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IC1529 today had 2xM7BMX replacing 2xHLE19. The other vehicles were M6.
See Haltelink for the details but I saw it at Brussel-Centraal.

Sorry for English. The headlines in the global media give an incorrect impression of the announcement in Spain. The offer is much more restrictive than seems. Here is a Spanish article (in English fortunately) explaining what is free - https://spanishnewstoday.com/everything_you_need_to_know_about_n...

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I enjoyed myself. It was a nice day out. I hope there will be something similar later this year.

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Does anyone know what happened to the night train from Vienna today?
Delays more than 500 minutes - "12:09 Defekt an der Oberleitung " according to https://dbf.finalrewind.org/z/NJ%20424/Aachen%20Hbf?

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I plan to be there.
If anyone is still interested, there are places available in 2 of 3 offers.
Discovery - 13 of 100 available
Photo - 20 of 60 available
Lunch - sold out.

Sorry for English. 19251, 19252 and 19257 (Mons/Aulnoye) are in the NMBS journey planner for today and are shown departing/arriving Mons. I cannot find the 4th train. 19852 and 19858 are shown in the NMBS journey planner if you request journeys from Charleroi-Sud to Maubeuge but are not shown as dep...

Geen M7's op IC529 vanmorgen (2022-03-16).

Sorry for English. From sncfrailgen@groups.io. Not my information. Does anyone have intermediate times for Belgium? e.g. passing S Gravenbrakel (Braine-le-Comte)? Jon .......... As COJ mentioned on 5 March: "Freight wise the very last 67400 worked Belgian Quenast campaign starts 11/03 Blue 6762...

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I was told by a friend in France this morning that it does start 11/03 (i.e. today) with locos 67460/67579.

Zaterdag 12th
IC9236 = 2812+2813
IC513 = 1875+1876

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There are 2-3 places on line 50A between Gent-Sint-Pieters and Brussel-Zuid where Base have no signal. If I join a phone meeting at Gent, I will have to rejoin at least twice during the journey to Brussels.

Sorry for English. This may only be visible for people on twitter but @BunkerGraeme has just posted a picture of a trial installation of an ETCS L2 DMI on the new-build steam loco Tornado. https://twitter.com/BunkerGraeme/status/1478364997394870277/photo/1 See also https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/...

Sorry for English. A very detailed discussion of this topic can be found here - https://jonworth.eu/the-longest-train-journey-in-the-world/ . The author goes into a lot of detail about where to start from, which border crossings are closed due to Covid & which border crossings do not have a pass...

Als ik met interrail reis via Frankrijk reis ik graag naar Rijsel, om van daaruit een TGV te nemen voor 10 euro naar voorbeeld Lyon. Zo bespaar ik 10 euro, 2e klas of 20 euro, 1e klas, door vertrek uit Brussel. Jammer genoeg zijn de verbindingen niet goed naar Lille flandres, vanuit onder andere De...

zaterdag 11/12, IC2139 = 1875 + M4s.