Railway 2.0

A new (refurbished) intercity train for NS

Railway 2.0 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:15:33 +0000

Shinkansen and earthquakes [Discovery Channel Doc]

Railway 2.0 — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:00:01 +0000

Prince Charles drives a train

Railway 2.0 — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:30:10 +0000

The Prince of Wales has driven an S Stock (sub-surface) train as part of a tour of a Bombardier factory in Derbyshire. Report by Adam Sich.

A switchback railway

Railway 2.0 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:00:21 +0000

From Wikipedia:

The original Switchback Railway at Coney Island was the first roller coaster designed as an amusement ride in America. It was designed by LaMarcus Adna Thompson in 1881 and constructed in 1884.[1] It appears Thompson based his design, at least in part, on the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway which was a coal-mining train that had started carrying passengers as a thrill ride in 1827.

For five cents, riders would climb a tower to board the large bench-like car and were pushed off to coast 600 ft (183 m) down the track to another tower. The car went just over 6 mph (9.7 km/h). At the top of the other tower the vehicle was switched to a return track or “switched back” (hence the name.) [...]

[via The Retronaut]

Italian Frecciarossa restyling

Railway 2.0 — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:00:31 +0000

4 kinds of seats offer (Executive, Business, Premium, Standard), new comfort, new interiors and new services on the last restyling of Trenitalia Frecciarossa trains (ETR 500 trains). More in the press release, in Italian.

Moscow-Berlin-Paris service starting on 12/12

Railway 2.0 — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:00:20 +0000

Nice infographic of RIA Novosti on the new service Moscow to Paris via Minsk, Warsaw and Berlin, starting from December 12th.

Engineering gold for Siemens [video from CNN]

Railway 2.0 — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:00:48 +0000

Could a Russia-US rail tunnel be built?

Railway 2.0 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:00:58 +0000

Sub City: New York and Paris

Railway 2.0 — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:00:54 +0000

Redglass Pictures has produced a short film series about that moment when you emerge from the Paris and New York subways and find yourself in a new and sometimes unexpected world.

Enjoy the emerging moment!

How a NYC subway car is built [video]

Railway 2.0 — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:00:05 +0000