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The five Talgo VI sets have been out of service since June of last year. The Cascades are currently running with the two Talgo 8 sets and a few set 3-4 car Horizon sets. At present, the Seattle-Vancouver BC round trips are not running, and there are fewer Seattle-Portland round trips than planned. I...

Re: Ferrocarril Central Andino

 by NorthWest ¦  Tue Oct 26, 2021 9:18 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Ferrocarril Central Andino ¦  Replies: 242 ¦  Views: 55284

Thanks, Benny. That's a lot of useful information. It's a pity that things aren't going well and so many of the locomotives are out of service.

At least a couple Alcos survive.

And, I should have known you were writing in Italian above! :-)

Re: Ferrocarril Central Andino

 by NorthWest ¦  Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:03 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Ferrocarril Central Andino ¦  Replies: 242 ¦  Views: 55284

Interesting that the Spanish word for them is 'draisina'. Draisine is technically a name for them in English, but the US versions were typically called speeders if motorized. Nice catch!

Re: SD40-2’s to GE Erie Plant for Rebuilding?

 by NorthWest ¦  Sat Aug 28, 2021 12:18 am ¦  Forum: General Electric ¦  Topic: SD40-2’s to GE Erie Plant for Rebuilding? ¦  Replies: 11 ¦  Views: 4581

GE/Wabtec has an 'ET23' program going, with a confirmed order for Pacific Harbor Line. These locomotives will be older, repowered locomotives with inline GEVO-6s certified for Tier IV. https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/case-case-determinations-locomotives https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2020-12/CC.B...

Re: Ferrocarril Central Andino

 by NorthWest ¦  Sat Aug 28, 2021 12:09 am ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Ferrocarril Central Andino ¦  Replies: 242 ¦  Views: 55284

Good stuff. FCCA has a nice variety.

Re: Ferrocarril Central Andino

 by NorthWest ¦  Sat Aug 21, 2021 10:19 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Ferrocarril Central Andino ¦  Replies: 242 ¦  Views: 55284

Good stuff! 801 sounds great, even if it looks a bit unusual :-D .

Re: Ferrocarril Central Andino

 by NorthWest ¦  Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:47 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Ferrocarril Central Andino ¦  Replies: 242 ¦  Views: 55284

Good stuff. 533 is a beautiful locomotive.

Re: Ferrocarril Central Andino

 by NorthWest ¦  Mon Mar 29, 2021 11:36 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Ferrocarril Central Andino ¦  Replies: 242 ¦  Views: 55284

Interesting! Seems like the front door isn't quite closing.

Re: Ferrocarril Central Andino

 by NorthWest ¦  Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:06 am ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Ferrocarril Central Andino ¦  Replies: 242 ¦  Views: 55284

Wow! Good mood, indeed.

Re: The FS light electric vehicles

 by NorthWest ¦  Sun Feb 07, 2021 11:21 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: The FS light electric vehicles ¦  Replies: 64 ¦  Views: 8347

It's always interesting to see what constitutes acceptable in various parts of the world. The British Rail Class 56 is another interesting example; early Romanian-built examples were considered poor quality in the UK, but quite acceptable in Romania...

Re: Ferrocarril Central Andino

 by NorthWest ¦  Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:08 am ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Ferrocarril Central Andino ¦  Replies: 242 ¦  Views: 55284

Looks good! :-)

Re: Ferrocarril Central Andino

 by NorthWest ¦  Sun Dec 13, 2020 6:14 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Ferrocarril Central Andino ¦  Replies: 242 ¦  Views: 55284

I most certainly will, Benny! Glad things are staying interesting down there, and that the C40-8Ws are active in FCCA paint.

Re: Ferrocarril Central Andino

 by NorthWest ¦  Fri Nov 06, 2020 10:36 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: Ferrocarril Central Andino ¦  Replies: 242 ¦  Views: 55284

Cool!

Re: The FS light electric vehicles

 by NorthWest ¦  Tue Oct 27, 2020 10:02 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: The FS light electric vehicles ¦  Replies: 64 ¦  Views: 8347

Thanks, Benny.

I've actually ridden one of those, and did hit 300km/hr!

Re: A little Swiss-granted joy.

 by NorthWest ¦  Wed Sep 30, 2020 6:15 pm ¦  Forum: Worldwide Railfan ¦  Topic: A little Swiss-granted joy. ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 479

Cute little things.

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