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  1. Once upon a time I got to ride trains in the UK and took this Virgin train from Edinburgh into Britain and enjoyed it immensely. As a Canadian it does not take too much to impress me on a train.

    #trainspotting #railfanning #bahnbilder #bahn #trains #railways #railfan #bahnhof #trainstations
  2. Riding these trains are always a welcome blast from the past

    #trains #bahn #railfanning #retro
  3. America, We're Pulling for You. A hopeful piece of nostalgia from Union Pacific from the optimistic 2010's
    #trainspotting #railfanning #bahnbilder #bahn #trains #railfan #museum #up
  4. A VIA Rail Business Class meal on the Corridor

    this was from a remarkably strong menu and was pretty good, sometimes they're not this good at all.

    #viarail #trains #rail #railfanning #bahn #bahnbilder #travel #food
  5. A particularly pretty train car I saw in the Sacramento Train Museum many years ago

    #trains #bahn #bahnbilder #museum #rail #railfanning
  6. Sit the kids down with Finding Nemo downstairs, and enjoy a cocktail with a expansive view in peace upstairs. The Pacific Parlour car is not to be mistaken for a Superliner, it is truly a former Santa Fe Budd Hi-Level. A vestige of the more elegant age of rail that was in use until 2018 by Amtrak on the Coast Starlight service from Los Angeles to Seattle.

    I was fortunate to ride it, and the people were so lovely on this train and the couches so comfortable. It was a place conducive to relaxing and meeting people. An extrovert train lovers garden.

    I miss it.

    #trainspotting #railfanning #bahnbilder #bahn #amtrak #trains
  7. The Dining Area, The Expansive Views, and the Stainless Steel of the Amtrak Empire Builder in North Dakota

    #trainspotting #railfanning #bahnbilder #bahn #amtrak #trains #winter #diningcar
  8. Even in the crystal clear cold air of a Toronto morning, rail workers are ensuring you get where you need to go.

    #trainspotting #railfanning #bahnbilder #bahn #trains #viarail #gotransit #toronto #canada
  9. The long beams of early morning sun makes the escalator ride down to the platform in Seoul Station rather ethereal and dreamy, at least when I was there.

    Also those trains are so damn nice.

    #korea #ktx #seoul #기차 #한국 #travel #train #bahn #railfanning #역 #rail

  10. 🇫🇷 Un petit quiz pour terminer ce weekend.

    Cet engin présenté hier aux ateliers CFL à Luxembourg permet de tracter des engins moteurs (locomotives et automotrices), il est équipé d'un compresseur pour fournir de l'air pour le freinage de la rame ou de la machine, lesté de 16 tonnes et fonctionne sur batteries 100 % électrique donc. C'est un véhicule rail-route et comme on peut le voir est équipé pour remorquer des automotrices munies de l'attelage intégral "Scharfenberg" ou l'attelage standard (crochet).

    La question est : combien de tonnes peut tirer ce petit engin?

    Bonne chance, la réponse demain. 👋

    🇬🇧 A little quiz to end this weekend.

    This vehicle presented yesterday at the CFL workshops in Luxembourg makes it possible to tow motor vehicles (locomotive and EMUs), it is equipped with a compressor to provide air for braking the Locomotive or the EMU, weighted by 16 tonnes and operates 100% electric on batteries. It is a road-rail vehicle and as we can see is equipped to tow EMU equipped with the "Scharfenberg" coupler or the standard hook.

    The question is: how many tons can this little machine pull?

    Good luck! I'll give the answer tomorrow. 👋

    #railwayphotography #railways #trains #Eisebunn #Eisenbahn #Spoorwegen #CheminsDeFer #railfanning #railfan

  11. 🇫🇷 Le 20 septembre 1976, un lundi, il y a donc tout juste 50 ans, s'élançaient les premières rames de métro sur l'axe est-ouest de la capitale belge. Une inauguration qui faisait entrer Bruxelles dans les capitales pourvues d'un métro "lourd".

    Depuis 1969, une partie des tunnels déjà construits étaient parcourus par plusieurs lignes de tramways qui rejoignaient alors la surface à l'est pour rejoindre leurs terminus en agglomération. C'est ce qu'on appelle le "pré-métro".

    Pour ceux que le sujet intéresse, sur le site du grenier ferroviaire, on pourra trouver le dépliant de l'inauguration et toutes les fiches techniques des stations. ➡️ tassignon.be/trains/documentat

    Dans l'article de RTBF Actus, on peut revivre ce jour particulier et une anecdote particulière concernant la rame inaugurale qui devait emmener le Roi Baudouin, à lire sur : rtbf.be/article/il-y-a-50-ans-

    La photo de mes archives a été prise le 4 janvier 2004 peu de temps après l'inauguration du prolongement de la ligne 1B (à l'époque) jusqu'à Erasme qui dispose d'une station en surface.

    🇬🇧 On September 20, 1976, a Monday, just 50 years ago, the first underground trains set off on the east-west axis of the Belgian capital. An inauguration which brought Brussels into the capitals equipped with a "heavy" underground.

    Since 1969, part of the tunnels already built were used by several tram lines which then joined the surface to continue their journey toward the suburbs. This is called the "pre-metro".

    For those interested in the subject, on the "grenier ferroviaire" website, you can find the inauguration leaflet and all the station technical sheets. ➡️ tassignon.be/trains/documentat

    In the RTBF Actus article, you can relive this particular day and read about a particular anecdote concerning the inaugural train which was du to transport King Baudouin, to read on: rtbf.be/article/il-y-a-50-ans-

    The photo from my archives was taken on January 4, 2004 shortly after the inauguration of the extension of line 1B (at the time) to Erasmus which has a surface station.

    #trains #metro #Underground #railfan #railfanning

  12. 🇫🇷 La visite des ateliers des CFL à Luxembourg-Bonnevoie était :

    * tip top au niveau organisationel
    * hyper intéressante même pour l'amateur aguerri et cheminot que je suis.
    * L'occasion de voir que les CFL, malgré leur petite taille sont une entreprise publique performante, innovante, à la pointe et efficiente, n'en déplaise aux chantres néo-libéraux de l'UE et leurs discours que seule la libéralisation peut apporter du bon sur le rail en Europe.

    Ainsi, tout au long de la journée, on a pu regarder les trains droit dans les yeux, sous leurs jupes et au coeur de la salle des machines. Ce ne sont que trois photos de la grosse centaine réalisée. Je tâcherai de faire un article de blog plus détaillé et publierai d'autres photos plus tard.

    En outre, quelques "goodies" et un support pour smartphone qui est aussi un coussinet anti-stress gagné à la "roue de la fortune" en plus d'un bon d'achat de 5 EUR pour le Cactus Shoppi en gare.

    Bref, une chouete journée à l'écart du smartphone et des réseaux et des échanges entre humains, ça fait du bien aussi de temps en temps!

    Bonne soirée. 👋

    🇬🇧 The visit to the CFL workshops in Luxembourg-Bonnevoie was:

    * tip top at the organizational level
    * super interesting even for the old amateur and railway worker that I am.
    * The opportunity to see that the CFL, despite their small size, is a high-performance, innovative, at the top of the technology and an efficient public company, even if the neo-liberals at the EU say that a liberalized market can bring good things to the rail in Europe.

    Thus, throughout the day, we were able to look the trains straight in the eye, under their skirts and in the heart of the engine room. These are just three photos of the hundred or so taken. I will try to do a more detailed blog post and post more photos later.

    In addition, some "goodies" and a smartphone holder which is also an anti-stress ball won at the "wheel of fortune" in addition to a 5 EUR voucher for the Cactus Shoppi (a shop at the station).

    In short, a nice day away from smartphones and networks and with lots of exchanges between humans, a good thing too!

    Good evening. 👋

    #trains #railways #railwayphotography #railfan #railfanning #Eisebunn #Eisenbahn #Spoorwegen #CheminsDeFer

  13. Scenery of Canada, sunshine and sunset, from the train. The VIA Rail Canadian traverses mountains, prairies, and forests as it travels from Vancouver to Toronto.

    #canada #trains #bahn #railway #railfanning #travel #forest #sunset

  14. 🇫🇷 Les coulisses d'une photo

    En parcourant mes photos, j'ai retrouvé celles-ci issues d'un week-end spécial dans le Harz avec voyages spéciaux sur le réseau des HSB et des tramways de Halberstadt. Et évidemment, il y avait un participant pour me photographier en train de photographier. 🤣 Vingt ans déjà!

    🇬🇧 Behind the scene

    While looking through my photos, I found back those from a special weekend in the Harz with special runs on the HSB-Network and on the Tram-network of Halberstadt. And of course, someone photographed me as I was busy taking a photo. 🤣 Twenty years ago already!

    #trains #tramways #tram #1jour1souvenir #1jour1archive #Railwayphotography #railways #railway #spoorwegen #Eisenbahn #railfan #railfanning #CheminsDeFer

  15. 🇫🇷 Le 25 septembre 2011, une locomotive série 181.2 de DB Fernverkehr en tête d'un train IC pour Luxembourg, franchit la frontière matérialisée par le pont sur la Sûre, un affluent de la Moselle qui vient s'y jeter ici à Wasserbillig. La photo est prise depuis la rive allemande de la Moselle à Oberbillig. Les trains grandes lignes ont disparu depuis plus de dix ans remplacés par une service régional RE11 entre Luxembourg et Koblenz alors que ces IC allaient jusqu'à Norddeich Mole offrant ainsi une liaison directe avec Köln et la Ruhr notamment. Aujourd'hui, un seul train RE (qui devient IC à partir de Koblenz) atteint Düsseldorf, il est exploité par les CFL avec une automotrice KISS.

    🇬🇧 on September 25, 2011, a DB Fernverkehr Class 181.2 is heading an IC-service for Luxembourg, is crossing the border marked by the bridge over the Sûre, a tributary of the Moselle which flows into it here in Wasserbillig. The photo is taken from the German bank of the Moselle in Oberbillig. Long distance services have disappeared for more than ten years, replaced by a regional RE11 service between Luxembourg and Koblenz while these ICs went/originated as far as Norddeich Mole, thus offering a direct connection with Köln and the Ruhr area in particular. Today, only one RE service (which becomes IC from Koblenz) reaches Düsseldorf, it is operated by the CFL with a KISS EMU.

    #Trains #Railways #railwayphotography #treinen #Züge #Eisenbahn #Spoorwegen #CheminsDeFer #railfan #railfanning #1jour1archive

  16. A remarkable array of VIA Rail rolling stock in the year 2026. A Genesis P42 leading 40 year old LRC Economy and Business cars of differing liveries, and a Budd Bonus of a stainless steel business car from 1954 still earning its keep in 2026 on the corridor.

    Take at Toronto Union, the train was headed for Mimico maintenance yard.

    https://video.txw.ca/w/tDKovoWev1PoQGr9yskGWz

    #trains #bahn #trainspotting #railfanning #railfan
  17. All abord! The Renaissance Sleeper carries you between Halifax and Montreal on VIA Rail. The sleeper has a storied history, first being built for an overnight London-Paris train. It ended up here, and is the most British piece of rolling stock plying North America. No where else do you get such narrow side corridors!

    #trains #bahn #sleepers #halifax #montreal #railway #railfan #railfanning #eisenbahn #viarail
  18. A cozy comfy place to cross the country. The VIA Rail Canadian has this observation lounge car at the end of the train. It's the best place on the train to share drinks, make new friends, and take in the countryside

    Also note: This train is over 70 years old, and this is the interior in the 2020s, looks good for 70!

    and I rode I think on or around Christmas Day, thus the decor!

    #traintravel #train #rail #railway #bahn #eisenbahn #railfan #railfanning #travel
  19. An Amtrak Viewliner, beautiful American trains built this decade! I think it would be fascinating if VIA Rail ended up using Viewliners on the Ocean

    #trains #rail #amtrak #railways #travel #eisenbahn #bahn #bahnbilder #railfanning
  20. The sink affordance on the cabin for 1 on a VIA Rail Canadian service from Vancouver to Toronto.

    Here is a fun fact: It has a white table visible to give you some surface storage, but lifts up to be a sink.

    #trains #travel #railway #railfanning #eisenbahn #bahn #bahnbilder #sinks #faucets #toiletpaper
  21. Arrived Frankfurt today, rode a beautiful ICE Train. Frankfurt Hbf feels like being in an OpenTTD station.

    #trains #bahn #trainspotting #bahnbilder #railfanning #transit #rail #eisenbahn #railfan
  22. When you board the train in Vancouver for the 4 day trip to Toronto, you first run the gauntlet I call 'stainless steel heaven'. You are surrounded by 70 year old Budd cars on the left and right!
    #trainspotting #railfanning #bahnbilder #bahnhof
  23. The berth accommodation onboard the VIA Rail Canadian service, which crosses Vancouver to Toronto over 4 days.

    I'm always tempted to book it because it's cheaper, and potentially the most comfortable sleep on the train. @orinoux always reminds me though that you can't sleep in though, and you don't have any opportunity for privacy during the day.

    #trains #railfanning #bahnbilder #bahn
  24. My beloved AmCan

    The Amfleet car is so iconic. Proved, tried, and still looking as good as when they were new.

    #amtrak #trainstations #transit #rail #eisenbahn #railfan #railfanning #bahn #bahnbilder #기차 #역 #trains
  25. Park yourself down and sit a spell. You don't gotta go no where, the scenary just glides on by riding on a Superliner

    #trains #bahn #travel #traintravel #amtrak #oceanview #railfanning #railfan #superliner #기차
  26. You can get used to travelling so well. VIA Rail Venture sets feature a semi-private seating in the business car

    #trains #bahn #bahnbilder #rail #railways #railfanning #trainstravel #travel
  27. Day or night, love a hotel room with a view of a train station. Here are photos of Osaka Station in Japon taken from the Osaka Ritz Carlton

    #japon #japan #trains #trainspotting #railfanning #rail #railroad #skylines #cities #trainstation #bahnhof #bahnbilder #bahn #기차
  28. Your VIA Rail meal is heated in a German designed oven!

    As VIA Rails newest trains are built by Siemens, they are equipped with the latest BAHNKÜCHEN TECHNIK from stahl

    #trains #bahn #bahnbilder #railfanning #railway #eisenbahn #bahnKüchen #bahnkuchentechnik
  29. VIA Rail Renaissance rolling stock in New Brunswick in an Ocean consist

    It is such cool rolling stock as it was originally built for an overnight Chunnel sleeper between London and Paris that failed to launch. Another case where Canada picks up Mum's crumbs at a discount.

    #trains #bahn #trainspotting #bahnbilder #railfanning #transit #rail #eisenbahn #trainstation
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