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Thanks, interesting information. I assumed a shunter would be needed to get the cars onto the ferry since you couldn't easily do 3rd...

Still a better photoshop job than this one.

When I took the Night Ferry in summer 1977 I distinctly remember riding in a set of the usual Southern Region "slam door" EMUs which ran...

We are projecting a $2 Trillion deficit in 2024 and we are going to solve that by cutting a few million from rail projects. Got it.

The House proposed THUD appropriations for FY25 is out. Includes a 12% cut to both the NEC and National Network accounts. Also zeroes...

The views from the deck are worth it, and Sicily a fabulous island to visit. Traffic in Palermo is completely crazy, most exciting place...

Fascinating photos in both sets (second reminds me of photos I've seen of my dad during and after the war a bit, though they had...

Some of the photos show class 33 diesels, whereas others show class 73 electro-diesels. Class 71 electrics were also used in the earlier...

It’s a photoshop picture. No need to analyze it. The lack of numbers on the locomotive, the two transdorm cars. This train set is fake.

In my experience it would be very unusual to have a transdorm in the middle of the consist as in this example. The transdorm is almost...

2 and 3 are also locomotives like #1. 5 is a Superliner Coach followed by another Transdorm, 2 coaches and, I can't tell what is in...

Note that Amtrak is notorious for photoshopping together consists for publicity photos so this probably isn't a real consist.

That is a weird consist. Front to rear: -3 P42 locomotives, the rear 2 elephant style, unusual for Amtrak. -Transdorm (spotting...

While on the topic of the Night Ferry, here is a page with some very rare photos: It is indeed odd to see continental stock in a...

That is one that is definitely on my bucket list, should be such fun to get shunted onto a ferry while aboard a train!