Post #967470

2024-09-29 11:34 UTC

Not very widely known funfact: twice during the 90s TGV trains arrived in Poland. The first time it happened in 1991 when the record-braking TGV Atlantique unit 325 (the one that ran 515 km/h) was brought to Warsaw for a HSR conference. It couldn&#39;t run on its own because of incompatible power mode. Then in 1995, for the 150th anniversary of railways in Poland, courtesy of SNCF and Alstom PKP borrowed TGV Réseau 4522 (which was not in service yet). Because it was multi-mode and supported 3kV DC, it ran a bunch of special rides between 12 and 19 June 1995, stopping in multiple cities and attracting a lot of interest. The train was operated by the SNCF staff, with Polish crew present in the driver&#39;s cabin. #trains #train #railway #railways #history #poland #tgv #sncf #pkp #railinfodump

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@rail_@bark.lgbt 2024-11-16 14:36

It's actually quite sad how the public approach to marvels of engineering like that has changed in the 90s, train stations were fully crowded to see a TGV train driving through the country because it was so big and people were excited now this year in Poland a brand-new, fully domestically made high(er) speed multi-system modern ETCS-equipped locomotive has entered service and pretty much nobody cares. even tho this is actually a really big achievement with a possibly huge export potential new Griffin200 locomotives got briefly displayed publicly in Warsaw for a day or two, which only interested train enthusiasts and yeah that's it quite dissapointing

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@mturczynowicz@expressional.social 2024-09-29 11:47

@rail_@bark.lgbt Dzikie tłumy niczym na otwarciu pierwszego McDonalda - ci sami Polacy, którzy wtedy cieszyli się z tego, że Polska przechodzi na Zachód, dziś psioczą na złą UE i V.D. Leyen, głosują na PiS i Konfę

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@odoben@meow.social 2024-09-29 23:52

@rail_@bark.lgbt I want to have railway infrastructure that can handle speed like that :blobfoxmelt3:

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@deivpaukst@tech.lgbt 2024-09-30 12:35

@rail_@bark.lgbt @rail@awawa.club That's really cool!

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@Sobex@social.sciences.re 2024-09-30 08:20

@rail_@bark.lgbt Basiclaly, the SNCF driver knows how to run the machine, and the Polish guy knows the track and can tell when to slow down and read the signals ?

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@lis@estrogen.network 2024-09-30 13:46

@rail_@bark.lgbt Fascinating. How is this still less cursed and much more hinged than the second-hand Danish Lyntogs that Lubuskie attempted to use in the 90s…

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@liv@quack.social 2024-11-16 14:33

@rail_@bark.lgbt this train is so pretty aaaaaaa-

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@Moritz_Kleine@mastodon.social 2024-11-16 15:22

@rail_@bark.lgbt I miss the blue silver design livery so much 😭

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@dzwiedziu@mastodon.social 2024-12-04 12:55

@rail_@bark.lgbt I'm happy they did not explode after contact with Polish rails⸮ Apart that the sad state of Polish railway system…

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@roussefolle@mastodon.world 2024-12-04 14:24

@rail_@bark.lgbt I've seen it in Biała Podlaska, big event:)

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@LocuYinglet@toot.cat 2025-05-24 00:19

@rail_@bark.lgbt He @Cathshealia@toot.cat ... thats your corner of the world ^^

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