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 Picture of the month, July 2010      Reference
 Karelian Trains Pendolino Sm6 number 02 is being taken for test in Russia, here seen passing kerava station, Finland
Allegro Being Taken to Russia for Tests and Certification 
The Karelian Trains Allegro units are bringing the winds of change to the traffic between Russia and Finland. 50%/50% joint venture of the dominating railroad companies in the area, mighty RzD in Russia and VR-Yhtyma in Finland the success of these four new high speed Pendolino trainsets is imminent. They will replace the now existing trains Sibelius and Repin between St Petersburg Russia and Helsinki Finland at the end of the year 2010.
 
Click one of the links on the picture of the month page to learn a lot more on the subjects! Why 2 pictures of the month? Well, we simply could not choose between the master shots of Stanislav. The above is taken 5 o'clock in the morning in the first light train passing Kerava station adn the one below the previous day running at Kerava junction.
    
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Karelian Trains Pendolino Sm6 number 02 is being taken for test in Russia, here seen passing kerava station, Finland
    
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 From the Editors - Time for Electric Trains  
The overhead wire, after more than a century of use, seems now to be better investment than ever for different rr infrastructure organizations. With fuel prices surging up again after the latest recession several infrastructure managers are either starting to build the wire or considering seriously on buying one.
   
Great Britain where the whole industry started 2 centuries ago has only now realized the potential of electric trains against fuel propelled ones. China is rapidly expanding its electric railway network and building new lines. Russia has expansion projects going on. Even the U.S. is considering on joining the electricity club. Continental Europe? It always was the premium student of the club, and the main attention is on manufacturing enough electric locomotives that can utilize all 4 common electrical overhead wire systems of the main land! This involves use of 4 different pantographs because of different design requirements and electrical systems for 1500V DC, 3000V DC, 15kV 16,7Hz AC and 25kV 50 Hz AC, the last one being the alternative most modern systems are built to use. 
   
Advantages of using electricity:
- Power: current electrical trains use Megawatts of electricity, enabling all kinds of solutions from super high speed trains to truly powerfull freight transports.
- Energy efficiency: AC electrics of today can often feed much of the consumed electricity back when slowing down on "dynamic regenerative braking". Often the savings can be 50% of the power consumed.
- Environmental issues: the electric trains, when well designed, are both silent and cause less pollution than their typical diesel conterparts.
- For the nonelectirified sections you still need another solution like a hybrid electric/diesel EMUs which have debuted in the local and regional traffic.
- 25kV 50Hz has proven its reliability and the rolling stock seems to have a working second hand markets.
- Electrical trains might require a lot less maintenance
- Electric trains truly have an incredibly long life span.
      
Disanvantages:
- If there is no electric infrastructure, the cost of getting started can be quite high. However, in countries like Sweden and Finland where distances are great and traffic might be only a few trains per day on some lines even these are electrified, and the cost does NOT seem to be the issue. This is a cultural issue, once you can build the electricity it becomes "business as usual" mode relatively cheap commodity structure.
- If you are running hundreds of diesels, it takes time before they come to the end of their life cycle. However, if you are running diesel electric locomotives, these might be effectively converted to hybrid use, adding electrical equipment might not need too much space on them or add much weight. These hybrids would again provide more time to gradually build the electrical lines.
   
 
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- John McKey, November - December 2009 -

   
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  Denmark Electric Locomotives Page opening...  NEW!  (13.4.2010)
  Gallery: British Gallery was updated...  Upd  (12.4.2010)      
   
 
 German Electric Locomotive Page updated...  Upd  (12.4.2010)
  Gallery: Finnish Gallery updated...  Updated  (12.4.2010)  
  Locomotives: Traxx Theme Page updated... Updated (11.4.2010)     
  Technical Tables Europe Page updated...  Upd  (11.4.2010)  
   
 
 Swiss Electric Locomotives Page updated...  Upd  (11.4.2010)  
  Swedish Diesel Locomotives Page updated...  Upd  (10.4.2010)
  Gallery: Swiss Gallery updated...  Upd  (9.4.2010)  
  Picture of the Month Page updated... Upd (8.4.2010)  
Karelian Trains Allegro Pendolino Sm6 nr1 unit onlin for the first time in Kerava, Finland
  Gallery: Swedish Gallery updated...  Updated  (7.4.2010)     
  High Speed: Thalys International Page opening...  NEW! (7.4.2010)
  Locomotives: Traxx Theme Page updated... Updated (6.4.2010)
  High Speed: TGV/AGV Page updated...  Updated (5.4.2010)
  High Speed: FYRA Page updated... Upd  (4.4.2010)
   
  Gallery: Netherlans Gallery updated...  Updated  (4.4.2010)  
  Karelian Trains Page Operators updated...  Upd  (3.4.2010)
  Finnish Electric Locomotives Page updated...  Upd  (2.4.2010)       
  Finnish Wolfpacks (Sr1) Page updated...  Upd  (1.4.2010)    
  Allegro at the Visions from Finnish Winter Page...  TOP!  (31.3.2010)
SNCF TGV-Reseau near Nissan in France
  Gallery: Finnish Gallery updated...  Updated  (30.3 - 10.4.2010)  
  High Speed: ICE/Velaro Page update...  Upd (29.3.2010)
  Swedish Main Page updated...  Upd  (28.3.2010)
  Swedish MOV Equipment Page added...  NEW  (27.3.2010)
  Swedish Multiple Units Page updated...  Upd  (26.3.2010) 
     
 
 Swedish Electric Locomotives Page updated...  Upd  (25.3.2010)  
  Gallery: Swedish Gallery updated...  Updated  (25-29.3.2010)  
  Swedish Diesel Locomotives Page updated...  Upd  (24.3.2010)  
  High Speed: TGV/AGV Page updated...  Updated (23.3.2010)
  Gallery: French RR Gallery updated...  Updated  (23.3.2010)   
DSB ICE-TD number 03 in Copenhagen, Denmark
  Swiss Electric Locomotives Page opened...  NEW  (22.3.2010)  
  European Operators Page now has 65 Operators...  Upd (21.3.2010)  
  High Speed: TGV/AGV Page updated...  Updated (20.3.2010)  
  Train Recognition Guide updated  Upd (19.3.2010)  
  Gallery: German Gallery updated...  Updated  (18.3.2010)
     
  Gallery: Danish Gallery updated...  Updated  (17.3.2010)      
  Gallery: Swiss Gallery updated...  Upd  (17.3.2010)  
  Gallery: French RR Gallery updated...  Updated  (16.3.2010)  
  Gallery: Austrian RR Gallery updated...  Updated  (16.3.2010)  
  High Speed: ICE/Velaro Page upgrade started...  Upd (15.3.2010)

  High Speed: TGV/AGV Page updated...  Updated (15.3.2010)  
  Estonian Electric MU's Page opened...  NEW  (14.3.2010)  
  Train Recognition Guide updated  Upd (13.3.2010)  
  Gallery: German Gallery updated...  Updated  (12.3.2010)
  Gallery: Russian Gallery updated...  Updated  (11.3.2010)  
   
  Swedish Diesel Locomotives Page updated...  Upd  (10.3.2010)  
  Swedish Electric Locomotives Page updated...  Upd  (9.3.2010)  
  German Electric Multiple Units Page updated...  Upd  (8.3.2010)  
  German Diesel Locomotives Page updated...  Upd  (7.3.2010)   
  German Electric Locomotive Page updated...  Upd  (6.3.2010)  
A Bombardier class 128 initial test bed for testing the Traxx components
  Picture of the Month Page updated... Upd (6.3.2010)  
  High Speed News: Trentitalia and Veolia to Join Forces... Upd (6.3.2010)
  German Electric MU's Page opened...  NEW  (5.3.2010)  
  Gallery: Norwegian Gallery updated...  Updated  (5.3.2010)
  Train Recognition Guide updated  Upd (5.3.2010)
     
  German Diesel MU's Page opened...  NEW  (4.3.2010)   
  Gallery: Swedish Gallery updated...  Updated  (4.3.2010)  
  Spanish Main Page updated...  Upd  (4.3.2010)
  British Main Page updated...  Upd  (3.3.2010)
  Gallery: Spanish Gallery updated...  Upd  (3.3.2010)

  High Speed News: Teófilo Serrano on Spanish High Speed... Upd (3.3.2010)
  Picture of the Month: Railroads are back at Work... Upd (2.3.2010)
  High Speed: Eurostars Page updated...  Updated (2.3.2010)
  Gallery: British Gallery was updated...  Upd  (2.3.2010)
  Train Recognition Guide updated  Upd (1.3.2010)  
     
  
      
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 Railway Picture Menu / Additions   

The Super High Speed Manufacturers Page has been opened. 
   

The Super High Speed by Country reference is opened! 
   

BLS is the other of the leading Swiss operators, as well as being privately owned and having international operations as well.  Learn more on the BLS Page!
    

An unlikely design from the Soviet period of Russia: the medium heavy VL26 / VL26M hybrid with electric / battery operation!

The Pendolino high speed tilting trains page has been completely upgraded.   
   

The Picture Menu has been opened! You asked and we created, the menu where the choosing of the subject can be done  easily by browsing the pictures!  
     

The Picture of the Month now has the sleek lined Norwegian BM 73 on focus.  

The huge Alpine Railway layout is getting more standardized modules. Here Alpine  Railway Hobbyist are assembling a new module. All Alpine Railway pages have been updated!
   

The Finnish section now has a Finnish Classes Page as well.  
   

The Finnish section has a new Finnish VR-Yhtyma Roster Page
   

The Finnish Central Europe connection is currently taken care with Ferries. We take a quick look at the Baltirail - a connection between North Europe and Berlin.  
       

A BNSF Railway Page was opened!

Our BNSF Roster page has new locomotive pictures added on it! 
 

Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturers Page has now updates.

A product from another time: the Soviet period Tep60 locomotive on the new review!
   

A Picture of the Month Page for 2009 started with this bright winter picture from the Sumpter Valley! 

A traditional Swedish Rc6 locomotive in Uppsala. The Swedish section is upgraded!  
   

Much of the Inter City Express Page has been upgraded and facts added, including the ICE2. Picture of the ICE3 by Ilkka Siissalo.

The first of the Flirt EMUs have arrived to their Finnish operator in Helsinki Metropolitan area.   
 

We followed a huge stack train in the California Central Valley documenting it's locomotives and cars with 30 pictures showing even the small details. Take a look!
   

We started writing down the development of the super high speed in the U.S. too and are quite confident of the progress this time. Picture of the Amtrak California local by John McKey 2008.  
   

Alpine Model Railway Shows Page has been updated. Alpine Railway is a huge modular layout in H0 scale. Picture by John McKey 2008.  
   

The Russian High Speed Page was opened to follow the developments in Russia. Picture of the Sapsan Velaro like ICE3 by Ilkka Siissalo.
 

The Super High Speed Network building of China is always interesting and the projects impressive! Picture by Johanna Riihimäki 2008. 
   

The Super High Speed Lines Page has been upgraded. Here an original colored TGV-PSE pair zooms by the photographer back in 1987.  Picture by Pekka Siiskonen.
   

You asked and we opened the Super High Speed Records Page! Picture of the TGV-POS by Sanna Siissalo 2008.  

The older TGV and the TGV new meet

The new meets the old, and dozens of other updates on the huge TGV family of super high speed trains on  the TGV/AGV page!  Picture by John McKey 2002.   

The Super High Speed and High Speed Main Page has been upgraded. Picture of the Finnish Pendolino by Stanislav Voronin 2007.
 

The Pendolino theme page has been upgraded. Here a Virgin Trains Pendolino 390 train whoozing by at Watford Junction.  Picture by Stanislav Voronin March 2007.
  

Super Fast trains in Russia? See our Sokol pagePicture by Stanislav Voronin.

The Picture of the Month for November comes from Helsinki Finland, where the several months of semidarkness has settled again. Picture by Stanislav Voronin 2007.

The Eurostars Page has uprades and news on the Channel tunnel fire. 

An AGV theme page added!  Pictured here is a Thalys, Picture by Sanna Siissalo 2008.  
   

Watching trains at Paris Gare du Nord can be highly interesting for a railfan! The multitude of different TGV, Eurostar, Thalys and ICE super high speed units is astonishing! Pictured here is a Thalys double unit, Picture by John Mckey.
    

See the pictures on the new SNSF (The French National Railways) TGV-roster page, starting with the pictures of the very first TGV-PSE units, like this unit in it's original color of orange and dark blue.  Picture by Pekka Siiskonen 1983.
 
An ICE3 unit in Munich Germany. The ICE1, 2, 3 and Velaro page has been ugraded. Picture by Ilkka Siissalo.

The Pacific Northwest of the 1940's in the Hobby section has been upgraded. Have a look! 
     


See videos on the Union Pacific and the BNSF roster pages!  Picture by Left Coast Rail Videos 2008. 



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