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Moscow Metro trains on display
Plenty of cities have railway museums filled with old trains on display, but on the 80th anniversary of the Moscow Metro they did something different – they brought the museum pieces to the people. Photo by Artem Svetlov from Moscow, […] Continue reading
Posted in Trains
Tagged heritage railways, metros, Moscow, Moscow Metro, museum, rail operations, railways, Russia, track machines, underground
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Hidden tracks of the Kiev Metro
The Kiev Metro is a relatively simple system – three independent metro lines running across the city, with passengers changing between them at one of three interchange stations. However trains do have a way of making their way between the […]
Posted in Trains
Tagged Kiev, Kiev Metro, metros, mystery, rail operations, railways, service connecting branches, tunnels, Ukraine, underground, urban exploration
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Catching the train deep under the Apennines
A major link in the Italian rail network is the 18.5 kilometre long Apennine Tunnel, passing under the Apennine Mountains to connect the railways of north Italy with those of Tuscany and central Italy. But it is notable for more […] Continue reading
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Tagged Apennine Tunnel, ghost stations, Italy, Precedenze station, rail operations, rail signalling, tunnels, underground
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Turning a locomotive on a reversing star
There are many ways for a locomotive to be turned – reversing loops, turntables, and triangular junctions. But there is one bizarre track configuration that can also do the same job – a reversing star. Google Maps How they work […]
Posted in Trains
Tagged heritage railways, Italy, rail operations, railfan guides, railways, steam trains
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Moscow Metro curved, side and triple track stations
Each of the 232 stations on the Moscow Metro might have a unique look, but there is one design feature the majority share – two tracks flanking a central island platform. But how about the exceptions? Adopting a standard Russian-language […]
Switching from right to left on the Wiener Straßenbahn
Trams on the Wiener Straßenbahn run on the right hand side just like every other road vehicle in Austria, but there is one exception – the elevated tracks of line 26. Opened in 2013, the 4.7 kilometre long extension of […]
Posted in Trams
Tagged Austria, left hand running, light rail, premetro, rail operations, right hand running, tram stops, Vienna
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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 […]
Posted in Trains, Trams
Tagged Bremen, freight trains, Germany, level crossings, rail freight, rail operations
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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 […]
Posted in Trains
Tagged America, Amtrak, Australia, Deutsche Bahn, France, Germany, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Netherlands, rail operations, Russia, Russian Railways, SNCF
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Builder’s plates on Russian-built trains
A builder’s plate indicates who built a particular piece of machinery, as well as the the model number, serial number, and date of manufacture. Here are some examples from the rolling stock of the railways of Russia and Ukraine. ЭД4МК […]
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Tagged Kiev Metro, Nizhny Novgorod, rail operations, Russia, Russian Railways, Ukraine
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Sacrificial buffer stops at Munich Hauptbahnhof
Across Europe a common theme at major railway stations is dead end platform tracks ending at buffer stops, with the main passenger concourse behind. But there was one thing I didn’t realise – sometimes the buffer stops are designed to […]