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  1. Giugiaro

    New EMUs for CP Portugal

    That was the original configuration back in 1998 until subsequent crashes forced some swapping. They are the same Sorefame-built vehicles, but some have Aluminium panels over the corrugated steel to enable the installation of vinyl advertisement. An AEG-B&M unit very early in its life. Two...
  2. Giugiaro

    New EMUs for CP Portugal

    I also had a lot of issues understanding what was up with the Class 3100 and the Class 3200, but the gist of it is this: The Class 3100 were originally only GEC-Cravens (Metro-Cammell) EMUs composed of three-car units in a Driving Trailer + Intermediate Motor + Driving Trailer configuration...
  3. Giugiaro

    New EMUs for CP Portugal

    I made a mistake. The platforms won't be 100mm taller than the floor of the rolling stock, but 200mm. Cascais Line platforms are 1100mm tall, and this fleet is supposed to have step-free access at 900mm and additional accessibility support for 760mm tall platforms. Please refer to pages 99 to...
  4. Giugiaro

    New EMUs for CP Portugal

    They won't because the infrastructure manager refuses to adapt to the 760/900mm standard set for Portugal. The first 34 units meant to operate in the Cascais Line will be 100mm lower than the platforms they're supposed to serve.
  5. Giugiaro

    New EMUs for CP Portugal

    Finally, here is the winning proposal:
  6. Giugiaro

    Russia invades Ukraine

    It's only natural that someone would die in Russia after picking someone's beef at the Russian Government and Co. The Salekhard's Investigative Committee even agrees! :lol:
  7. Giugiaro

    Train Sim World 4 in VR

    One of my colleagues from Train Sim Portugal tried this mod with TSW4 and it worked flawlessly. I'm still to attempt it myself, but haven't found the time nor the space to do so. They've also tried to do the same experiment with SimRail but to no avail.
  8. Giugiaro

    Russia invades Ukraine

    Yes, like getting someone who looks the same and has a pretty similar name, and with enough signatures to somehow run for president. Or have voting stations be run by public staff whose job status is dependent on the goodwill of the state. Or... I don't know... deploy electronic voting machines...
  9. Giugiaro

    Which timezone should the UK be in?

    There is a disorder called jetlag and it does negatively affect people. It's a more severe version of what is caused by the yearly hour change.
  10. Giugiaro

    Which timezone should the UK be in?

    Me and my colleagues have our sleep schedules messed up after an hour change. We go from pretty much waking up naturally to waking up too early, having trouble falling asleep, and then struggling to get up from bed. In some, but not all cases, there are also reports of headaches, muscle pain...
  11. Giugiaro

    Which timezone should the UK be in?

    Whatever your decision might be, please ditch Daylight Savings Time. Thank you.
  12. Giugiaro

    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    21st Century? Pitting people against each other is as old as civilization itself. After all, who demonized the Jews in Germany?
  13. Giugiaro

    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    Don't forget that besides training those young people, you also need to provide proper pay, work conditions, and a good work-life balance. That is why many nurses and doctors from Portugal decided to move to the UK over the past 10 years, and we had to resort to replacing them with health...
  14. Giugiaro

    What's your latest acquisition?

    Wait until I show my stuff. More has since arrived ;)
  15. Giugiaro

    Conscription.

    It's easy to be scared in times like this, especially when so many nerve-wracking conflicts are popping up or being highly hinted at, and the media just jumping into the frenzy. It has been said already: that 2024 is a huge election year worldwide, and everyone is trying to get their share of...
  16. Giugiaro

    Hattons is Closing Down

    Yesterday they announced the full closure. So everything is up in the air, including how the Hattons debacle impacted the future of Model Train Stuff. I have a lot to talk about that since I converted to N two years ago.
  17. Giugiaro

    Bilbao to Madrid (and then Portugal)

    In this case, trying to book a journey between Madrid and Porto will never work because the website doesn't list Vigo-Urzáiz and Vigo-Guixar as a viable connection. You have to search and book first to/from Vigo-Urzáiz, then again for Vigo-Guixar.
  18. Giugiaro

    Hattons is Closing Down

    Meanwhile, "Model Train Stuff" in the USA, recently bought by Hattons, also has this on their website:
  19. Giugiaro

    Bilbao to Madrid (and then Portugal)

    Electrification and signaling systems are different in both countries. Currently, there is no electric rolling stock capable of doing the cross-border journey, so a Renfe 592 DMU is in use between Vigo-Guixar and Porto-Campanhã.
  20. Giugiaro

    Highspeed Rail in Portugal

    On January 12, 2024, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa launched the public tender for the first section of the first phase of the Lisbon to Porto highspeed railway line, between Porto and Oiã. The project includes the reformulation of the Porto-Campanhã railway station, the construction...

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