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May not yield anything but worth a shot So I was looking at Hamburg to Copenhagen train this summer and while the rest are the usual IC 39X there is this one IC 1190 that's way outside that range so wondering if anybody knows if it's something special or just they ran out of 39X numbers and...

so need some advice on this on the return of a Amsterdam to Copenhagen trip next year as Osnabruck is closed for what i can assume is engineering works my return leg includes a leg on IC 60402 that seems to be the upcomming NJ 402 Zurich to Amsterdam that i will end up getting on at Cologne for...

so its really easy to find info about UK headcodes but i cant find any about the systems used in France/Germany or whats done for International Services? is it a unified system or is it a per nation mess?

so i came across this image of the SBB EW-III restaurant cars and how they have there own pantograph i assume for powering the kichen equipent apart from departmental stock for testing OHLE tension are there any other examples of self-powered loco hauled carriages and the reason for it?

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #10 originally in this thread. https://media.amtrak.com/2021/04/amtrak-announces-siemens-as-preferred-bidder-for-new-equipment/ would that indicate bi mode locmotives like NJT have as part of this order?

did BR ever run any steam trains pulling intermodal containers near the end of Steam on british rails or did intermodal containters only start to be seen after Steam trains where phased out?

what routes do you think could benifit from any kind of new 250-280Km/h lines rather than a full 360-400km/h High speed line? one that sping to mind is a LGV Nord style Carlile-Glasgow-Edinburgh Line to replace the Scottish part of the WCML for HS2 trains, could also work well as a fast express...

are there any regularly planned Diesel loco drags of EMU's like TGV's or ICE's on unelectrified lines like what virgin used to do with Class 390's to Holyhead?

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/east-west-rail-progress-and-updates.99892/post-4870455 https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/east-west-rail-interim-rolling-stock-requirements-reshaped/57795.article Sounds like there are going ETCS from the outset Unless other units...

looking on google Images and noticed this strange Platform without a station looking siding and wondered what it could be for? https://goo.gl/maps/D4kLMzcoe2V3dzAW7 its connection to the Eurostar Platforms makes me think its something to do with them but cant see what benefit it would be...

so with plans to remove Diesel from Uk rails by 2040 for Freight I see an eventual potential Electric Loco Shortage at some point how Feasible would it be to Convert Class 66 Locos to AC like what the plan was at one point for class 58's? could Even be made Multivoltage for Cross Channel Freight...

Any idea who the potential Customers are for Talgo's new Uk operations? apart from there HS2 bid i cant think of any other TOC that would need anything they currently have on the market most High speed TOC's are going with Hitachi's 80X Series i cant see any market for there LHCS i just feels so...

Random Question that passed my Mind i know many Automatic Couplers like Dellner and Scharfenberg can carry Signals but do any either real or realistic proposed have the Ability to carry Power between units? (e.g. allow a Diesel Loco to power the traction motors of a EMU or let 2 EMU's share...

both TGV models used by Thalys are from 1996/1997 so youngest set is already 20 years old at this point so with there planned Merger with Eurostar is it high time to look into some new rolling stock? considering the ownership (70% SNCF) it would prob be Alstom Avelia Horizon TGV units but i dont...

so reading RIS-2453-RST (as you do) i see as well a high speed multiple-units the 800 range is also allocated for "fixed-formation sets" that are clearly differentiated from multiple-units would this mean Loco Hauled Coaching stock like the Mark 5a's that are fixed formation and need depo time...

thinking about the thread about custom checks on a train and was wondering if either of the following two happen possibly for customs reasons? Train from Country A to Country C needs to go Via Country B but doesn't make any Passenger stops Train from Country A to a Different Part of Country A...

so with desire to cut personal emissions people are increasingly looking to travel by train but there are times at present thats simple not possible because you need your car the other end (e.g. camper van/caravan holidays, areas with few/no public transport options like the scottish highlands...

thinking about old plans other companies have had over the years for non eurostar services to London like DB's plans for Frankfurt-London and RENFE's Madrid-London plans and even newer ideas like a non Eurostar Bordeaux-London Service and got me thinking that the current International sections...

reading the specs for one of the proposed HS2 rolling socks the Velaro Novo its car length is really long at 28.75m and that got me thinking what is the longest carriage/wagon in common use in the UK and where can they go?

Mark 2 carriages have been used in the last few years as short term usage when TOC's have a shortage of there own rolling stock (e.g. TfW needed them for the Rhymney Line while they had DMU's out of action for PRM upgrades) or special usage (e.g. the six nation rugby specials) wonder if we could...