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Post by Peter S. on Aug 31, 2007 17:22:16 GMT -5
This is the coach I took my second wheel photograph (just in case one might be interested in...):  XD-7 (as usual), MC 1.8/35, F=8, polarizer, auto exposure a bit of PS to fight the terrible white sky backlight Best regards Peter |
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Post by Wahoo on Aug 31, 2007 18:20:07 GMT -5
Peter, An excellent photo of an unusual looking coach (at least to me) ,they just don't make them that sophisticated and functional around here. Here's a photo of a coach (centre) from an earlier age.  |
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Post by Wahoo on Aug 31, 2007 18:34:24 GMT -5
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Post by PeterW on Aug 31, 2007 18:38:38 GMT -5
This is the third attempt to post this. I WILL get it posted!
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Lovely old restored coach, Peter.
From the logo on the side it looks as if it came from across the lake in Switzerland. I saw in a rail mag recently that Swiss Railways celebrated their 150th anniversary recently. The mag had some nice pictures of restored locos and rolling stock on display and on special runs.
Continental (and US) coaches always make me smile about the steps to get up into them. All the rail stations I know of in the UK have raised platforms instead.
OK, now someone tell me of a UK line that doesn't!
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Post by PeterW on Aug 31, 2007 19:05:23 GMT -5
Were those black and whites taken in the York Museum, Daniel?
That's one of the places I always wanted to visit and never did. Maybe one day ...
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Post by Wahoo on Aug 31, 2007 19:39:57 GMT -5
Nope, they were taken at North Road Station in Darlington - well worth a visit. I always thought that we were the prototypes of railway building and usage (guinea pigs) and can be therefore forgiven for making mistakes. Painting of first passenger service between Darlington and Stockton, September 1825  Darlington, about 1820  Outside North Road Station, Darlington  The track which bears right follows the path of the original passenger track of 1825 - photo is looking south towards Yarm.  All the above is from memory so please correct me if I'm wrong. |
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Post by Randy on Aug 31, 2007 22:59:24 GMT -5
I take it the station is gone now.
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Post by Peter S. on Sept 1, 2007 6:20:28 GMT -5
Dear railway enthusiasts,
my picture shows a coach of a railway club located near Zurich - and so is that coach train.
It can be booked for a ride on a otherwise out-of-order railway line. It either can be booked
with a steam locomotive (for 2'500 CHF) or an electrical loco (at 1'400 CHF).
The coach is very typical and similar ones were operated in Germany from ca. 1880 on. They
were replaced after the second world war - but after the 1920ies, they were used on the
smaller lines of course.
The steam locomotive seems to be stored in a shelter, so I could not photograph it :-(
Best regards
Peter
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Post by Peter S. on Oct 13, 2007 3:49:56 GMT -5
Hi there railraods enthusiaste, Last time I drove by the Bauma railway station, I spotted a train, apparently prepared for a ride. The loco is typical for the late 1920ies. Very similare machines had been used in Germany until the 1960ies. And I suppose things in Switzerland and Austria don't differ much. For me (as a - inactive :-( - modelrailroader this is the nicest kind of electrically operated locomotives ever. Best regards Peter  MC Rokkor 1.8/35, F/8, tripod, scan from E100G slide |
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