France opens two new high speed lines NEWSWIRE

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The first passenger train on the new high-speed line arrives at Bordeaux on Saturday. The brand new TGV L’Océane train with the latest InOui branding is an Alstom product from early 2017. Two photos, Keith Fender BORDEAUX, France – French rail operator SNCF added another 302.5 miles to its high speed rail network on July […]

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TGV brand relegated to history as inOUI rolls out NEWSWIRE

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A new SNCF “inOUI” train set. SNCF PARIS – Almost 36 years after it launched the TGV, Train a Grande Vitesse or “high speed train,” brand of high speed rail, French national carrier SNCF has announced that the name will be history by 2020. In its place will be inOUI, a re-branding effort aimed at […]

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China delivers first intermodal train to the UK NEWSWIRE

FULL SCREEN James Graham A Deutsche Bahn Class 92 locomotive rests behind a speakers’ platform near London Wednesday as officials welcome the first China-to-United Kingdom rail shipment. FULL SCREEN James Graham YIWU-LONDON: The two end-points of a thousands-of-miles-long journey across Asia and Europe. Logos on the side of the locomotive show a handful of the […]

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Founder of CEDCo calendar company found dead in Thailand NEWSWIRE

BANGKOK, Thailand — The body of Charles E. Ditlefsen, whose CEDCo Publishing Co. calendars featured a variety of railroad subjects, was found dismembered in a freezer in Thailand. He disappeared in 2008. Ditlefsen, who was born in Hungary, was a transportation planner in Marin County, Calif. News reports from Thailand say Ditlefsen may have been […]

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Trains Presents: Germany’s Mollibahn Railroad

The German Mollibahn is an amazing steam-powered preservation railroad along the Baltic Sea, but it’s more than that: It’s got street running too! Check out the sights and sounds of the Molli’s 2-8-2Ts in the streets as motorists and pedestrians take care to avoid the train. Looks for a feature story in a future issue […]

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Trains Presents: Germany’s Mollibahn Railroad

The German Mollibahn is an amazing steam-powered preservation railroad along the Baltic Sea, but it’s more than that: It’s got street running too! Check out the sights and sounds of the Molli’s 2-8-2Ts in the streets as motorists and pedestrians take care to avoid the train. Looks for a feature story in a future issue […]

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Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – West Somerset Railway

A black-painted steam locomotive releases steam in a UK rail yard.

In this Trackside Postcard, Charles “Lindbergh” Conway travels across the Atlantic Ocean and makes his way to the UK! He wastes no time getting trackside at Minehead, England, all in effort to explore and experience steam-powered passenger service on the West Somerset Railway. […]

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Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – West Somerset Railway

A black-painted steam locomotive releases steam in a UK rail yard.

In this Trackside Postcard, Charles “Lindbergh” Conway travels across the Atlantic Ocean and makes his way to the UK! He wastes no time getting trackside at Minehead, England, all in effort to explore and experience steam-powered passenger service on the West Somerset Railway. […]

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