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 | The WAB (Wengernalpbahn) runs two interesting and scenic lines in the Berner Oberland region. Both have their summit station at Kleine Scheidegg, one climbs from Lauterbrunnen, the other from Grindelwald.
The Grindelwald line start at the station in the middle of the village (where also the BOB train terminate) and desends at first to Grindelwald Grund, where there is the maintenan... |  | 09/07/2005 | 333 | 
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 | A lot of Shinkansen train in Japan |  | 09/07/2005 | 340 |
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 | The biggest marshalling yard in europe.
It´s fully computer controlled |  | 09/07/2005 | 164 |
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 | This short train is the ICE Sprinter.
It´s the High- Speed train between Colonge and Frankfurt.
Speed ist on this track 350 km/h (don´t ask how much in miles...*), the drivetime is 45 minutes
Normaly the ICE is 400 meters long, the Sprinter is only 200 meters. Inside the ICE lokks like a plane
*ca. 220 mph (Special service provided by Captain Hornblower) | | 09/07/2005 | 289 |
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 | This the Service Station in Hamburg.
Your can see one train drive out on the southside. A little bit down an right you see many Stand-By trains.
For this trains i make an extra mark called ICE Sprinter. | | 09/07/2005 | 177 |
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 | Guadalajara Electric Urban Rail system, with each station's individual logo. |  | 09/07/2005 | 1,078 |
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 | Mexico City's metro system, including the Light Rail line (Tren Ligero). | | 09/06/2005 | 3,659 |
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 | The Pilatus Bahn near Luzern (Switzerland) is the steepest railway in the world. To climt the maximum gradient of 48 % it uses a special rack rail system.
The kmz.-file shows the stations and line of this famous railway.
Additionally I featured two placemarks which show the scenic views from Pilatus Kulm down onto Luzern, the Vierwaldstätter See and the Rigi and towards the High A... | | 09/06/2005 | 532 |
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 | On Wednesday, 3 June 1998, the ICE 884 "William Conrad Roentgen" was with approx. 200 km/h on the travel from Munich to Hamburg at height of the village Eschede.A defective wheel tire at a wheel of the third axle of the first car broke. During derailing the ICE 884 "William Conrad Roentgen" 101 humans died and 88 were heavyhurt. | | 09/05/2005 | 585 |
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 | The New York City Transit Complex at Coney Island is the largest transit maintenance facility in the United States. Located in Brooklyn, NY the 75 acre complex has been in continuous operation since its opening in 1926, and is the primary repair facility for New York's fleet of 6,400 subway cars (as of 2002). | | 09/04/2005 | 226 |
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 | One of the first Sao Paulo subway stations. This station is called 'Estação Santana,' and features also a bus station. |  | 09/02/2005 | 138 |
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 | a 1963 Swiss built tram connecting Palm Springs at Chino Canyon and Mount San Jacinto
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 | The Bilbao subway or metro was opened in 1995, after 6 years of works. It's a state of the art subway, designed by Sir Norman Foster, with huge round concrete and crystal covered stations. | | 08/31/2005 | 282 |
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 | Site of the former maintenance works for heavy repair "AW München-Freimann" of DB. Now used as industrial area. | | 08/30/2005 | 134 |
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 | Site of DB Systemtechnik München, the research centre of DB.
On the North-East-edge of the are you can see a class 120.0-loco, one of the prototypes of this type.
On the track south of it can be seen a class 103 in TEE-livery.
The other vehicles, especially the ones with the white roofs, are mainly measurement coaches. | | 08/30/2005 | 160 |
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 | The maintenance works for ICE-Trains of DB at Munich.
Beneath the ICE works you can see the locos of the maintenance shop "Bh München West" | | 08/30/2005 | 162 |
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 | View of München Hauptbahnhof.
In the nothern part of the station, 4 "Integral"-trains of the privat BOB (Bayerische Oberland-Bahn) are visible. | | 08/30/2005 | 343 |
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 | The maintenance Shops "Betriebshof Nord" and "Betriebsanlage Süd" of Munich U-Bahn.
Many trains visible. | | 08/30/2005 | 215 |
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 | The railway station of Montparnasse in front of the same-named tower. The TGV (Train a Grande Vitesse == > the fastest train in France) brings you from Paris to Bordeaux in 2 hours 30 minutes... maximum speed: 300 km/hour. | | 08/30/2005 | 213 |
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 | This is the tunnel between Sarnia, Ontario and Port Huron, Michigan. It is a large-diameter tunnel designed to let oversized rail cars pass through (unfortunately, poor resolution in GE). | | 08/30/2005 | 160 |
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 | Subway train before going into tunnels | | 08/29/2005 | 221 |
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 | This is the beginning of the cog railway up to Pikes Peak, CO. Tallest one in the world, at one stage the train is on such an angle that the top and the bottom of the train is equivalent in height to a three story building (don't stand up!)
You can see "two" trains here as they actually go up as separate carriages. | | 08/26/2005 | 315 |
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 | AVE (Alta Velocidad Española - Spanish High Speed) train Leaving or arriving at Atocha train station. Madrid. | | 08/26/2005 | 239 |
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 | DB Museum at Nuremberg
http://www.db.de/site/bahn/de/unternehmen/bahnwelt/dbmuseum/dbmuseum.html | | 08/25/2005 | 224 |
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 | Picture of the Terminus Station "Hyde St and Beach St" of the San Franciso Cable Car
including a turntable | | 08/25/2005 | 254 |
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