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Offline Alsterstreek  
#1 Posted : 03 December 2015 10:34:30(UTC)
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A Classic British Rail Design Manual Is Making a Triumphant Return - One enthusiast hopes to track down the final missing pages of the U.K.’s iconic national train service guide before releasing it as a book:

http://www.citylab.com/d...40/?utm_source=SFTwitter

Edited by user 14 December 2015 17:20:57(UTC)  | Reason: Allowing thread to be "recycled"

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#2 Posted : 04 December 2015 05:10:06(UTC)
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Design and railways could be and is a huge area of discussion.
Trains are all about aesthetics married to functionality.

Thanks for posting that AK. I'd love to see the volumes when he publishes them.
But only if he finds the other missing two percent! Wink

- M5
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In single point perspective, where do track lines meet?
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#3 Posted : 14 December 2015 12:03:03(UTC)
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The Satpura narrow-gauge network used to be the longest of its kind in India, stretching more than 1,000km (620 miles). But it is now facing closure.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34910942
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#4 Posted : 11 February 2016 16:04:30(UTC)
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#5 Posted : 11 February 2016 18:59:02(UTC)
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AK, you surely win the prize for research of the most obscure MMR info.
We MMR enthusiasts have an alternative reality, and its not all that bad. Wink

Perhaps I should hire you to do my research on the Deutsch-Ostafrika railways and history.
Looking for a source that says the Germans dumped their locomotives in the valleys so the Brits could not get them as war booty after WW1.
I am not sure if the echo of memory is correct or the idea that they blew up bridges.
And any other details of its history. Found a few things on the net, but nothing very comprehensive.
- Mark
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In single point perspective, where do track lines meet?
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#6 Posted : 15 September 2016 16:12:35(UTC)
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For years a homeless man, "Eisenbahn-Reiner", had a battery-powered small scale railroad with him when begging for money in downtown Frankfurt (Main). The recent decision of the municipal public order office to take away his toys caused public indignation. Source: http://hessenschau.de/pa...isenbahn-reiner-102.html

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#7 Posted : 15 September 2016 19:16:49(UTC)
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Thanks, AK. That's a sad story about that homeless man. That is probably the only pleasure that he finds in his life. Why isn't he being helped

like the newcomers are? He should have a place to live. Peter Unsure
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#8 Posted : 15 September 2016 20:08:55(UTC)
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In the meantime the toys were returned to "Eisenbahn-Reiner", but he may not display them at his pitch in a downtown pedestrian zone without special use permit. City officials stated they are prepared to assist him in obtaining such a permit.
Source: http://rtlnext.rtl.de/cm...eug-zurueck-4008187.html
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#9 Posted : 10 November 2016 14:50:58(UTC)
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Derailed train car hits a trackside tavern named 'DeRailed' in Iowa.
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Luckily, no injuries, damage estimated at $10,000.
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http://kscj.com/2016/08/...a-tavern-named-derailed/
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#10 Posted : 18 December 2016 22:56:06(UTC)
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I am filing this here. A charming animated film based on the children´s book "The Little Train" by Graham Greene.

Summary (courtesy of Amazon) since the film is in German :
Early one morning the little train wakes up in his home town, Little Snoreing, and decides to go on an adventure. He chugs and puffs his way through villages, past castles and over bridges. But soon he gets tired, and the big city is a bit scary. There's only one thing for it; he'll have to head back!

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#11 Posted : 19 December 2016 04:30:26(UTC)
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Thank you Alsterstreek . I hadn't seen this since I was 7 years old and it brought back a lot of great memory's.

Robert
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#12 Posted : 21 February 2017 16:13:36(UTC)
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China to London rail freight service launched:
http://www.railwaygazett...ht-service-launched.html

World’s longest railway: New Yixinou train connects China’s Zhejiang Province to Madrid, Spain
https://en.wikipedia.org...80%93Madrid_railway_line


China, Russia mull high-speed Moscow-Beijing rail line:
https://defence.pk/threa...ail-line-reports.339441/
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#13 Posted : 12 March 2017 13:02:16(UTC)
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Vintage Maerklin TV commercial.
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#14 Posted : 13 March 2017 23:27:42(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Go to Quoted Post
A charming animated film based on the children´s book "The Little Train" by Graham Greene.


A nice treatment of trains (although only a minor sub-theme) in an animated movie is in Sylvain Chomet's superb Les Triplettes de Belleville.




The little boy gets a puppy for Xmas and when he is playing with his electric train the train runs over the puppy's tail which is lying across the track. This engenders a hatred of trains in the dog, and later when an express train line is laid past their bedroom window it rushes upstairs to bark furiously at every train which passes. This becomes a running joke in the movie, but the award-winning cartoon is very much worth watching for other reasons. If you haven't seen it, you should, and you can find it all over the place on the Net including Torrent sites like Kick-Ass.

Edited by moderator 14 March 2017 09:48:21(UTC)  | Reason: Added link to movie - Mod (quirky!)

I heard that lonesome whistle blow. Hank Williams
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#15 Posted : 07 April 2017 19:11:48(UTC)
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Great 1916 steam train action.
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#16 Posted : 12 June 2017 19:16:04(UTC)
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A German lady, a trained Deutsche Bundesbahn engineer, is running a "single-woman enterprise" hauling trains on DB tracks with two vintage E94 locos:



https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_4U

https://www.rail4u.eu/
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#17 Posted : 13 June 2017 09:38:56(UTC)
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A German lady, a trained Deutsche Bundesbahn engineer, is running a "single-woman enterprise" hauling trains on DB tracks with two vintage E94 locos:



Hello Ak,

Thanks for posting the video, I enjoyed it very much!

I do like the old 194's

Regards,

Philip


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Offline Alsterstreek  
#18 Posted : 14 July 2017 11:20:49(UTC)
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For my humble being this sounds obscure:

German economy picking up, but DB Cargo cannot keep up with the pace: Upon customer complaints, it was decided to review the current restructuring process. Deutsche Bahn has agreed to purchase 100 freight locomotives from Munich-based Siemens. An order for 4,000 freight cars is in the making. DB Cargo workforce is to be increased by several hundred people (But then the same article states that the originally planned cut of 2,000 of the existing 18,000 staff has been reduced to 500...). Further the federal government has decided to lower rail network usage fees to foster rail-based freight transport.

http://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/bahn-419.html
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#19 Posted : 15 July 2017 20:48:28(UTC)
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Remarkable: The revolting H0 scale platform.

An alternative to Faller 120200?
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#20 Posted : 16 July 2017 00:03:24(UTC)
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Remarkable: The revolting H0 scale platform.
...
An alternative to Faller 120200?


Now there is an idea, easily implemented with a servo too.

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#21 Posted : 20 July 2017 03:11:55(UTC)
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Remarkable: The revolting H0 scale platform.


Yes it would make me pretty sick too, getting spun upside down like that;)
modelling era IIIa (1951-1955) Germany
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#22 Posted : 20 July 2017 18:20:38(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Go to Quoted Post
Remarkable: The revolting H0 scale platform.


Yes it would make me pretty sick too, getting spun upside down like that;)


Australasians are used to it ... Laugh Laugh Laugh Laugh Laugh
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#23 Posted : 07 September 2017 21:42:34(UTC)
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"Why the hell didn’t Colorado build this giant naked man to guard the Moffat Tunnel?"

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Robert Garrison’s 1923 vision for the Moffat Tunnel entrance. (Denver Public Library)

https://www.denverite.co...ard-moffat-tunnel-31636/
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#24 Posted : 24 May 2018 12:43:26(UTC)
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Märklin Model Railway Layout for the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Baden-Württemberg (2015)
151125_MIN_M%C3%A4rkling_Anlage__21__700x360.jpg

Translation courtesy of Google Translate:


"Model landscape represents the topics and tasks of the ministry

Minister of Transport Winfried Hermann took part in the handover of a Märklin Model Railway to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure on 25th November. The system was handed over by Märklin Managing Director Florian Sieber and installed in the publicly accessible entrance area for representation purposes.

"The model illustrates on a small scale what the Ministry of Transport is moving on a large scale. In addition to trains and railways, these are also roads with cars and buses as well as a construction site, buildings, cyclists and pedestrians, electric charging stations, wind turbines, wild animal bridges and a loading facility for intermodal freight - a so-called combined freight terminal - in the inland port. I would like to thank the traditional company Märklin, which has implemented the tasks of the ministry in such detail, "said Minister Hermann. Florian Sieber added: "It was a pleasure to implement this project for the Ministry of Transport. Modeling on a small scale illustrates the complexity, but also the versatility of transport policy. "

For the 4 meters by 1.40 meters large model system, 30 meters of track were laid with 10 switches on which a total of 4 trains are traveling 10 meters of road were installed for cars, buses and wheels. Charging stations for electric vehicles, wind turbines, photovoltaic systems and a terminal for intermodal transport stand for sustainable mobility.

Märklin has been producing model trains for 150 years. The company includes new railway models in its program as well as technical innovations. It took two months to adapt an existing layout for the Ministry. It is permanently in the possession of the Ministry of Transport."

https://vm.baden-wuertte...rkehr-und-infrastruktur/

Edited by user 25 May 2018 10:47:18(UTC)  | Reason: Replaced 2x "modular" with "intermodal".

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#25 Posted : 14 August 2018 15:43:24(UTC)
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No comment.
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#26 Posted : 06 April 2019 13:04:08(UTC)
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Normally, I am not into train wrecks, but this 1970 incident involving a freight train running - or rather escaping - without motive power from Aachen West (Germany) to Montzen (Belgium) is a noteworthy exception. In Aachen-West, the pushing helper locomotives (2x class 50 steamers) attached to the rear of a wrong freight train, which had no motive power in front yet. Upon a whistle signal from somewhere else, the helpers let their muscles play and pushed the train up to the top of the hill, where the pushers let go so that the train finds its way alone to Montzen. And it did, thundering downhill for 12 km, reaching a speed of more than 80 km/h. Across the border in Montzen yard, staff routed the train off the main line onto a stub track, where the trip ended. Luckily nobody was injured. Amongst other things, several brand new Alfa Romeo cars were destroyed.
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German 1970 newspaper article:
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Source: https://www.drehscheibe-...php?017,7250454,page=all
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#27 Posted : 06 April 2019 14:18:37(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Go to Quoted Post
Normally, I am not into train wrecks, but this 1970 incident involving a freight train running - or rather escaping - without motive power from Aachen West (Germany) to Montzen (Belgium) is a noteworthy exception. In Aachen-West, the pushing helper locomotives (2x class 50 steamers) attached to the rear of a wrong freight train, which had no motive power in front yet. Upon a whistle signal from somewhere else, the helpers let their muscles play and pushed the train up to the top of the hill, where the pushers let go so that the train finds its way alone to Montzen. And it did, thundering downhill for 12 km, reaching a speed of more than 80 km/h. Across the border in Montzen yard, staff routed the train off the main line onto a stub track, where the trip ended. Luckily nobody was injured. Amongst other things, several brand new Alfa Romeo cars were destroyed.


Good Grief. That would take some explaining away. At that time would the train have been fully air braked? If so why were the brakes not on, waiting for a loco to attach and pump the brakes up? Not only that but why were the points set for this train to exit the yard instead of the correct one?

I guess the train they were expecting to push would have been a very long and heavy one if there were TWO Br50s to provide helper service.
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#28 Posted : 27 October 2020 17:29:16(UTC)
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We are railing: Britain embraces the joys of the humble train set.

https://www.theguardian....-of-the-humble-train-set
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#29 Posted : 28 October 2020 16:15:39(UTC)
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We are railing: Britain embraces the joys of the humble train set.

https://www.theguardian....-of-the-humble-train-set


They mention Rod Stewart and his layout. Apparently he is bringing his layout to the UK from LA. Seems he is setting up to live in the UK more permanently now his wife has taken up a permanent position as a Special Constable.

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#30 Posted : 12 May 2021 11:16:27(UTC)
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Railroad Cafe in Lisbon, Portugal.

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#31 Posted : 12 May 2021 13:14:20(UTC)
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They need a bigger lok for the amount of beer I drink!

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#32 Posted : 12 May 2021 16:00:40(UTC)
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A burger restaurant here had a G scale train around the base of the cieling. Baggar Dave's.
I hope someone forwarded the pic of the homeless man to Minatur Wunderland. Perhaps they could have hired him, even for a janitor. He wasn't always down on his luck you can tell.
Many homelss here do have jobs. They just don't make enough to afford housing. They rely on shelters and soup kitchens. Meanwhile, the top wealthy are flush with cashola. I'm sure many are charitable. We had to scale back our donations after the tax refund deficit in 2018 which returns more to the wealtiest.
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#33 Posted : 19 May 2021 19:29:58(UTC)
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From about 1972 to about 1975, there was an operational peculiarity between Frankfurt/Main central station and Grävenwiesbach: The train set of the D 257 express train from Paris-E[a]st usually continued as a local train to Grävenwiesbach, hauled by a class 216 diesel locomotive.

The "French train" came from Paris (Gare de l`Est) as D 257 and ran from 1972/73 to 1974/75, initially as N 2530 local train, later as N 7626 to Grävenwiesbach. After arriving in Grävenwiesbach, it went back to Bad Homburg (as N 2527 or N 7541) and from there as an empty passenger train (Lr 34421) to Frankfurt. After an overnight stay, the set ran back to Paris (Gare de l`Est).

N 7626 composition:

Mon-Wed:
Bm (DB), Bm (DB), Am (SNCF), Bm (SNCF), Bm (SNCF), Ds (SNCF)

Thu-Fri:
Am (SNCF), Bm (SNCF), Bm (SNCF), Bm (SNCF), Bm (SNCF), Ds (SNCF)

Bm = 2nd class coach
Am = 1st class coach
Ds = baggage car

Source (with images): http://www.weiltalbahn.d..._-_1990/D_257/d_257.html
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#34 Posted : 20 May 2021 22:37:15(UTC)
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The aforementioned French express train coaches in German commuter service near Frankfurt.
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On the single track branch line
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French window sashes.
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#35 Posted : 19 July 2021 17:22:02(UTC)
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Firefighter trains - does Maerklin get it right?

1) UP (2021):
a) Firefighters assigned to the Union Pacific Fire Train protect the tracks and hinder the Dixie Fire from crossing the North Fork of the Feather River in Plumas National Forest, California, U.S., July 17, 2021
https://www.reuters.com/...us-wildfires-2021-07-19/
b) Union Pacific’s Fire Car Fleet Provided Critical Assist in Lava Fire
https://www.up.com/about.../lava-fire-7-12-2021.htm

2) BNSF (2019):
https://www.bnsf.com/new...k/safety/fire-train.html

3) Maerklin
a) 2019-2021:
https://www.maerklin.de/...s/details/article/29340/
b) 2015-2019:
https://www.maerklin.de/...s/details/article/29752/
c) 2004-2005:
https://www.maerklin.de/...le/29751/136/?no_cache=1
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#36 Posted : 26 July 2021 18:39:17(UTC)
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Firefighter trains - does Maerklin get it right?

1) UP (2021):
a) Firefighters assigned to the Union Pacific Fire Train protect the tracks and hinder the Dixie Fire from crossing the North Fork of the Feather River in Plumas National Forest, California, U.S., July 17, 2021
https://www.reuters.com/...us-wildfires-2021-07-19/
b) Union Pacific’s Fire Car Fleet Provided Critical Assist in Lava Fire
https://www.up.com/about.../lava-fire-7-12-2021.htm




That was one of my favorite trout fishing holes!!!! A very little known place for quality rainbow trout, natural, not a stocked farm pond.!!
Been hiking in to that area for over 50 years, fished very little, but getting harder, since more fires in the area and less snow,(for spring run 0ff) in the past 20-25 years. Still a old favirite as long as the legs hold out, cheers

Regards, gene

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#37 Posted : 20 January 2022 10:25:20(UTC)
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DB starts Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) for freight cars test run in Europe.

English: https://www.railfreight....n-in-europe/?gdpr=accept

German: https://www.tagesschau.d...ug-test-wissing-101.html
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#38 Posted : 20 January 2022 11:15:37(UTC)
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From about 1972 to about 1975, there was an operational peculiarity between Frankfurt/Main central station and Grävenwiesbach: The train set of the D 257 express train from Paris-E[a]st usually continued as a local train to Grävenwiesbach.....


Hello Ak,

I just noticed this post and wanted to say there were likely quite a few incidences of these foreign trains running on DB, certainly in the early fifties.

One such example is clearly seen in a B/W photo shown by Märklin when they advertised the 2019 Insider Model 39781.
This was the BR78.1 short tender version of the BR38, #78 1001.
The photograph shows the engine hauling the D161 passenger train (complete with SNCF Poste car and SNCF baggage car) on its way to a German destination, Stahringen near the Swiss border.

UserPostedImage

I have no knowledge of where D161 originated, but it would be interesting to find out.
Incidentally Hornby Acho made excellent HO models in the 1960s of both the SNCF Poste car and baggage car.
The rest of the train are likely French cars as shown better in the following photo.
Here is the same train at Uerbelingen in 1954, this time with engine 78 1002.

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Kimball
HO Scale - Märklin (ep II-III and VI, C Track, digital) - 2 rail HO (Queensland Australia, UK, USA) - 3 rail OO (English Hornby Dublo) - old clockwork O gauge - Live Steam 90mm (3.1/2 inch) gauge.
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#39 Posted : 20 January 2022 11:41:40(UTC)
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Kimball,

There is this small thing (albeit from 1958)


https://db58.de/2013/07/03/franz...mit-dem-d-161-und-d-162/

"A popular photo motif on the Black Forest Railway and on Lake Constance was the D 161 / D 162 between Strasbourg and Lindau (—Innsbruck): with a burgundy-red French postal carriage and the “brightly” green color mixture of the German, Austrian and French passenger carriages in an attractive landscape. The travel times, which are excellent for photographers, were certainly also the reason for the many well-known photos of this express train within the former French occupation zone."


Not sure if that helps...?Confused
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#40 Posted : 20 January 2022 23:35:27(UTC)
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Kimball,

There is this small thing (albeit from 1958)


https://db58.de/2013/07/03/franz...mit-dem-d-161-und-d-162/

"A popular photo motif on the Black Forest Railway and on Lake Constance was the D 161 / D 162 between Strasbourg and Lindau (—Innsbruck): with a burgundy-red French postal carriage and the “brightly” green color mixture of the German, Austrian and French passenger carriages in an attractive landscape. The travel times, which are excellent for photographers, were certainly also the reason for the many well-known photos of this express train within the former French occupation zone."


Not sure if that helps...?Confused


Wow excellent work Jimmy - thanks for going to that trouble.
I have the 78 1001 engine and the Hornby Acho carriages so sometime in the next month or so I will do a photo shoot of D161.
It will be a few decades after the original .......

Kimball

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Offline kimballthurlow  
#41 Posted : 20 January 2022 23:51:15(UTC)
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DB starts Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) for freight cars test run in Europe.

English: https://www.railfreight....n-in-europe/?gdpr=accept

German: https://www.tagesschau.d...ug-test-wissing-101.html


Hello Ak,

That is a huge advance for Europe and a large contributor to less consumed energy.
The amalgamation of the actual coupling and the train braking systems is ground-breaking.
And it looks like the buffers are gone ....

I wonder if Märklin would be interested in doing a model of the test train.
Eaos (or Eanos) wagons without buffers .....

Kimball

HO Scale - Märklin (ep II-III and VI, C Track, digital) - 2 rail HO (Queensland Australia, UK, USA) - 3 rail OO (English Hornby Dublo) - old clockwork O gauge - Live Steam 90mm (3.1/2 inch) gauge.
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#42 Posted : 21 January 2022 11:43:39(UTC)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Go to Quoted Post
DB starts Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) for freight cars test run in Europe.

English: https://www.railfreight....n-in-europe/?gdpr=accept


I did not see it mentioned (old eyes miss things...) but are these new couplings the digital version (2.0) of the Scharfenberg Kupplung? Confused

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#43 Posted : 21 January 2022 11:49:15(UTC)
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Quote:
Kimball wrote;
"I have the 78 1001 engine and the Hornby Acho carriages so sometime in the next month or so I will do a photo shoot of D161.
It will be a few decades after the original ......."


Looking forward to seeing the "motif"!

You are welcome! Sometimes the stars align and I actually find things LOL
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#44 Posted : 21 January 2022 14:06:49(UTC)
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I saw it on I.G. two days ago as well.
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#45 Posted : 21 January 2022 19:04:16(UTC)
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‘Like a Third World country’: Gov. Newsom decries rail thefts amid push to beef up enforcement:

https://www.latimes.com/...-crunch-limited-security

Thefts from cargo trains in LA soared 160% over the last year: Union Pacific blasts woke DA George Gascon for lenient sentencing that downgrades charges to a petty offense:

https://www.dailymail.co...Gascon-soft-justice.html
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#46 Posted : 23 January 2022 16:05:10(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Go to Quoted Post
Firefighter trains - does Maerklin get it right?

1) UP (2021):
a) Firefighters assigned to the Union Pacific Fire Train protect the tracks and hinder the Dixie Fire from crossing the North Fork of the Feather River in Plumas National Forest, California, U.S., July 17, 2021
https://www.reuters.com/...us-wildfires-2021-07-19/
b) Union Pacific’s Fire Car Fleet Provided Critical Assist in Lava Fire
https://www.up.com/about.../lava-fire-7-12-2021.htm

2) BNSF (2019):
https://www.bnsf.com/new...k/safety/fire-train.html

3) Maerklin
a) 2019-2021:
https://www.maerklin.de/...s/details/article/29340/
b) 2015-2019:
https://www.maerklin.de/...s/details/article/29752/
c) 2004-2005:
https://www.maerklin.de/...le/29751/136/?no_cache=1


The Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has several modern LRZ, that are made by Windhoff. The last generation LRZ sems to be based on the Cargo sprinter concept. (LRZ, Lösch- und RettungsZug)
https://www.windhoff.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/loeschen-bergen-retten.jpg

So if Marklin made a model of the LRZ "cargo sprinter" rescue train I would definitely buy one.


A Norwegian firefighter and rescue train, putting out a forest fire, last summer, (former SBB LRZ96)
https://g.acdn.no/obscura/API/dynamic/r1/nadp/tr_1000_2000_s_f/0000/2021/07/23/3424159185/1/original/48073147.jpg?chk=9D3ED4


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#47 Posted : 23 January 2022 23:20:11(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: bph Go to Quoted Post
Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Go to Quoted Post
Firefighter trains - does Maerklin get it right?..
c) 2004-2005:
https://www.maerklin.de/...le/29751/136/?no_cache=1

......
So if Marklin made a model of the LRZ "cargo sprinter" rescue train I would definitely buy one.

A Norwegian firefighter and rescue train, putting out a forest fire, last summer, (former SBB LRZ96)
https://g.acdn.no/obscura/API/dynamic/r1/nadp/tr_1000_2000_s_f/0000/2021/07/23/3424159185/1/original/48073147.jpg?chk=9D3ED4



Thank you bph,
That is a very descriptive photo.
Yes I would be tempted to buy that train set too.
I have the 29751 train set (one of my first) and buy extra Löschmittelwagon when they they come up for sale.
It is a very attractive set for playtime, with the extra tank wagons.

Kimball
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#48 Posted : 23 January 2022 23:25:28(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Go to Quoted Post
‘Like a Third World country’: Gov. Newsom decries rail thefts amid push to beef up enforcement:

https://www.latimes.com/...-crunch-limited-security

Thefts from cargo trains in LA soared 160% over the last year: Union Pacific blasts woke DA George Gascon for lenient sentencing that downgrades charges to a petty offense:

https://www.dailymail.co...Gascon-soft-justice.html


Hello Ak,
This has gained comment from some of my friends here, one of whom is in law enforcement.
He says that the scale of the thefts indicate organised crime, with "inside" UP assistance.
So he wonders what the UP Police are actually doing ....

Kimball
HO Scale - Märklin (ep II-III and VI, C Track, digital) - 2 rail HO (Queensland Australia, UK, USA) - 3 rail OO (English Hornby Dublo) - old clockwork O gauge - Live Steam 90mm (3.1/2 inch) gauge.
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Offline bph  
#49 Posted : 26 January 2022 10:47:35(UTC)
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Unloading railway tracks with 3 forklifts, what could possibly go wrong?
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Offline Jimmy Thompson  
#50 Posted : 26 January 2022 11:22:20(UTC)
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bph,

I am probably warped, but THAT is hilarious! LOL LOL LOL I do hope no one was injured. Someone may have lost their bonus for the week...but still LOL LOL LOL
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