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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Apr 30 21:05:55 2016, in response to Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by Dave on Sat Apr 30 18:51:05 2016. Trains run lefthanded through the Chunnel, don't they? |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sat Apr 30 21:23:59 2016, in response to Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by Dave on Sat Apr 30 18:51:05 2016. Do Eurostars still have a 100 MPH speed restriction in England? |
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Posted by Dutchrailnut on Sat Apr 30 21:28:47 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sat Apr 30 21:23:59 2016. think that was only when they ran off third rail, but that iws no longer used. |
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Posted by AlM on Sat Apr 30 22:00:54 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Apr 30 21:05:55 2016. Last time I looked they ran left handed in both France and the UK, so why not in the tunnel? |
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Posted by italianstallion on Sat Apr 30 22:15:51 2016, in response to Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by Dave on Sat Apr 30 18:51:05 2016. Why can't we have nice things? |
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Posted by nasadowsk on Sat Apr 30 23:27:15 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by Dutchrailnut on Sat Apr 30 21:28:47 2016. AFAIK, third rail operation ended at least before 2010. My trip from London to Paris was 100% overhead back then. |
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Posted by Dave on Sun May 1 01:33:29 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by italianstallion on Sat Apr 30 22:15:51 2016. Darn good question.... |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun May 1 03:13:23 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by italianstallion on Sat Apr 30 22:15:51 2016. Outside of the NEC, we don't seem to have the political will to do it. Even the Acela should have been so much more than what it is. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 1 03:33:03 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun May 1 03:13:23 2016. And if you've checked lately, not even there. They're STILL trying to sell it off to some hedge fund. |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun May 1 03:36:33 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 1 03:33:03 2016. Can you imagine what a President Trump would do to Amtrak? After all, he couldn't keep his own BOS-NYC-DC shuttle flying...high speed rail? Fuhgeddaboutit! |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 1 04:18:49 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun May 1 03:36:33 2016. Maybe glue some jet engines on it, prepare for warp nine. :) |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun May 1 04:25:45 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 1 04:18:49 2016. They tried that with an RDC once upon a time, y'know...LOL! |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 1 04:29:58 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun May 1 04:25:45 2016. And aside from a slightly melted roof, it worked. :) |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun May 1 04:38:06 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 1 04:29:58 2016. That, and some, uh, roadbed issues..LOL!J79s do tend to be a little bit hard on the track... |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 1 04:49:25 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun May 1 04:38:06 2016. Feh ... back then, they could afford the steel. (grin) |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun May 1 04:55:37 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 1 04:49:25 2016. ...and the A & P mechanics, too! LOL! |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 1 05:14:09 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun May 1 04:55:37 2016. Nobody else had the BALLS to staple a jet engine on a railcar. ;) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun May 1 09:05:07 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun May 1 03:36:33 2016. He'd probably handle it just fine. |
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Posted by chud1 on Sun May 1 10:01:55 2016, in response to Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by Dave on Sat Apr 30 18:51:05 2016. 5 drooling stars out of 5 droolking stars for this picture.chud1. :)..... |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun May 1 11:34:53 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by AlM on Sat Apr 30 22:00:54 2016. That might explain why those S line trains in Paris ran lefthanded even though Metro trains run righthanded.I remember when we arrived in Calais from Dover in 1978, the only sign I saw in all of France that was written in English was, "Drive on the right." |
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Posted by GojiMet86 on Sun May 1 13:46:42 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun May 1 11:34:53 2016. I believe the French drive on the right but the trains run on the left because of advice from the British during construction of systems. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Sun May 1 14:21:09 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by Dave on Sun May 1 01:33:29 2016. Something to do with your Republican overlords? |
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Posted by Dave on Sun May 1 14:53:15 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by italianstallion on Sun May 1 14:21:09 2016. No idea what you're talking about. Maybe that's because unlike you, I haven't had a frontal lobotomy? |
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Posted by italianstallion on Mon May 2 15:08:17 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by Dave on Sun May 1 14:53:15 2016. Your solution is to insult me. Helpful. |
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Posted by AlM on Mon May 2 15:21:55 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by Dave on Sun May 1 14:53:15 2016. I don't even have a bottle in front of me. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon May 2 19:08:27 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun May 1 05:14:09 2016. Hey Kev, can you imagine the IND old timers with a Saturn V-type booster? They'd take CPW in five seconds flat!:) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 2 23:16:28 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon May 2 19:08:27 2016. It's been done. :) |
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Posted by chud1 on Tue May 3 04:48:02 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon May 2 19:08:27 2016. IAWTP!chud1. :)..... |
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Posted by Express Rider on Tue May 3 05:57:43 2016, in response to Re: Eurostar a.k.a. Chunnel Train, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon May 2 23:16:28 2016. The station where the guy jumps down onto the tracks and begins walking north, looks like it might be Brooklyn Bridge, you can see what appears to the overhead walkway over all four tracks.And the platform that the guy orginally is on, is probably the northbound side platform, underused from the beginning and later abandoned. |
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