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It is, well done. There was so much freight going through, but unfortunately I was slightly too late in the day to get decent pictures - not quite enough light. And everything was really slow. But still much better than the rubbish amount of freight going through most UK stations

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Plenty of variety/haulage through Berlin Hbf - probably a bit better on the upper level? Been a few years since I was last there though so I may be out of date. For freight you'll probably have to venture out to somewhere on the Ringbahn, but I couldn't say where the best place to go would be

Apologies - try this one

By contrast, I was fined (about £26) for using a day pass on the Budapest Metro. I was originally planning to buy a month pass, but then decided to buy a couple of days passes instead because it would save me about £5 or so and didn't properly read the details... That went well!

Plenty of freight on the Munich bypass and onwards towards Austria (especially at the moment, given that the route via Passau is shut). And seems to be pretty frequent diesel hauled freight using the Simbach route (which is great along the single track sections towards Munich), much of which...

Thanks, bit of a lucky guess! I'll post another picture later this evening - please do remind me if I forget

Genova Piazza Principe?

A few eclipse images from Gloucestershire. Not brilliant given I didn't get around to acquiring some better camera protective equipment, but maybe I can do that next year! The greenish tint comes from the welding glass I used... And a timelapse

I will be doing the Istanbul-Bucharest sleeper at the end of September with some friends. We're cheapskates, so the option of booking through CFR (Romania) rather than TCDD (Turkey) to save a not insignificant proportion of the ticket cost is attractive. However, this would apparently mean...

This thing that looks like an old Range Rover in Cheltenham earlier today

I thought it interesting that, in their social media postings, The Night Owl (one of the venues mentioned) said they knew no more than what was already public. MRH claim to have engaged with potentially affected businesses etc. Is one party bending the truth slightly? Of course, both positions...

Might have seen a couple of older cars today. This one is particularly relevant to this forum... Easily somewhere in the region of £10-£15 million worth of cars at this event!

Somewhat off topic, but is that unit Austrian-registered? I've not come across class 4746s in Germany but plenty in Austria.

Hässleholm? It looks vaguely familiar, though I can't remember if I've actually changed trains there or not...

Got to get that "up all night in a seat but you've travelled the length of Italy" experience! My longest single train journey to date

Thanks - I'm tentatively considering doing the journey one way or the other later in the year on a slightly accelerated schedule compared to what the man in seat 61 says. Which means about 6.5 hours in Bucharest going west, or 3/5 hours going east. East is probably more reliable, coming off a...

How much delay can typically be expected on the Bucharest portion (in either direction)? Is it in the region of 1-2 hours, or more like 6+? How variable is it - replies upthread indicate that at least some times it can run on time (+/- a few minutes...)

I note that the lines in the drawings have directional arrows. I was under the impression (perhaps mistakenly) that with ETCS you can basically have as much bidirectional working as you like "free of charge" (ok, there might be a bit more too it than just ticking a box in the software, but...

One end of the overbridge at Nuremberg goes directly into the adjacent shopping centre. Though the main entrance is at the other end, so probably doesn't fit the criteria