Some diesels are super nose, like borzois. U50s are literally just the pugs of the locomotive world. They were probably scrapped bc of breathing issues. This is just a persian cat. FLAT.
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Probably gonna make this blog ANYWAY but-
It'd be along the lines of what @/bovineblogger has going on! I've really been wanting to further my knowledge of railroads and I think making this blog would be a great way to do so. And it'd be made with another email of mine so that it'd be a main blog!
(also! any url ideas would be greatly appreciated! My brain has run dry lmao)
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France: Alstom to Extend Le Mans Citadis Trams
Alstom has been awarded a contract by Le Mans Métropole to extend the length of 34 Citadis trams in Le Mans, France.
A 32-metre Citadis tram, which will be extended to 44 metres at the end of this project
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Under this contract, which is valued at 57 million EUR, Alstom will extend the city’s existing trams from 32 to 44 metres long. This work is set to increase the transport capacity of…
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Rolling stock
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Top five favorite IRL rolling stock :)
1) San Marino
2) Devon Belle
3) Babbling Brook
4) Deltic Prototype
5) Livingston Thompson
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This is the ideal size to take a jolly jaunt along the line, I mean really it’s big enough for you and at most a small group to trundle along and have a nice evening, truly the whimsical sort of rolling stock. It looks so very polite.
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The Acela is showing its age, and seeing its replacement parked in a rail yard doesn't help
Seeing Amtrak's next-generation Acela trains parked in a yard in Philadelphia has become of my least-favorite parts of the Northeast Corridor experience.
PHILADELPHIA
The train that I boarded in Boston Wednesday afternoon looked more than a little scruffy on the outside. The black seals around its windows had faded in parts to white, the windows themselves showed streaks of dirt, and the paint looked chipped and peeling in places–maybe not a surprise after almost 23 years of hard service on the Northeast Corridor, but still sad compared to what…
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Alstom to Supply a Further 103 MF19 Metro Trains in Paris
Alstom has received an order to supply an additional 103 MF19 new-generation metro trains for RATP in Paris, France.
This order was placed on behalf of Île-de-France Mobilités and is worth over 800 million EUR.
These new trains are 100% financed by Île-de-France Mobilités
© Île-de-France Mobilités
The new trains have been ordered under a framework agreement signed in December 2019 for up to 410…
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Three French cities have launched a joint order for trams manufactured by Alstom
Three French cities – Besançon, Brest and Toulouse have launched a joint order for 22 trams manufactured by Alstom. These [...]
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New Rolling Stock: August
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Rolling Stock Market by Component, Product Type (Locomotive, Rapid Transit, Wagon, & Coach), Locomotive Technology (Conventional, Turbocharged, & Maglev), Application (Passenger Transportation & Freight transportation) & Region
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