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Wow!  Thank you.  This is wonderful - quite interesting.  I knew nothing about it.

Edit: I have to ask.  Do you think that, as we do here on these forums, sometimes, the Russians will have trouble with rust and parts have come loose from the long see voyage their new electric trains took in order to get to them?

I think that's pretty neat. Great photos.

I enjoy "how things get done". I am always newly amazed at what can be accomplished when determined individuals put their minds to work.

Thanks for the post.

Thanks for the interesting post, Lafondue.

Patrick

Very interesting I'll be visiting Zurich sometime early next year. IS there anything Train related you can recommend as I might have some weekend time for myself

appreciate it

Steve

Cool looking trains....Not making any connection here.....but look like the streamlined double deck trains Hitler had planned to run across Europe .....when he conquered it all. THX

celebrating the first body assembly..these are all aluminium.

Aluminum doesn't rust.

It's pretty cool to see those trains chugging down the Rhine!  As has been said, it's amazing what people can accomplish when they are determined to succeed.  Manufacturing big stuff is full of challenges and creative solutions. 

I was recently at the Boeing factory when some parts from Italy arrived.  It took about 5 minutes from engine shut down to unloading 787 sections. 

Maybe some surface rust on the wheelset...otherwise they are well built.

The many who were ship to the USA (not the same version) did not have issue either and offer great reliable service..and the sea voyage maybe even longer

Well in Zurich, there is the main train station...with almost 3000 trains arriving/departing daily (that's an average of 1 per 20 seconds) it's a terrific place for railfanning..there is always something on the move. High Speed Terminus of the German ICE, SNCF/Lyria TGV, Austrian Railjet, Italian Etr 610 and Swiss Icn and Etr 610..they can sometimes be spotted at once.

1 hour in 6 minutes...from felow Youtuber Trainfart

I saw a couple of videos on Youtube depicting Berlin before and after the war - the before videos showed an amazingly developed Berlin with many rail lines running to and through the city. Remarkable for 1935. I would think any city would consider it self lucky to have a rail network as extensive as that was even today. Of course, it was all destroyed shortly thereafter. 

Very interesting post Lafondue. Thanks for sharing. 

Where are these operating in USA?

The Stadler model in service in the USA are of the type GTW 2/6...they are diesel-electric. These are cool light rail dmu, they feature a litle power module (or 2 depending on the configuration) in the middle. It look like a tiny B unit has been squeezed between the 2 cab car.

So far the NJ transit has 20 of them, on the Trenton-Camden line, they got a different front, compared to the usual one.

These were actually shipped by air from the Stadler factory in Berlin, Germany, on board an Antonov 124-100.

6 are in service in Austin. TX by Metro Rail..these were shipped by sea, but first by trucks to Bremerhaven as the US wheelsets are not compatible with Euro one.

And the Denton County tranportation, TX has 11 in service..these also were shipped by sea and trucks.

And 8 are on order for the new eBart line of the San-Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit..

No picture for this one for now.