Recent content by waynenm1

Try railserve.com which is a list of various rail discussion groups or possibly railpictures.net. Another one that come to mind is railroadforums.com. I must admit that I haven't looked at these lists for a while so can't point to a specific forum. I had no trouble photographing in Canada...

Another pub suggestion is the Flossmoor Station Restaurant at Flossmoor Il on the Metra Electric line, it is in the former commuter station and I understand they have good beers. It is right at trackside.

Yes, they used the culm, the waste anthracite as it was called there (it had other names elsewhere) in the fireboxes. Anthracite was never a big market compared to bituminous coal despite the huge reserves in Pennsylvania. 1648864685 The D&LW charter was to buld a railroad, but also allowed it...

The Lackawanna RR used anthracite in its locos up to dieselization AFAIR and was known as the route of anthracite. Needless to say most of it came from mines owned by the railroad and was essentially a waste product. But it had the advantage that it burned very hot and cleanly with essentially...

Surely one of the more unusual liveries is that of the New Mexico, USA Rail Runner

Although somewhat dated, "The Railfan Guide to Switzerland" by George H. Drury has quite a bit of useful route information. The author was an editor of many of the Kalmbach Publishing Co. rail volumes. wf.

I have done London to Italy a couple times by train, but my preference has always been to overnight in Brig in both directions. But yes it is a bit longer that way. wf.

Ah, OK. I had only checked the English version and did not find a page like that. Sigh, es gibt zu vielen Jahren seit ich habe Deutsch gelesen. wf.

What is the link to the offline timetable? I tried to find it a few days ago on the DB website, but without success. that used to be quite handy, just put it on my Palm Pilot via my PC at home; no fussing with roaming charges for a smartphone. -- wf.

Call it three nation maybe - American English, English English and Scottish English. For the most part I can understand the accent and terminology when in England, but I have a very good friend in Scotland and it takes a couple days for me to get used to his English when we meet. Obligatory...

The coach I rode last year had Standard painted in large letters and Frecciarossa painted in very small letters just above the info sign for the car, which had *EUROSTAR* in medium letters (along with coach number, etc.). Did I read above that you don't have subways in London? Could have...

Over here, well at least to the people I know who travel overseas, what is called Eurostar in the UK is simply called the chunnel train. When Eurostar is mentioned it is almost always in the context of travel in Italy. I must admit, I never thought to ask any Italians about how they refer to...

Ummmmm, you don't? -- wf.

Ooops, I should have specified Italian Eurostar. I keep forgetting that what we usually call the chunnel train is also called the Eurostar in the UK. Must have been a common origin to the name. -- wf.

Thanks for that. Somehow it never occurred to me, even tho I used to see the Fumatore, Non-F signs in years past. Probably because non-smoking seems to be a given everywhere nowadays! -- wf.