Now free for all to read... An old sleeper train carriage on a section of track next to Violet Town railway station summons memories of a terrible tragedy of the past:
It's still dark when #Sounder Train 1502 rushes to the platform at Seattle's King Street Station with cab car 304 leading. This Sounder is inbound from Lakewood, Washington with morning commuters. Once this train is emptied, it will quickly return south to Tacoma as Sounder 1503. Meanwhile, #Amtrak Cascades 505 is readied for its run to Eugene, Oregon. #TrainTuesday#Railfan#Railway#Train
So we made it to Montpellier. The #train journey couldn’t have been smoother or faster. It was lovely to see the landscape change as we sped down through France - pasture and woodland giving way to lavender fields and vineyards, with a backdrop of the snow-topped alps.
Once here we had a lovely meal in the old town while swifts screamed overhead. Will do a spot of sightseeing tomorrow before we head on to Carcassonne for the main part of our trip.
International trains )&^#$%^&(!!
(or should we say: room for improvement)
Daughter travels to Bilbao for surfing holiday. Friend takes plane, daughter takes train. @Eurostar to Paris: Surfboard, no problem. @TGVINOUI Paris-Biarritz: Surfboard?! Illegal! That'll be €150 fine.
Also TGVINOUI: Bicycle? Yeah, we have a separate section for that. Ticket is €10.
Airline: Surfboard? Sure, that'll be €50.
Les parlementaires ulcérés par le débarquement de Jean-Pierre Farandou avant son audition au Sénat: "C'est un mépris absolu du Parlement", tempête un député, pourtant de la majorité. L''exécutif reste bien silencieux sur les raisons de cette annonce choc. Et pour cause: "Il voulait financer la rénovation du réseau, il était dans le dialogue social. Bref, il a vraiment fait le job et pas seulement de la com'". Insupportable pour Macron.
Le PDG de la SNCF Jean-Pierre Farandou va rester à quai. Le gouvernement annonce son remplacement après les JO. Farandou serait bien resté à son poste, or l'exécutif explique son départ par son âge. Mauvaise excuse, Macron multiplie les décrets pour prolonger ces fidèles. "Bruno Le Maire le neutralise juste avant l'AG de la SNCF et il paye sa gestion des retraites", grince un bon connaisseur du dossier.
I'd posted bridge photos from our family rail trail the other day, but just ran across a photo explaining its history. Wright’s covered railroad bridge from 1906 is the last that used the double-web lattice trusses. Some nice photos included a stereograph of the Newbury cut. #train#bridge#NH#history
New at my Patreon... I jumped aboard heritage train RM 2036, to join a rail excursion from Longreach to historic Ilfracombe. The highlight? Its unforgettable pub: