#2396
18.11.2023 00:09
AP
CNN: The night train revolution has been hailed as an alternative to airplanes. Here’s how that’s going
Led by Austrian Federal Railways’ (ÖBB) “Nightjet” network, overnight links between major European cities have been restored and expanded over the last few years, reversing decades of dwindling services.
#2293
08.10.2023 16:08
AP
Tech Xplore: Austria rail operator OeBB unveils new night trains
Austrian rail operator OeBB on Saturday unveiled its new generation of sleeper trains—a response to demands from travelers for less pollutant alternatives to planes and petrol or diesel cars.
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State-owned OeBB, which operates 20 rail routes across Europe, has been a pioneer in reviving such services.
The company has Europe's largest fleet of sleeper trains and hopes to double the number of its overnight passengers from 1.5 million to three million by 2030.
#2288
07.10.2023 17:02
AP
Creatures of Thought: America’s Steam Empire
While British commercial and imperial power derived from its command of the oceans, America drew strength from the continental scale of its dominions.
#2224
09.09.2023 15:55
AP
Sidney Lumet-Retro
18:00 Uhr, Filmmuseum: Murder on the Orient Express
#2201
28.08.2023 23:08
AP
Life Where I'm From X (YouTube): Tokyo by Train
Come along as I ride the trains of Tokyo from first to last train!
#2175
18.08.2023 22:35
AP
F# for Fun and Profit: Railway Oriented Programming
#2151
11.08.2023 14:38
AP
Euronews: France is raising taxes on flights to pay for trains: Should other European countries do the same?
France will increase taxes on flights to invest more in its railways, the country’s Transport Minister Clément Beaune announced this week.
#2049
29.06.2023 22:36
AP
CNN: The first battery-powered trains have arrived in Europe
#1990
04.06.2023 15:40
AP
AlphaRail (NZ): Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them?
#1772
20.03.2023 22:07
AP
Reddit: Locomotive No. 513 was in the roundhouse with a full head of steam and a hot boiler. A leaking throttle caused it to begin rushing forward on its own, Minturn, Colorado, 1913 [JPEG]
#1669
17.02.2023 23:26
AP
The Moscow Times: Putin Uses Armored Train, Private Stations for Personal Trips
#1420
04.12.2022 17:05
AP
Euronews: It's official: France bans short haul domestic flights in favour of train travel
#1296
01.11.2022 13:02
AP
SWI: Swiss claim record for the world's longest passenger train
The Rhaetian Railway train – comprising four engines and 100 carriages for a total length of 1,910 metres - travelled on the Albula/Bernina route from Preda to Alvaneu in southeast Switzerland on Saturday afternoon.
#1079
14.09.2022 22:08
AP
OpenRailwayMap
#1077
14.09.2022 16:12
AP
ORF: Olivenkernantrieb für Liliputbahn
Der Dampflok der Liliputbahn im Wiener Prater ist die Spezialkohle ausgegangen. Nach einem brauchbaren Ersatz wurde wochenlang gesucht. Jetzt soll die historische Bahn mit gepressten Olivenkernen aus England betrieben werden.
#1034
05.09.2022 19:00
AP
Engadget: The first fully hydrogen-powered passenger train service is now running in Germany
The first fully hydrogen-powered passenger train service is now up and running. Coradia iLint trains built by Alstom are running on the line in Lower Saxony, Germany. The only emissions are steam and condensed water, and Alstom notes that the train operates with a low level of noise.