Recent content by Gemuser

Amtrak Unlimited Discussion Forum

Help Support Amtrak Unlimited Discussion Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. G

    Viewing a country across a border during a train ride

    On the Trans Siberian route, past Kilvchevskii or there abouts, you enter the Amur River valley & follow it for more than 1,000km to Khabarovsk [the capital of the Russian Far Eastern Federal District]. It is the boarder between Russia & China, you can see across it most of the time, not that...
  2. G

    Long Distance (LD) fleet replacement discussion (2022 - 2024Q1)

    These are fabulous carriages on scenic routes! Rides well & the views are wonderful. I have ridden them specifically, booked, across the Alps on the Goddard line [pre base tunnel] & on other misc trains on an ad-hoc basis
  3. G

    Long Distance (LD) fleet replacement discussion (2022 - 2024Q1)

    As an example of how other do it the NSWGR [whatever the latest name is] run their Sydney - Canberra trains with 3 car DMUs with just less than 200 seats. The onboard staff start reversing the empty seats south of Goulburn, even asking passengers if they would move seats to allow it. This is...
  4. G

    Derailment closes world's longest Rail Tunnel in Switzerland until 2024

    After the Mt Blanc crash mentioned above [& others] the Swiss have become very anti two way tunnels beyond a certain length [not sure what that length is, I suspect it is situation dependent.] It does not matter what mode of transport it is, one way is prohibited. Examples: 1) The two base...
  5. G

    India's International Passenger Trains

    JIS wrote: If a precedent is needed there are the Austrian "corridor" trains to Innsbruck, which cut across Germany as sealed trains for many years until the Schengen treaty became effective.
  6. G

    Derailment closes world's longest Rail Tunnel in Switzerland until 2024

    I wouldn't say anti car, I would say anti big trucks. It's the big trucks that the Swiss objected to and they threaten to impose very large tolls on non Swiss trucks transiting the country. The Alpine base tunnels & other traffic streamlining works were the result of a comprise between the EU &...
  7. G

    Amtrak mobile website defaults to Chinese

    Ha Ha, just like my phone defaults to MM/DD/YYYY format, very annoying, not to mention very confusing for many dates.
  8. G

    Progress on Kashmir Rail Link

    Thanks, a reasonable assumption.
  9. G

    Progress on Kashmir Rail Link

    JIS: Why is it called an asymmetrical bridge? It seem to have an equal number of cables on each side of the central pillar? Admittedly I was not able to count the cables in these images but they looked equal.
  10. G

    VIA Canadian and the Canadians

    Thank you for your answer, but that was NOT my question! Which was where did the incident described happen. I am fully aware of the requirement but I am also aware that it is often honored in the breach even in our equivalent to your Crown Corporation.
  11. G

    VIA Canadian and the Canadians

    Just out of curiosity was this in Eastern or Western Canada?
  12. G

    Week riding Swissrail: trip suggestions?

    Quote from Metra Electric Rider Reply 2: I assume you are referring to the RhB in Canton Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. I can recommend the whole railway, it's scenic, & very interesting from a railway operating perspective & has some of the funkiest rolling stock around. I was based in Chur...
  13. G

    Week riding Swissrail: trip suggestions?

    Quote from JIS [Reply 4]: Unfortunately the other end of Simplon Tunnel is in Italy at Dodo so won;t be covered by your Swiss Pass. Otherwise Brig to Mial has it very scenic moments as it runs along Laggo Magiore through Stresa etc. End Quote JIS, this was not true in Jan 2016. The line from...
  14. G

    Japan - Monorail vs regular Metro

    The Wuppertal Schwebebahn is an excellent example of a monorail fitting the landscape & being very successful, it has been in operation since 1901. It is a suspended monorail & is very comfortable and when I last rode it in 2017 they were anxiously awaiting their new rolling stock.
  15. G

    Long Distance (LD) fleet replacement discussion (2022 - 2024Q1)

    Stadler can build anything! [Railway car universe!] That is their specialty, see their web site. The end result may not satisfy the operators economic models but it would work. Reducing the height to Superliner standard should not be a major problem, budgets might be the problem
Back
Top