• The Siemens class 1216 for CD permitted

  • Discussion about railroad topics everywhere outside of Canada and the United States.
Discussion about railroad topics everywhere outside of Canada and the United States.

Moderators: Komachi, David Benton

  by railfilm
 
After long-long negotiations finally the Siemens multisystem locomotive of class 1216 has got the permission to enter the CD tracks. This is a huge milestone in Europe as this is the first foreign made electric locomotive which was permitted to run on CD tracks. The country is located in middle of Europe and many trains had several problems to cross the country and to reach their final destination in north or south Europe.
There was a big conflict between the modern asynchron technology and the track circuits used on former CSD lines, and the modern locomotives generated some track currents which interfered with the occupancy detectors.

  by David Benton
 
Which country is CD in ?

  by railfilm
 
David Benton wrote:Which country is CD in ?
CD is for Ceske Drahy, the Czech State Railways in Czech republic, part of the former Czechoslovakia.

  by David Benton
 
thank you , Railfilm .
I geuss that area is very much a crossroads these days .