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    TGVs in silver and blue

    According to Trains du Sud Ouest, all TGVs are now Carmillon livery (or a few in other liveries such as Thalys or Lyria)
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    Two trains on the same track

    Fairly certain this is just a new high tech device, not a new rule. Sharing the same platform has been standard across France for ever as far as I am aware.
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    Ahr valley line - reconstruction

    Br212 hauled when I last saw it!
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    [CH] New Stadler units RABe512 in service

    I beg to differ somewhat: IR35 Bern - Zürich - Chur: runs via the old line Bern - Zurich ie very nice 'Swiss farmland/valley' scenery; Zurich - Chur: Zurichsee and Walensee plus mountain views - one of my favourite scenic runs! - eg...
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    Which station appears in this article?

    This sort of pathetic thing happens all the time in media. But a large proportion of the world population are not bothered about the accuracy of these things (quite rightly one would imagine). Aside from news, my favourites are the badly-dubbed-to-English product adverts featuring a 'British...
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    Two pantographs in use.

    Yes that is correct, BB15000 (25kV ac only) have one single arm pantograph, elbow inwards, at number 1 end. In case anyone reading is not aware, there is logic to the numbering system as well. In the 1970s and 80s SNCF's standardisation allowed for class numbers to work on a 'add the numbers...
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    SNCF - off the beaten track questions

    I've been travelling to Geneva via France on and off for 63 years to visit family. In June 2022, fearing the imminent end of loco haulage I made a 'farewell' trip from Paris to Geneva loco hauled via the classic route (only London - Paris had to be by high speed train). Paris Bercy to Lyon was a...
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    Two pantographs in use.

    SNCF locos thus fitted commonly raise both pantographs at slower speeds / starting a heavy train from a stand - even on bi-voltage locos where one of the two pantographs is supposed to be for ac and one for dc. As an example here is a (though I say it myself) a rather superb shot I took at...
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    People Power in Spain - reopen an old north-south line

    This proposal is pointless IMHO. The route in question is not a single route but a whole collection of sectiosn of railway built at various times over decades, so it can't be said that 'it lost it freight trains' in a particular year. The itinerary is one of the secondary north south axes in...
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    Should HS2 be renamed?

    The indictment of British transport policy...?
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    Splitting the Northern line

    With the creation of a 'definitive' southern terminus - ie Battersea Power station - for the 'Charing Cross branch' of the northern line, is it time to rebrand the Northern line into two separate lines in order to remove some of the confusion at Euston and Camden Town? Perhaps 'Northern City...
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    Swiss Railways

    I enjoyed watching this set at Chambesy (near Geneve) in June 2022. Ironically I should have been back in London at work this day, but my flight was cancelled the previous evening and rescheduled to 14.30 the next day! Three class 460 locos, all under power. The second two are top and tail on...
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    When did cities start allowing transfers without paying again on single tickets?

    Geneva urban since about early 70s as I recall. Originally limited to a single sensible 'one direction' journey, later modified to be a 1 hour 'rover'
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    SNCF Loco-hauled services.

    26000 or 22200. 75300 on diesel on Briancon and Rodez. Rodez still sometimes 67400. The latter and a couple of locals around Strasbourg is the last knockings of 1960s SNCF diesel traction
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    Vancouver freight photo viewpoints

    I'm off to Vancouver. Is there anywhere close to the city where I could phot freight trains in reasonable volume but would be scenic enough to have a picnic and for my wife to be happy to sit around
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    SNCF Loco-hauled services.

    Paris - Orleans hanging on - very old school bb7200 plus ageing corail stock. Some services out of Nord on the Amiens and St Quentin - Maubeuge still hauled. Lots of 22200 (depot Chambery) and push pull corail in Rhone Alpes. Lyon to Annecy/ Geneve. Geneve - Grenoble - Valence. Lyon - Marseille...
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    Helsinki visit

    Hi folks Our visit is coming up next week. Does anyone have any updates or further thoughts? Many thanks in advance
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    Paris to Nevers

    The Paris - Nevers - Clermont line is still mainly loco hauled. A recent Todays Railways magazine summarises what's left (quite a lot in Rhone Alpes for example)
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    Trivia: Other countries that sell British style Return tickets.

    The latter not quite true. In Switzerland if you get a Saver Day Pass* - especially at the cheapest price they sell for - it is likely to end up being cheaper for certain out and back journeys (especially long distance) * The Saver Day Pass is a 1 day rover ticket for all public transport...
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    Spanish regional trains too big?

    Most of this text is hack drivel. Building of the lines in question wasn't started until 1921, and wasn't fully completed until 1972... And the fact that a line 'dates back to the 19th century' is totally unrelated to the track gauge of course.

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