TrainBlog by Marcel Marchon

• login: Loksimulatoren
  Hochmoderne Simulatoren machen es möglich: Lokführer sein für einen Nachmittag. Wir öffnen unsere Trainingszentren für Lokführer in Zürich und Olten zeitweise für Privatpersonen.
  (tags: events fun simulation)
• Images & Trains -The mag’
  I&T is a different magazine about railway photography. We propose to you another point of view, why not something new and different, but would to be resolutely modern about the railway of today.
  (tags: magazines links)

• A California budget, at what cost? (San Jose Mercury News)
  …The budget continues to shift more than $1 billion pegged for public transit to the general fund …
  (tags: budget california transit finance)

• July Amtrak California Corridor Ridership and ticket revenue results (railpac.org)
  We have received the ridership and revenue results for July 2007 from Amtrak, and, once again, the Capitol Corridor is setting records, the 10th month in a row.
  (tags: california amtrak capitolcorridor ridership)

• Trains For America - More choices for better transportation
  Reliable trains ought to be an option for intermediate length trips and under-served rural areas. Americans should enjoy the same travel options other nations take for granted.
  (tags: blogs usa)

SNCF has published a TGV Est cab ride video online (Paris-Strasbourg) - you can view it here: http://www.320kmh-voyages-sncf.com/.

• Eurostar sees advanced bookings double for High Speed 1-2–J.
  Eurostar claims that in the first two weeks of ticket sales, advance bookings for the period from November 14 to Christmas are more than double the same period last year.
  (tags: eurostar highspeedrail unitedkingdom france belgium news)

• SBB: Screensaver
  SBB Screensavers (including one with a “station clock”/Bahnhofsuhr)
  (tags: software internet)