#WAP5.30000 Few Facts Regarding the ADTRANZ/ABB Factory. The company Adtranz is not anymore existent. Adtranz was the company which originated from the ABB transportation sector. In year 2000 Adtranz was bought by Bombardier. The factory which is shown in the old pictures provided by IR GP-140 engineers was closed down and the office was taken over by Bombardier. The hall itself is still there and it is a distribution centre of the Swiss Mail today. The... more...
actual factory is not used for locomotive building -- the Tramont site is very large which still makes component parts but not locos -- the actual workshop area is now owned by the Swiss postal service ! Pic By : S Mukherjee S : click here
This pic is not owned by Mukherjee at all. These belongs, if I am not wrong belong to those ADTRANZ/ABB Factory and posted on LIR fb page. they also mentioned not to use the pic without prior permission.
यूपी में कालिंदी एक्सप्रेस को पलटाने की साजिश पूरी तरह से नाकाम हो गई। शिवराजपुर के मुंढेरी रेलवे क्रासिंग के पास रविवार रात किसी ने एक कुकिंग सिलेंडर रेलवे ट्रैक पर रख दिया। 70-80 किमी की स्पीड में आई ट्रेन सिलेंडर से जा टकराई, जिसके बाद सिलेंडर उछलकर दूर जा गिरा।...
In response to past confusions with Train/Station updates and resulting fights and controversies, the following clear and objective guidelines are being issued, with no room for any arguments or debates about validity. Also, included, some other changes with respect to Ratings.
1. All Red Ratings will require further explanation. Red Ratings won't...
As announced previously, there are a few changes coming to IRI user accounts, based on past practices.
1. As before, you will be able to quickly DELETE your IRI User account at ANY time. However, the menu option for this was hidden in the profile page, and could not easily be located....
A new feature will be released soon, whereby you can follow blogs tagged with specific Trains & Stations. If you have already posted blogs tagged with some Train/Station, then you will be set to automatically follow that Train/Station. Thereafter, any future news/blogs tagged with those Trains/Stations will be marked to your...
These days, every other day, we are getting requests from members to allow email login to their FB-based IRI account. 10 years ago, we had given the option for users to login through FaceBook - in retrospect, this was a mistake. These days, apparently, users are quitting FaceBook in droves because...
Followup to: Fmt Changes
The new version of FmT 2.0 will soon be here - in about 2 weeks. As detailed in the previous announcement, many of the old FmT features like Train TT, Speedometer, Geo Location, etc. will be REMOVED. It will be a bare-bones simple app, focused on trip blogging.
It...
There are some changes coming to FMT. Many of the features of FMT, like station arrival, TT, speed, geo, passing times, station time, etc. are ALREADY available in OTHER railway apps. So all of these features will be REMOVED.
We'll have ONLY BLOGGING - quick upload of pics/videos/audio, etc. You may attach...
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