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    [DR Congo] Videos of ex-JR Hokkaido trains in service Kinshasa–Matadi

    A service between N'djili Airport and Kinshasa-Est (which passengers call the Gare centrale) began on Wednesday 19th August. The train is formed of a mixture of old and new carriages hauled by a locomotive. Perhaps the KiHa 183 is reserved for long distance services because hot food can be...
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    Ordering food to be delivered to trains.

    IIRC Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, wanted to replace pantry cars with an app allowing passengers to order food to be delivered at the next station.
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    Films that feature the railways

    The final cut was the result of substantial rewrites and reshoots.
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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/steam60163/37193034531/in/photolist-YEC2o4
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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates

    I was on 2U63 the 2003 from London Waterloo to Windsor and Eton Riverside on 701042 and both toilets were out of service. The guard didn't seem to be aware when he made his welcome announcement, because he just said where the toilets were.
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    Catch them before they're gone

    IIRC 2027 is the deadline for all trams in Germany to be accessible.
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    DR1A units around Vilnius.

    Would donating them to Ukraine be a possibility? (I know that they would have to be moved by road. My question is more political.)
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    Freight train derailment caught on live stream - Pennsylvania, USA

    You would need to bridge the gaps created by non-equipped cars, because they will not have the trainline cable that carries the braking commands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronically_controlled_pneumatic_brakes
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    Freight train derailment caught on live stream - Pennsylvania, USA

    IIRC tracks are generally maintained to the minimum standard required for slow freight trains. If a section of track is especially bad the usual tactic is to impose a "slow order" (speed restriction) if possible to avoid the need to repair it.
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    Older cars you have seen

    Panhard, not Packard.
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    European Sleeper experience

    Nobody is saying that it is a real train. The question is whether it is AI or traditional computer graphics.
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    *International* Guess The Station

    Hel, Poland?
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    Isolated, and Very Isolated, railways

    Mozambique has three separate Cape gauge (1067mm/3ft 6in) lines that are not connected within the country but are linked through neighbouring countries. There is also a defunct 762mm line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique_Ports_and_Railways
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    The Guardian Lifestyle Magazine - 23rd May 2026

    Original story from the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/may/23/naples-italy-train-tour-archaeology
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    Standard gauge trains in Russian gauge land, and platform-train interface

    Ikarus buses from Hungary were another big export to the USSR.
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    Trivia - reserved tram lines running at the nearside of the carriageway.

    The Kochi tramway in Japan has bidirectional gutter running. https://transphoto.org/photo/1067865/
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    Trivia - reserved tram lines running at the nearside of the carriageway.

    That's the same site.
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    Sleepers between Bucharest and Chisinau

    That was Moldova's entry in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenule%C8%9Bul
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    [DR Congo] Videos of ex-JR Hokkaido trains in service Kinshasa–Matadi

    The original Matete-Kinshasa video page is now full of racist comments in English.
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    [DR Congo] Videos of ex-JR Hokkaido trains in service Kinshasa–Matadi

    This is the video.

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