Going through the pictures taken last October, when travelling on board the new #Amtrak 🇺🇸 #NextGenAcela high-speed train on the “Northeast Corridor” to New York. This #Alstom #Acela is a close relative to the future French #TGV, and it’s actually quite stylish. Top speed was above 250 kph.
Pictured here is an #RhB🇨🇭#RhaetischeBahn Ge4/4 I on the #Albula line, hauling the narrow-gauge #GlacierExpress from #Davos, bound for #Zermatt. This is the “world’s slowest express train” they say, and it’s arguably one of the most scenic train rides. Photo taken in August 2011.
Photo taken while travelling on an #ÖBB 🇦🇹 #Railjet last week: the sun shines through the window of the #DiningCar boarding-door, with its fork and knife sticker on the glass, designating the restaurant zone. The shadow of this sticker becomes manifest on the grey floor carpet of the vestibule area.
Fancying Austrian cuisine, in a Swiss restaurant? Try the #SBB🇨🇭#DiningCar on #EuroCity #Transalpin, a train linking these two countries. The diner is the type of car you will otherwise find on many Swiss InterCity trains, yet the menu and staff are Austrian, the same as on #ÖBB 🇦🇹 #Railjet trains.
#Stockholm 🇸🇪 Central, August 1985. I was about to board the night train to #Narvik 🇳🇴, pictured here. The entry in my travel diary reads: “an all female crew is at work on this train, the engine driver, the conductor (ticket inspector) and the #DiningCar staff are women”. 💪
#InternationalWomensDay
Going through the photos taken yesterday while travelling on #EuroCity #164 #Transalpin. The long consist was first hauled by one #ÖBB 🇦🇹 Class 1016/1116 #Taurus electric, then by two of them for the steep gradients on the #Arlberg line. Finally an #SBB🇨🇭#Re460 brought us, on time, into #Zurich HB.
Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"
On board the #DeutscheBahn 🇩🇪 #InterCityExpress #116, northbound over the scenic #Tauernbahn 🇦🇹 line. This #ICE4 trainset has got a #DB #Bordrestaurant #DiningCar, with a bar area and table seating. A good spot for lunch. Chicken curry and a Bavarian beer 🍺, always a good choice. @deutschebahn.com
Today a walk along the #Rilke Trail, on the cliff edge, overlooking the Bay of #Trieste 🇮🇹. It’s still very early spring here. The air is a bit hazy, yet the views of #Duino castle are always nice.
And there’s a (freight) train on the last photo 😉. This is the Venice to Trieste and Ljubljana line.
Liebe Shoura, I see your point. Bin nicht sicher, ob es “Massaker … so leichtfüßig in Kauf nehmen” ist. Du befasst Dich via ai intensiv mit der Protestbewegung. Andere tun das nicht in dieser Form und sehen ihre Freudentänze in Wien etc evtl nicht in Relation zu den Opfern der Zivilist:innen, nein?
#Istria 🇭🇷. Today, a hike around #Grožnjan #Grisignana, an area full of hilltop villages and churches, and olive groves. Views reach as far as #Motovun. As the sun sets, the fog forms, down in the #Mirna river valley.
#Istria. Today a hike along the coast at #Savudrija #Salvore 🇭🇷 #Kanegra #Canegra, including views of #Piran 🇸🇮 #Pirano and #Portorož #Portorose, just on the other side of the bay.
#Trieste 🇮🇹 Centrale last Friday. Pictured here is the #FS #Trenitalia #InterCityNotte #770 for Rome, if there weren’t a strike. Hauled by two Class E402B electrics, top’n’tail, it included seat cars, couchettes and a T3 sleeper (one of just a few, it’s got some cabins with en-suite facilities).
volles Verständnis.
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Aus dem Umzugskarton “Fachliteratur”, aus 2019.
Seen last week at #Lyon 🇫🇷 Part-Dieu station, while waiting for my connecting train: the #Renfe 🇪🇸 #AVE Class S-100 high speed train, a close relative of the #SNCF TGV-Atlantique. They were about to leave for #Barcelona. The car with two rows of windows, one on top of the other, is the #Cafeteria car.
Dann sagt er auch Spittal, mit Betonung auf dem i, und kurz, anstatt Spittaaaal (-Mülstätaasäh).
Gute Fahrt trotzdem (bzw erst recht).
Gratulation von ganzem Herzen lieber Pero! Eine sehr schöne, und wohlverdiente, Auszeichnung!
Fog in #Venice 🇮🇹, sunshine at the border station #Tarvisio and pumpkin risotto for lunch in the #DiningCar of the #ÖBB #Railjet #RJX134 on its way to #Vienna 🇦🇹 today.
On the last train for today: a 250 kph #FS 🇮🇹 #Trenitalia #Frecciarossa Class #ETR600 high-speed tilting train takes me from #Milan to #Venice. It’s got a sort of #DiningCar, labelled “Freccia Bistrò”. Well, it’s a counter where one can purchase drinks and light meals to take to one’s seat.
#FS 🇮🇹 #Trenitalia #InterCity trains, like the #Ventimiglia to #Milano one today, haven’t got a proper #DiningCar in their consists. Yet, in most cases, there’s a multi-purpose car with vending machines and an area with bar stools. The espresso coffee, it costs 1.30 Euros, is actually quite decent.☕️👌
With #Trenitalia 🇮🇹 #FS #InterCity from #Ventimiglia to #Genova and #Milano. Beautiful scenery, as we pass along the #Mediterranean and through coastal towns.
Next step, prochaine étape : #Marseille to #Nice on board an #SNCF 🇫🇷 duplex #TGV #inOui. It’s got a nice #Bar #DiningCar where a lovely steward is selling food and drinks. The interior of the cars, namely the seats, follows the #Océane design style.
Changing trains at beautiful #Marseille 🇫🇷 station. Nice views from the station terrace.
Starting into a long day of travelling. The first bit: #Tarascon to #Marseille on board an #SNCF 🇫🇷 Class #Z27500 #lio #Occitanie #AGC unit. We are passing the #Crau plain before getting a glimpse of the #Mediterranean, shortly before reaching our terminus station.
Good morning!
#Provence 🇫🇷 today. #Springtime
Four years.
Four. Years.
Слава Україні!
Tonight, the colours of Ukraine are illuminating our headquarters.
They stand as a reminder of the courage and resilience of its people, and the enduring pain of a war that continues, after four years.
Our commitment to a just and lasting peace is unwavering.
#StandWithUkraine
#Provence 🇫🇷. Today a hike on the Alpilles range, views of snow-capped Mount Ventoux, and coffee outdoors. Spring is here.
I wanted to text our friend that our train was running on time.
Seeing what the algorithm at work here proposed, I get the impression that their level of trust in #SNCF’s capacity of running trains properly, is somewhat limited.
On 22 February 1943, 83 years ago today, the Scholl siblings and a friend, all three active in the “Weisse Rose” resistance movement, were murdered by the Nazis.
#NeverForget
