Articles on environmental friendly means of transportation such trains, trams, trolleybuses and others. Latest development, flashbacks into the history, excursions, impressions and more.
What is your favorite high-speed train? It is holiday time!! And holidays are linked with travelling. Do you travel by train? What is your favorite high-speed train? Let us know in the comment section. Train belong to one of the most eco-friendly way of transport. And Europe offers wide range Read more
InterCity-Express (ICE) – The German high-speed champion In this blog post we look at another high-speed champion on European railway tracks: the InterCity-Express, well known as ICE. These trains are the highest category trains in the fare system of Deutsche Bahn (DB, German state railway). Note: ICE in this post Read more
SBB Re 460 (Lok-2000) Re 460 series is a modern four-axle multi-purpose electric locomotive operated by the Swiss Federal Railway (SBB CFF FFS) company in Switzerland. We can see these locomotives serving daily in the passenger trains. Manufacturers of these locomotives were ABB (electric equipment) and SLM (mechanical part). The Read more
TGV high-speed train celebrates 40 years European high-speed champion Need for speed was a popular computer game when I was a young boy. When talking about high-speed champions in railway world TGV is the train that surely comes to our mind. In the period of booming individual transport by cars Read more
Traction converters Traction power electronic converters play a key role in modern transportation. Unlike industrial converters they face slightly different and specific challenges with regards to design, operation mode or safety.In this post we provide a brief look into the power electronics that we usein everyday’s life when using traditional Read more
Tram CKD Tatra KT8D5 In this post we introduce a legendary tram KT8D5 made by famous Czechoslovak company CKD (Ceskomoravska Kolben-Danek). The tram CKD KT8D5 is a work horse that provides efficient and reliable public transport in many cities in Central and Eastern Europe. History of Tatra KT8D5 CKD Tatra Read more
Pendolino (680 series Czech Railways) This article presents the high-speed train “Pendolino” of 680 series operated by the Czech Railways. In Czech republic the tilting express train consists of seven carriages. Czech Railways operate them as SuperCity (SC) category. All seven sets belong to the Prague rolling stock depot. The Read more
Locomotive SKODA ES 499.0 (350 series) This article presents locomotive SKODA ES 499.0 (nowadays 350 series). It was a crown jewel of back then Czechoslovak Railways and despite its age of over 40 years remains operational untilĀ today as four-axle express locomotive. Background of locomotive SKODA ES 499.0 Concept of Read more
Trolleybus Skoda 9 Tr Lot of cities nowadays invest in more environmental friendly public transportation. Due to that trolleybuses experienced a renaissance in the last couple of years. Many cities that used to have trolleybus lines and discontinued their operation are now returning to this means of transport. However, today Read more