along a narrow street, then crashing into a Mercedes Benz after the driver decided to pull out from the curb. pic.twitter.com/RU4qQUxvqV — […]
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Tagged accidents, Germany, heritage railways, motoring, steam trains
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Turning trains on the Wuppertal Schwebebahn
The Wuppertaler Schwebebahn is a suspension railway in the German city of Wuppertal, where trains hang from a single rail built underneath a supporting steel frame. But how do the trains turn around at the end of the line? Photo […]
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Tagged Germany, rail operations, railways, reversing loops, Schwebebahn, turntables, Wuppertal
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A trolleybus turntable in Germany
I’ve written about a lot of oddball turntables over the years, and here is another unusual example – a trolleybus turntable in the Germany city of Solingen. Photo by User:Christian Lindecke, via Wikimedia Commons Located at the terminus of trolleybus […]
Slow boat from Germany – delivering Adelaide’s trams
A long time ago I wrote about Adelaide’s Flexity trams and their Germany connection – well this is the story of how they got to Australia. The trams were built at the Bombardier factory in Bautzen, Germany. Government of South […]
Mobile traction substations for powering trains and trams
The power for an electric railway has to come from somewhere – and that place is a traction substation, a facility that convert hogh voltage electricity from the power grid to the voltage and frequency that trains or trams use. […]
Crossing international borders by train
When I travelled across Europe by train, I crossed a few international borders. Some were simple, but others were more involved. The uneventful My first border crossing by train was on my journey from Germany and Austria, and it was […]
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Tagged Austria, border crossings, Căile Ferate Române, Deutsche Bahn, Germany, Hungary, Kiev, rail operations, railways, Romania, Russia
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Bending a tram like a banana
Modern low floor trams are made up of multiple articulated segments, which allow these long vehicles to make their way around sharp corners. But this 2018 crash in the German city of Bochum shows another thing these trams can do […]
Reversing a tram in Düsseldorf, Germany
On the tram network of Düsseldorf, Germany is a curious terminus arrangement – a turning wye that crosses over itself! Google Street View This triangle is found at the route 706 terminus in Hamm, at the corner of Auf den […]