Archive for 'Talgo' Category
Spanish consortium wins Saudi Arabia High Speed deal
According to yesterday’s news from Spanish newspaper El País, detailed in the website of Vía Libre, Spanish consortium has won the competition for the construction and operation of the 450 km high speed link Mecca-Medina. The news was already anticipated by some rumors one month ago. Adif, Cobra, Consultrans, Copasa, Dimetronic, Imathia, Inabesa, Inecao, Indra [...]
Arenaways rents Trenhotel from RENFE for North-South Italy services
The Italian private operator Arenaways, currently struggling with Trenitalia for the possibility to compete on the Torino-Milano with (more) comfortable intercity services and connecting both Germany and The Netherlands with Autozug and Autoslaap trains revealed last week the ambitious plan to operate some night connections from Torino to the South of Italy. Two services will [...]
How to drive a high speed train
Ever wondered what the engineer has to do in the driver cab while traveling on a high speed train? Vía Libre provides the answer, at least for a journey on the Talgo AVE S-112 train using the brand new Madrid-Valencia high speed line . The description is in Spanish, unfortunately I have not so much [...]
Talgo America Presentation at NW Passenger Rail Conference in Seattle [video]
Talgo America Presentation at NW Passenger Rail Conference in Seattle, Spring 2010 Antonio Perez, President and CEO of Talgo America gives a presentation about some of Talgo’s current and upcoming trains, and Talgo’s partnerships with states such as the Washington-Oregon Amtrak Cascades.
Talgo AVRIL presentations
Wandering among forum for railway fans, I managed to sum up two pretty exhaustive presentations about the new product designed by Spanish firm Talgo for the very high speed rolling stock market. The new AVRIL (Alta Velocidad Rueda Independiente LIgero, Light High Speed (train) with Independent Wheels) design still preserve Talgo’s peculiar technical characteristics (independent [...]
Talgo II photo album on LIFE
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 [...]