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so watching this video that covers mainland europes Strategic steam train reserves essentally if you wanted a train for rebuilding the country post nuclear war and EMP blast not much better than a steam train as no pantograph or fuseplug/glowplugs aka no electrics lets say the army wanted a...

so with france looking into higher voltage DC OHLE to replace its 1.5Kv system wonder if it would make sence for converting parts of the southen region to OHLE? being DC would make it less complex to dual electrify existing 750v third rail systems so rollout could cheaper and let existing stock...

as a hypothetical if a for some reason a full 16 car rake such as the low/highlander needed diesel haulage what could so do assuming using a class 92 or 73 as a translator could a single 66/67/68 manage or would you need to double up?

so in 2 weeks in on NJ470 that due to engineering work terminates short at hannover at 6am, my onwards connection to hamburg isnt till 8am so wondered how long after arrival can you stay onboard before they turf you out to take the train to the depo?

so NJ and many of the new EN trains have proved very popular to the point many are solid booked weeks in advanced and just adding more coaches wont be possible beyond a extent would any make sence to run 2 trains split by a hour or two?, e.j. run NJ470 Zurich to Hamburg as it is now 21:00-8:10...

so stuck on a Avanti north to Glasgow in nuneaton Currently due to issues up near preston any idea whats going on?

so realised this the other day, do any european railways in europe apart from the UK use half cabs with the ability for thru coridors like we have on the class 350, 730, 158, 442 etc? i know DSB IC3's have thru corridors but they have a full cab that moves out of the way to link up

with how effectly all freight that covers the southen region being diesel hauled is it time to think about a modern replacement for the 73's? would some kind of battery bi/tri mode work that runs on third rail but with a battery to act as a buffer for power draw needed would outstrip what the...

kind of a split off from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/how-would-br-have-handled-the-intercity-express-programme expanding the idea of the IEP would the concept of a centalised Design with contracted out manafacture ecosystem work these days? a modern BREL develop the standardised...

Planning travel from Malmo to Berlin last weekend of July but finding neither of the sleeper trains are running due to planned track work for a few days anybody know where the track work is planned as know alot of people who will be needing the Oresund bridge crossing for a event during this time?

So traveling with Avanti tomorrow and get a "your traveling with us tomorrow" reminder email and it comes with this absolutely terrible to read block of text regarding Euston platform timings, seriously who chose this to be yellow on white when literally nothing else is that colour in the email?

does anybody know if DSB have released tickets yet for after the winter timetable change? most notibly the hamburg to copenhagen trains and if they are running the overnight one in winter anymore?

if steam production had stayed into the modern day how might have designs changed with this times? Mechanical Stokers?, modernised Diesel like controls from cabs either end?, in cab signalling etc

after nearly 30 years in service what upgrades/alterations could be made to improve the Channel Tunnel? one thing i would suggest would be addition cross passeges to allow shorter unit length of passenger trains so 2x200m operation could be done without needing special arrangments and any way...

simple question, 320km/h is the current "high speed" spec on new lines but stuff like HS2 and some lines in China are being built for 360km/h and some trains designed for up to 400km/h and test runs reaching far above that as i dont think supersonic trains are gonna be a thing, whats prob the...

May not yield anything but worth a shot So I was looking at Hamburg to Copenhagen train this summer and while the rest are the usual IC 39X there is this one IC 1190 that's way outside that range so wondering if anybody knows if it's something special or just they ran out of 39X numbers and...

so need some advice on this on the return of a Amsterdam to Copenhagen trip next year as Osnabruck is closed for what i can assume is engineering works my return leg includes a leg on IC 60402 that seems to be the upcomming NJ 402 Zurich to Amsterdam that i will end up getting on at Cologne for...

so its really easy to find info about UK headcodes but i cant find any about the systems used in France/Germany or whats done for International Services? is it a unified system or is it a per nation mess?

so i came across this image of the SBB EW-III restaurant cars and how they have there own pantograph i assume for powering the kichen equipent apart from departmental stock for testing OHLE tension are there any other examples of self-powered loco hauled carriages and the reason for it?

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #10 originally in this thread. https://media.amtrak.com/2021/04/amtrak-announces-siemens-as-preferred-bidder-for-new-equipment/ would that indicate bi mode locmotives like NJT have as part of this order?