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Welcome to the Orient Express

admin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:19:39 +0000

The Orient Express is the name of a long-distance passenger train originally operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. Its route has changed many times, and several routes have in the past concurrently used the name (or slight variants thereof). Although the original Orient Express was simply a normal international railway service, the name has become synonymous with intrigue and luxury travel. The two city names most intimately associated with the Orient Express are Paris and Istanbul, the original endpoints of the service.

Orient Express routes

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In this post we will remember the exotism of the old line and we are going to see what the orient express looks like nowadays, mainly with examples of the Venice Simplon Orient-Express. Play the video, the Orient Express is arriving…

Train stations

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:25:24 +0000

Train stations is another post related to trains, like trains leaving the station, it has been requested by the spanish high-speed rail site altavelocidad.org (only available in spanish).

Let me know if you find it interesting in your comments, thank you.

Trains leaving the station

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:04:51 +0000

There are various types of train designed for particular purposes. A train can consist of a combination of one or more locomotives and attached railroad cars, or a self-propelled multiple unit (or occasionally a single powered coach, called a railcar). Trains can also be hauled by horses, pulled by a cable, or run downhill by gravity.

Trains leaving the station is the start of forthcoming posts related to this transport requested by the spanish high-speed rail site altavelocidad.org (only available in spanish)