AJC
Western Thunderer
So, we went to Italy last year and, this year, did the same again, albeit with a bit more time in Turin and by a rather more direct route than the Gotthard pass (or even the base tunnel). So here are a few token train snaps from the journey. It's rather difficult to take pictures from the windows of a speeding TGV, but as we called at Chambéry and stopped more or less opposite its handsome roundhouse, why not give it a go?
These two BB75000 have the look of depot 'Christmas trees' and likely won't be going any further than Colux (we'll come to there later) for scrapping.
In service, but like all the freight I saw, not going anywhere very much (wrong time of day) was this Y 8000 shunter which makes a nice study in weathering. The comparison above and below the footplate is rater striking, made more so by the fact that SNCF Fret have chosen white as a principal livery colour.
By luck, this lineup, with a BB26000 on a rake of tanks with a stabled Z26500 EMU with another in service. My experience of double deck EMUs is interesting: the dwell times of those used on the Paris RER are utterly appalling... More later.
Adam
These two BB75000 have the look of depot 'Christmas trees' and likely won't be going any further than Colux (we'll come to there later) for scrapping.
In service, but like all the freight I saw, not going anywhere very much (wrong time of day) was this Y 8000 shunter which makes a nice study in weathering. The comparison above and below the footplate is rater striking, made more so by the fact that SNCF Fret have chosen white as a principal livery colour.
By luck, this lineup, with a BB26000 on a rake of tanks with a stabled Z26500 EMU with another in service. My experience of double deck EMUs is interesting: the dwell times of those used on the Paris RER are utterly appalling... More later.
Adam