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Train track therapy in Indonesia [via Boing Boing]

Railway 2.0 — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:00:45 +0000

These people aren’t protesting anything … they’re hoping to be healed. In the Indonesian town of Rawa Buaya, people believe that electrical energy carried by the railroad tracks can cure disease.
REUTERS/Enny Nuraheni

[via Boing Boing]

Siemens Desiro Russia: production begins

Railway 2.0 — Wed, 18 May 2011 05:00:46 +0000

Vladimir Yakunin, president of Russian Railways (RZD), and Peter Löscher, Siemens CEO, officially launched last April 26th the production of regional trains for the Russian city Sochi in a ceremony that was attended by Dr. Peter Ramsauer, German Federal Minister of Transport.

The first 38 of the total 54 Desiro RUS type regional trains ordered in 2009 are to be built at the Siemens plant in Krefeld, Germany. The increased localization of regional train production in Russia is due to start in 2012 with the manufacture of the remaining 16 Desiro RUS trains under that order.

The press release of the ceremony is available here.

A mock-up of the Desiro RUS train has been shown last October 1st in Kazan station. A photo report was done by q-rex. I repropose you the pictures in the Picasa photo album at the end of the post.

Some pictures of the production in Krefeld have been published by RIA Novosti.

China – In Transit: a photo project on Chinese trains

Railway 2.0 — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:00:24 +0000

In Transit is the project of Theo Volpatti, a professional photographer from Milan.

Shots taken on the trains from ÜrÜmqi, Western China, to Xi’An: a trip 2500 km long in search of a job.

I think you can watch more photos on the dedicated page of the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.

Inside the Gotthard Base Tunnel [photo]

Railway 2.0 — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:00:06 +0000

A miner climbs on excavated rocks after a giant drill machine broke through at the final section Sedrun-Faido, at the construction site of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel March 23, 2011. Crossing the Alps, the world’s longest train tunnel should become operational at the end of 2016. The project consists of two parallel single track tunnels, each of a length of 57 km (35 miles).
(REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann)

Click on the image above for a bigger size.

[via Boing Boing]

Railways in World Press Photo 2011

Railway 2.0 — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:00:01 +0000

Here we are with 2011 World Press Photo contest winners. With a surprise for us, aficionados of steel rails: 3rd prize of Daily Life section goes to Andrew Biraj with this “Overcrowded train approaches station, Dhaka, Bangladesh”.

If you wish to see high quality pictures of the contest, I suggest The Big Picture blog.

Symmetries in railway stations

Railway 2.0 — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 06:00:57 +0000

Suggested by schweizweit.net, I post to R2.0 audience the album on Flickr of railway stations symmetries group. Perhaps a little bit Teutonic oriented, I think they will easily accept foreigners’ contributions!

The Railway Museum, Saitama, Japan

Railway 2.0 — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:30:16 +0000

I would like to post some of the photo sets I created months ago on Flickr, visiting some railway museums. It could be the start for a new series of posts!

I will begin with The Railway Museum in Saitama, Japan. I visited it last September and was really amazed for the quantity of real pieces shown and the quality of activities offered to children (and, ehm… some adults too!).

For sure a museum worthing a visit, in case you’re planning a trip to Japan for 2011!

Talgo II photo album on LIFE

Railway 2.0 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:34 +0000

Just by chance, I found this photo album poking around LIFE Google-based search engine for photos.

I suppose it refers to first Talgo II train set produced in the U.S. in 1949 by the American Car and Foundry Company (ACF) under the direction of Spanish engineers.

Photos were taken by Al Fenn.

For those who like to have a piece of story hung up their walls, there’s the possibility to order a printed and framed version of the chosen photo directly from the web (starting from $89.99).

Of course, there are plenty of photos to be viewed on this powerfulf search engine; I think I’ll post new ones in case I see a new photo set.