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A message to Ian Morgan really - I've just spent three days in München and marvelled at the new red Alsthom S-Bahn Trains - beautifully smooth, although the traction motors make a bit of a whine but much better than the old white and orange striped ones that seem to be disappearing rather fast

Steve N

Plenty of both around at the moment, never know what sort I will be on next. The nice thing about the new ones is the view over the driver's shoulder, if he has not pulled his curtain down

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These are the 4-car class 423 units, but there are 3 and 2 car units too.

You should have emailed me, we could have had a beer or three

I was on business with colleagues so it would have been difficult to slope off...

Had a great night though in the Weisses Brauhaus in the MarienPlatz with a Dutchman and a German - you can't beat half a pig on a plate with sauerkraut, kartoffeln and plenty of Pilsener Beer (can't stand Weiss Bier)!

Steve N

Was very nearly caught out by the MVV very early this morning at Ostbahnhoff - got on the back end of an S8 train at Rosenheimer Platz and then sat for 2 or 3 minutes in an emty carriage at Ostbahnhoff before realising everyone else had got off and jumped on the front half (didn't understand the garbled German announcement) - just made it into the front half before it pulled away toward the airport leaving the back half sat in the station!!!

Steve N

Oops - yes, you can find yourself in the carriage sheds like that. Actually, they had an open day there a couple of weeks ago, 30th birthday of the S-bahn. And yes, nothing like a Haxe and chips

I'd be impressed if someone could produce an MSTS route including all that track and sidings to the west of Ostbahnhof - it was quite nice to see all sorts of rolling stock littered across it all - and working as well!

Steve N
Officially, the third "1000 poster" member!

And from the Ostbahnhof platforms you can see them loading and unloading the busy 'motorail' services. Also, just north of the station, the funny low-slung sleeper cars are usual parked.

Yep - and we had lorries on wagons as well - this is what the Central Railway want to do over the Woodhead.

The bizarre thing about the S-Bahn in the tunnels is of course they're STILL OHL powered even underground!

Steve N

Most S-Bahns in Germany are. Mind you, Glasgow's like that.

It'd be nice to have these lines around Munich in MSTS... maybe ProTrain 3... a proper S-Bahn, with underground stations, plus some of the scenic branch lines and the main line as far as, say... Augsburg.

Had a day off today and bought a Bayern Ticket. 21 euros lets me travel amost all the railways in Bavaria for the day, but not inter-city trains. Not bad value, but could be better as I could have taken another 4 people with me on the same ticket. Started with an hour and a half trip to Garmish on the unit on the left. (the poster for mineral water on the far left is worth a look too).


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Then I took the train to Kempten, two and a half hours winding around the mountains along the Austrian border, actually passing into Austria for a while. All the houses look like they were built by Kibri or Faller This line used to be electrified (one of the first?) but has recently been de-electrified and faces an uncertain future. The single car unit had a crew of three, but they were outnumbered by the passengers today.


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Then back to Munich on the tilting class 612. Just an ordinary stopping train, no big song-and-dance about tilting trains over here any more.


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Garmisch isn't the same without the E69s.

Martin

On 2002-05-30 15:49, qzdcg8 wrote:
A message to Ian Morgan really - I've just spent three days in München and marvelled at the new red Alsthom S-Bahn Trains - beautifully smooth, although the traction motors make a bit of a whine but much better than the old white and orange striped ones that seem to be disappearing rather fast

Steve N

Damn, and we in the Rhein-Main area are still stuck with the old EMUs

Well, I presume you meant these when you were talking of the "old white and orange striped" trains?

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Also operated in DB's new red/grey "Regio" livery...

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Yeah, the good ol' ET 420...ride these puppies almost daily. Not that they were bad, but well, they do get old. As for the sound they emit...I think I will still be hearing this distinctive whine long after they'll have been retired for good.

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Yep - those are the ones - I liked the door handles on them - the new red flash thingies have a touch sensitive button with no feedback - tricky...

Steve N