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Those taking the Ferry between Germany and Denmark may find a rather larger vehicle on on the car deck

Bit unusual that, is that normal?

5 or 6 Times a day apparently. Its the Hamburg to Copenhagen service

There are rails in the road and in the ferry, so I should say rail vehicles are a semi regular occurance!

I knew about this operation, but did not realise the train shared the ferry with cars. That is very interesting. I should probably try travelling by this service just for the experience.

Nick

And to think that BR did that sort of thing in the pre-Channel Tunnel era (of which I feel so cheated to have missed). Could such a thing be done here in the UK these days?

TheAmateurBasher wrote:And to think that BR did that sort of thing in the pre-Channel Tunnel era (of which I feel so cheated to have missed). Could such a thing be done here in the UK these days?

wouldn't meet health and saftey ... i seriously couldn't see where it would be needed? possibly to ireland, but thats about it.

Pompeyfan wrote:

TheAmateurBasher wrote:And to think that BR did that sort of thing in the pre-Channel Tunnel era (of which I feel so cheated to have missed). Could such a thing be done here in the UK these days?

wouldn't meet health and saftey ... i seriously couldn't see where it would be needed? possibly to ireland, but thats about it.

Yeah, have Virgin and Arriva's operations extended into Dublin! Nah, rubbish thought. Sorry.

It can be done in MSTS.

The ferry is an invisible wagon running on invisible rails across the water.
The train pushes the wagon across.
At the far end is a Y to allow the train to uncouple and back off.

The actual ferry shape is a freight animation carried by the invisible wagon and positioned on the water.

i seriously couldn't see where it would be needed? possibly to ireland, but thats about it.

Wouldn't there be a track gauge problem?

dggar wrote:

i seriously couldn't see where it would be needed? possibly to ireland, but thats about it.

Wouldn't there be a track gauge problem?

Indeed there would be because Irish Rails are 6 inches (I think!) wider.

Gosh the ferry must have to have down to the inch accuracy when docking to enable to train to get off.

desiro5 wrote:Gosh the ferry must have to have down to the inch accuracy when docking to enable to train to get off.

not really, the captin and his team get the ferry as close as possible. then when they throw the ropes and tighten then they use that to pull the ferry into the perfect position.

Since I'm sure all ICEs are electric, what provides the power to move it on and off the ferry, is there a diesel shunter? When onboard I presume there is a shore supply connected to provide ETS?
Whilst I knew passenger and freight had travelled by ferry in the past, including from the UK to France, I didn't realise this was still done today, especially not with high speed trains like that.

That appears to be one of the diesel ICEs.