Recent content by bahnause

Of course it doesn't hold water, the whole premise that the Rwanda plan is supposed to be a deterrent in any way is utter nonsense. But it is not what he said anyway:

Who said it would? It largely seemed to have escaped notice that it was the UK’s membership of the EU and consequent participation in EU-wide migration governance mechanisms that prevented the Mediterranean ‘refugee crisis’ from becoming a British ‘border crisis’.

It's a concept called "reality".

Maybe they were worried, the french would sell the housing built with this good british money to the locals. Oh, wait a minute... Or maybe it just wasn't cruel enough for the people,they want to appeal to.

After 60 years of service, it's time to retire. Slowly but surely, the time of the BLS Re425 “Bruneli” (“Brownie”) is ending. A short film shows once again the inner workings and function of the locomotive. Interesting also for me, who grew up on the “competition”, the SBB Re420. Despite the...

The whole point of the offshore policy ist being not reponsible. It is much easier to point a Rwanda and shrug the shoulders when things turn nasty than being responsible for what actually happens. It's just a bit insincere to run the asylum system into the ground, not processing applications...

Why is it then, that the Home Office tries to cover the cost of the Rwanda Scheme? And why is the PM officially advertising the plans with alleged cost savings when there are none? Could it be that it's all about distracting from one's own failures to keep the system working?

Offshore processing costs Australian taxpayers more than 50 times as much as letting asylum seekers live in the community. The government has spent A$7.6bn to keep 3,000 people confined in abysmal conditions. The Australian-run centre on Manus island was illegal and the PNG supreme court ordered...

SBB manges to split trains in around or less then a minute. Coupling can be done without stopping, the doors on the stationary units can be open, the coupling unit automatically releases the doors after a few seconds. No additional staff needed.

Furthermore, a lot of the rolling stock also receives software updates on an ongoing basis. And not only minor ones. Some of our >25 year old rolling stock is to recieve a new traction software to improve brake and traction effort in bad adhesion conditions.

The refugee crisis in UK domestic politics has not muchto do with these crises. This discussion is, whether consciously or unconsciously, a home-made one. From a rational point of view, the asylum system was driven to the wall by the Conservative government. It could even be seen as an...

If the contact between the wheel and rail is completely lost (e.g. in the event of a derailment), the circuit is no longer closed. In these cases, there is a real danger when getting off the train. The safest place is therefore in the train. If necessary, the train must be exited with a jump.

In this case, parts of the cowling and the engine intake were partly blown off by an engine failure. That didn't happen in the most recent case.

Currently on my licence: Re460 IC Bt IC Bt 2000 ICE412 (ICE 4) RABDe500 (ICN) RABe502 RABe511 (RV Dosto) RABe512 (IR Dosto) RABe514 (DTZ) Re 420 Re 450 (DPZ Blasts from the past: BR 401 (ICE 1) Re620 Ae610 Ee 3/3 Em 3/3 Bm 4/4 RBe 540 RBDe 560

That would be somewhat hypocritical given the fact that this system has been endorsed and approved by the UK. It was also known before Brexit that this system would come into force. UK backed plan to charge non-EU travellers to enter Europe