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I get it now! Thanks.The Six seats are in a small room think the size of a Viewliner Bedroom but with just the seats, two rows of three facing each other in the room. Then a jump seat in the aisle.
I get it now! Thanks.The Six seats are in a small room think the size of a Viewliner Bedroom but with just the seats, two rows of three facing each other in the room. Then a jump seat in the aisle.
The Six seats are in a small room think the size of a Viewliner Bedroom but with just the seats, two rows of three facing each other in the room. Then a jump seat in the aisle.
Here's more on the leaders' train trip, including a plug for the (relative) safety of rail travel."We will keep repairing the tracks once the firing stops. We will keep the trains running as long as we can. There is no other option for us."
Ukraine's wartime rail chief has to be faster than the Russians tracking him - BBC News
Also links to a report on the rail trip by Central European leaders from Poland to Kyiv.
Here is an excellent video of a vlogger riding the train to get out of Ukraine after the war began.
Ukraine is seriously talking about doing a complete standard gauge conversion after the war. Reasons are obvious...
I think keeping russians out trumps that concern, plus Neroden said complete gauge changeover, which presumably means the entire network. Smart move on their part and ties them even more into Central Europe.I hope they take a serious look at Spain before doing that.
Huge cost overruns and network fragmentation.
I tend to agree with the head of the railways there that they were very naive to tweet out or announce what they were doing before they were safely out of harms way. This is war and they would be a very good target.
I think keeping russians out trumps that concern, plus Neroden said complete gauge changeover, which presumably means the entire network. Smart move on their part and ties them even more into Central Europe.
Does having a broad gauge network narrow Ukraine's choices on where to buy new equipment? The Wikipedia article on the Finnish railways implies as much but isn't crystal-clear on the point. Because if sharing a gauge with the Russians had inclined the Ukrainians to buy Russian engines and rolling stock in the past (I don't know), I can definitely see them wanting to take their business elsewhere in the future.So at the end of the day its a feel-good symbolic thing that doesn't stop invasions. The question is should a war-torn poor country be channeling big money into feel-good projects?
Finland also shares broad gauge with Russia for historic reasons, but nobody doubts those reasons are in the past, and as far as I know, nobody is asking to change the gauge for emotional or military reasons.
If Ukraine holds on (keyword: if) and prevails, I suspect that there will be LOTS of redevelopment money in the form of foreign aid coming their way.The question is should a war-torn poor country be channeling big money into feel-good projects?
Does having a broad gauge network narrow Ukraine's choices on where to buy new equipment? The Wikipedia article on the Finnish railways implies as much but isn't crystal-clear on the point. Because if sharing a gauge with the Russians had inclined the Ukrainians to buy Russian engines and rolling stock in the past (I don't know), I can definitely see them wanting to take their business elsewhere in the future.
I'm not sure how they're doing lately, but GE has a factory for the 1520 mm world in Kazakhistan.Finland shares a gauge with Russia but doesn’t buy much if any Russian equipment .
on the contrary . Even Russia buys western equipment Sometimes . For example sleeper cars from siemens , commuter trains from stadler and talgo trains
In the German advance to the east, they experimented with adjustable wheel sets. As the war turned in the other direction the Reichsbahn did attempt to pull rolling stock out of the front areas, sometimes after the Wehrmacht had retreated. In the late months of WWII they had work gangs of POW's tipping cars off of yard tracks to open lines.Well, according to urban legend (and actually proven to be untrue, but whatever), the reason Spain went for a broader gauge was to make it more difficult for the French to invade. Well, the French didn't invade but the track gauge didn't come into that decision.
Having a different gauge didn't stop the Germans invading Russia in WW2 and didn't stop the counter-invasion of Russia into Central Europe.
So at the end of the day its a feel-good symbolic thing that doesn't stop invasions. The question is should a war-torn poor country be channeling big money into feel-good projects?
Finland also shares broad gauge with Russia for historic reasons, but nobody doubts those reasons are in the past, and as far as I know, nobody is asking to change the gauge for emotional or military reasons.
Both GE and EMD have jointly operated technology transfer factories for 1667mm in India, They build some really cool dual cab enormously powerful diesels there, Then again so do Alstom and Siemens. If there is a large enough market the vendors will figure out a way to serve it.I'm not sure how they're doing lately, but GE has a factory for the 1520 mm world in Kazakhistan.
In Krakow, my friend and I went to the central train station to catch the rail to Prague. The whole station was jam packed full of Ukraine refugees and there was no rail space to be had. Poland and Germany were offering free rail to all Ukrainians to points west and south. It was good to see that there were so many volunteers assisting the refugees with transportation, food and drink and whatever else they needed. We ended up having to fly to Prague but no big deal. There were a lot of refugees in Prague as well but not nearly as many as in Krakow.
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