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For their game Train Sim World 3, Dovetail Games recently released a loco add-on which lets you drive a railhead treatment train (top and tailed by 66s) over their Southeastern High Speed route. Included are some runs over High Speed 1, up to Fawkham Junction. According to the description, due...

Hi all, For a little side project I'm working on, I'm looking for some information about the colours used on the Midland Mainline livery as it was applied to the Meridian fleet. By Ketamin - Wikipedia (de; original text: selbst fotografiert), CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Link If anyone here has...

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #5 originally in this thread. There's some news about this tender: DSB have selected Talgo to build them. Talgo will supply eight sets of 200 km/h coaches, which should enter service from June 2023 onwards.

Last Thursday, around lunchtime an intercity from Enschede to The Hague formed of two "DDZ" EMUs partially derailed on the tracks leading towards Den Haag Centraal. One person got injured: the guard of the train involved. The derailment happened on the westernmost bit of the Den Haag - Gouda -...

Source and entire article: Railway Gazette: DB to order more high speed trains as government cuts VAT on fares Very nice, that's quite a reduction and will help boost DB's competitiveness against the long distance buses. :)

Hi all, I'm someone who likes to play Train Sim World. My current favourite is Great Western Express, the 2016-ish representation of the London Paddington to Reading line. As I was driving one of the trains on that line today, I noticed something which caught my eye. I was driving the 07:42...

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #32 originally in this thread. However, not electrifying the GWML would have a significant environmental impact - especially in built-up areas. Exhaust fumes and particulate are known to be bad for humans, a bunch of diesel trains spewing their exhaust into the air doesn't...

At around 18:45 Dutch time, the Amsterdam signalling box went down. This brought train traffic on the Schiphol - Amsterdam - Weesp axis to a standstill, as controlling points and signals became impossible. Around 20:00 (Dutch time) ProRail announced that the issue had been resolved, but around...

SJ invests in thriving sleeper trains Key points: SEK 150 million investment in overhaul of 58 sleeper carriages 100% increase in passengers on Malmö - Stockholm route 25% increase in passengers on Gothenburg - Narvik route Second class ticket holders will get an option to reserve a private...

Starting this Easter, Dutch national railways (NS) won't replace guard's whistles anymore when they're damaged or lost. The model which is used by NS is no longer being manufactured, and since NS wants to reduce its economic footprint they have invented a new eco-friendly replacement. Source...

This morning a train hit a car at a level crossing in Hainaut, Belgium. The car caught fire, which was quickly extinguished. However, the train and the infrastructure were badly damaged. Belgian media are now reporting that something has gone wrong while trying to move the damaged train, the...

Today, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) announced that they have inked a deal with French builder Alstom for the delivery of 79 new intercity trains. These trains will enter commercial service in 2021, and cost over € 800 million. The trains will be based upon the proven Coradia platform, of which...