Normally the sort of thing you expect to see in the USA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ZJ5Nvo2Ec
A hell of an incline to drag that weight too.
<boltar@caprica.universe> wrote:
Normally the sort of thing you expect to see in the USA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ZJ5Nvo2Ec
A hell of an incline to drag that weight too.
Interesting find, I believe there were quite a few short street running sections in the UK over the years but most were forgotten as just being
part of the industrial landscape
On 15/03/2026 10:17, Marland wrote:
<boltar@caprica.universe> wrote:
Normally the sort of thing you expect to see in the USA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ZJ5Nvo2Ec
A hell of an incline to drag that weight too.
Interesting find, I believe there were quite a few short street running sections in the UK over the years but most were forgotten as just being part of the industrial landscape
Glasgow is probably the most famous industrial one where the wagons ran
on their flanges in the tram track grooves.
Normally the sort of thing you expect to see in the USA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ZJ5Nvo2Ec
A hell of an incline to drag that weight too.
Normally the sort of thing you expect to see in the USA:They have street running between Weiz Bahnhof and Weiz Nord in Austria,
On 15/03/2026 10:17, Marland wrote:
<boltar@caprica.universe> wrote:
Normally the sort of thing you expect to see in the USA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ZJ5Nvo2Ec
A hell of an incline to drag that weight too.
Interesting find, I believe there were quite a few short street running
sections in the UK over the years but most were forgotten as just being
part of the industrial landscape
Glasgow is probably the most famous industrial one where the wagons ran
on their flanges in the tram track grooves.
On 15/03/2026 09:54, boltar@caprica.universe wrote:
Normally the sort of thing you expect to see in the USA:They have street running between Weiz Bahnhof and Weiz Nord in Austria,
too.
Hasn't been rebuilt into https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rail_transport_in_Weiz#/media/File:Weizer_Bahn_KGS.jpg ?It has been rebuilt, but there is still actual street running at the
On 15/03/2026 09:54, boltar@caprica.universe wrote:
Normally the sort of thing you expect to see in the USA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ZJ5Nvo2Ec
A hell of an incline to drag that weight too.
I presume there has to be a "flag man" at every single side road to
prevent cars turning left onto the road, and then meeting the train
head-on with nowhere to pull onto the kerb.
I imagine the movements are publicised in advance so people who have
parked along that road, in between the flag men, know not to pull away
from the kerb until the train has gone past.
On Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:28:03 +0000, NY <me@privacy.net> wrote:
On 15/03/2026 09:54, boltar@caprica.universe wrote:Having watched television programmes featuring odd bits of
Normally the sort of thing you expect to see in the USA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ZJ5Nvo2Ec
A hell of an incline to drag that weight too.
I presume there has to be a "flag man" at every single side road to
prevent cars turning left onto the road, and then meeting the train
head-on with nowhere to pull onto the kerb.
I imagine the movements are publicised in advance so people who have
parked along that road, in between the flag men, know not to pull away
from the kerb until the train has gone past.
street-running in Germany and Switzerland, I don't recall ever
noticing a flagman.
Charles Ellson <charlesellson@btinternet.com> wrote:
On Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:28:03 +0000, NY <me@privacy.net> wrote:
On 15/03/2026 09:54, boltar@caprica.universe wrote:Having watched television programmes featuring odd bits of
Normally the sort of thing you expect to see in the USA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ZJ5Nvo2Ec
A hell of an incline to drag that weight too.
I presume there has to be a "flag man" at every single side road to
prevent cars turning left onto the road, and then meeting the train
head-on with nowhere to pull onto the kerb.
I imagine the movements are publicised in advance so people who have
parked along that road, in between the flag men, know not to pull away
from the kerb until the train has gone past.
street-running in Germany and Switzerland, I don't recall ever
noticing a flagman.
That?s true, but those are regular services, and run either on one-way streets or roads wide enough that the train doesn?t block traffic in the opposite direction. But I witnessed a near-collision in Bad Doberan when a car emerged too quickly from a side street, not expecting to meet a steam loco on the high street ahead:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/48550714292/in/album-72157710347232142
Unlike our part-time UK railway system, this operates 365 days a year.
On Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:13:33 GMT
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> gabbled: >>https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/48550714292/in/album-72157710347232142
Rather lacking in steam coming out of the chimneys. Presumably being pushed >by a diesel at the other end?
On Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:23:35 -0000 (UTC), boltar@caprica.universe wrote:
On Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:13:33 GMT
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> gabbled: >>>https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/48550714292/in/album-72157710347232142
Rather lacking in steam coming out of the chimneys. Presumably being pushed >>by a diesel at the other end?
Nope, it was under steam
On Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:26:16 +0000
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> gabbled:
On Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:23:35 -0000 (UTC), boltar@caprica.universe wrote:
On Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:13:33 GMT
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> gabbled: >>>>https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/48550714292/in/album-72157710347232142
Rather lacking in steam coming out of the chimneys. Presumably being pushed >>>by a diesel at the other end?
Nope, it was under steam
So where is the steam? Was it a condenser loco using smokeless coke?
On Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:26:16 +0000
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> gabbled:
On Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:23:35 -0000 (UTC), boltar@caprica.universe wrote:
On Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:13:33 GMT
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> gabbled:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/48550714292/in/album-72157710347232142
Rather lacking in steam coming out of the chimneys. Presumably being pushed >>> by a diesel at the other end?
Nope, it was under steam
So where is the steam? Was it a condenser loco using smokeless coke?
Normally the sort of thing you expect to see in the USA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ZJ5Nvo2Ec
A hell of an incline to drag that weight too.
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
Charles Ellson <charlesellson@btinternet.com> wrote:
On Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:28:03 +0000, NY <me@privacy.net> wrote:
On 15/03/2026 09:54, boltar@caprica.universe wrote:Having watched television programmes featuring odd bits of
Normally the sort of thing you expect to see in the USA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ZJ5Nvo2Ec
A hell of an incline to drag that weight too.
I presume there has to be a "flag man" at every single side road to
prevent cars turning left onto the road, and then meeting the train
head-on with nowhere to pull onto the kerb.
I imagine the movements are publicised in advance so people who have
parked along that road, in between the flag men, know not to pull away >>>> from the kerb until the train has gone past.
street-running in Germany and Switzerland, I don't recall ever
noticing a flagman.
That?s true, but those are regular services, and run either on one-way
streets or roads wide enough that the train doesn?t block traffic in the
opposite direction. But I witnessed a near-collision in Bad Doberan when a >> car emerged too quickly from a side street, not expecting to meet a steam
loco on the high street ahead:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/48550714292/in/album-72157710347232142
Unlike our part-time UK railway system, this operates 365 days a year.
The RhB runs through the middle of Tirano at its Italian terminus. There?s also a short bit of street running over the border in Switzerland.
On 16/03/2026 08:52, Tweed wrote:
Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
Charles Ellson <charlesellson@btinternet.com> wrote:
On Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:28:03 +0000, NY <me@privacy.net> wrote:
On 15/03/2026 09:54, boltar@caprica.universe wrote:Having watched television programmes featuring odd bits of
Normally the sort of thing you expect to see in the USA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ZJ5Nvo2Ec
A hell of an incline to drag that weight too.
I presume there has to be a "flag man" at every single side road to
prevent cars turning left onto the road, and then meeting the train
head-on with nowhere to pull onto the kerb.
I imagine the movements are publicised in advance so people who have >>>> parked along that road, in between the flag men, know not to pull away >>>> from the kerb until the train has gone past.
street-running in Germany and Switzerland, I don't recall ever
noticing a flagman.
That?s true, but those are regular services, and run either on one-way
streets or roads wide enough that the train doesn?t block traffic in the >> opposite direction. But I witnessed a near-collision in Bad Doberan when a >> car emerged too quickly from a side street, not expecting to meet a steam >> loco on the high street ahead:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/48550714292/in/album-72157710347232142
Unlike our part-time UK railway system, this operates 365 days a year.
The RhB runs through the middle of Tirano at its Italian terminus. There?s also a short bit of street running over the border in Switzerland.
In addition to the Arosa line that runs on-street through Chur.
Switzerland baically created a regulatory environment where meter gauge
= tram and standard gauge = proper train, with the consequence that a
lot of the meter gauge stuff has street running sections. A lot of those lines are more of an "interurban" kind of character, with lines running along the sides of streets for significant parts of the route.
Unlike our part-time UK railway system, this operates 365 days a year.
On 15/03/2026 23:13, Recliner wrote:
Unlike our part-time UK railway system, this operates 365 days a year.
I read some time ago that the company that operates the ferries around
the Norwegian coastline, similarly operates 24/7/365 and I think it said that includes stormy weather.
Before anyone says anything, I worked weekends and Bank Holidays
(including Christmas and New Year many times (both one year)) most of my working life.
Just something that you do when you are providing a service.
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