Diesel Tilting Trains

[johnrossetti]

In the pub tonight, pub quiz, "what is the name of the HS Train in Germany that Tilts" ?......... and goes on a ship as part of it's everyday journey ?
Well I didn't know, actually no one did so came home and found this
http://store.steampowered.com/app/277755/
and then this

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I suppose in TS a train could go on a ship ? maybe if you treat the ship like a big traverser ?
Anyone tried it ?
As an aside why don't our Hitachi 800/801 tilt ?
Cheers John

[deltic009]

Little benefit to tilt on the 800/801 as the route is very high speed already, it would not be worth the infrastructure cost. We do have the 221s to showcase tilting diesel trains though, not sure which came first out of the 2.

[smartie38]

That's crazy, I've never seen anything like that, a train travelling on a ship!

[holzroller]

Previously it was German loco-hauled stock and IIRC for a brief time DSB IC3's. Certainly when I made the trip in the 90's it was DBag Interreggio stock, remember having a wonder around the ferry and coming across a NOHAB in the bowels of the ship.

[749006]

A number of years ago I traveled in a BR Mk3 Sleeping Car from Arhus to Kobenhaven which included a trip on a train ferry from Nyborg to Korsør.

Not my pictures
https://www.flickr.com/photos/34800790@N04/7026574289
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf20 ... 329561806/

The only way to get from Denmark to Sweden & vice versa was a ferry until the Oresund Bridge opened in 2000.

[longbow]

I suppose in TS a train could go on a ship ? maybe if you treat the ship like a big traverser ? Anyone tried it ?

That might work but I imagine you would have very limited motion. My thought was to make the ferry a wagon and have the train couple to it then haul it across the water on invisible track.

[DaveDewhurst]

I suppose in TS a train could go on a ship ? maybe if you treat the ship like a big traverser ? Anyone tried it ?

That might work but I imagine you would have very limited motion. My thought was to make the ferry a wagon and have the train couple to it then haul it across the water on invisible track.

Id cheat and make two ferries, one at each port as static items and then just link scenarios so; one ends as you board and the second loads and starts you at the destination port ready to move off the boat

Dave

[ttjph]

A few(!) examples given here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_ferry

[Juanillo99]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJXprbRYcos