#CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU Record Attempt Train 4 of 18R 741515:40 Umeå Östra - Sundsvall C 18:39Norrtåg

[moof@cupoftea.social]

@jon @lobingera Is that DBNav on android? I don’t think I can get the ios version to show a screen like that…

[jon@gruene.social]

@grlodi @sebwilken Loads of SJ's night train carriages lack approval for anywhere other than Sweden. And there might be loading gauge issues too.

[jon@gruene.social]

@moof @lobingera In a web browser on Mac

[mjr@masto.bike]

@TimWardCam @jon I'm adding that to my summary phrases for pathetic transport, alongside "lethally pantomime junction layout" and "Cycleway Resembling A Pavement"

[timwardcam@c.im]

@mjr @jon I should have credited:

The late Colin Rosenstiel regularly used it about bus services - I don't know whether he invented it.

[giggls@karlsruhe-social.de]

@lobingera @jon Thus you obviously never tried to use SNCF-connect.

[stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social]

@jon @grlodi @sebwilken AFAIK, the only still-running Swedish night train rolling stock that has ever had approvals outside of Sweden are the BC2K and BC2DE couchettes. Only a few of them exist and I’m sure they don’t have DK approval anymore.

Meanwhile Malmö - Stockholm is mostly a business traveler product often running with more WL4 (first class sleeper) than any other type of carriage.

@Jonas_Bostrom please correct me where I’m wrong

[stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social]

@jon @moof @lobingera They seem to have added this sidebar thingy with options to the web version just a few days ago

[jon@gruene.social]

@stefanlindbohm @grlodi @sebwilken @Jonas_Bostrom Yes, there were plenty of WL4 in the composition! (I was in one!)

[mjr@masto.bike]

@TimWardCam @jon ah, yes, let's credit Colin Rosenstiel when it's due.

[jonas_bostrom@mastodonsweden.se]

@stefanlindbohm Outside Sweden and Norway, but apart from that correct AFAIK. As long as we don't count the ones that have been bought/leased recently by SJ and Snälltåget. @jon @grlodi @sebwilken

[jonas_bostrom@mastodonsweden.se]

@jon Yes, the 1980s generation of carriages (BC4, WL4, WL6 and more) were built to take advantage of the larger Swedish loading gauge. While the Öresund bridge and tunnel has a large loading gauge, it would probably require a bit of work to be able to run them all the way to Hovedbanegården.

The carriages also lack emergency brake override required across Öresund and are only built for 1,000 V 16 2⁄3 Hz power. @grlodi @sebwilken

[matt_jarvin@eliitin-some.fi]

@jon

Train to Genève, there's song for that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RP0g_44_-M

[jon@gruene.social]

So Rick Minnich (the cameraman following me) and I were still smiling at Padborg! Thanks @Pepijn for the pic! #LongestTrainEU

[toots@fairy.id]

@jon @Pepijn awesome

[oskarimkeller@fnordon.de]

@jon @Pepijn

Thanks for the photo. I've know Rick Minnich for some 30+ years, when he was still at film school. From working with him on film festivals and our exchanges throughout the years I have the impression that he would make a good travel companion for this crazy trip!
And he also is a documentary director and not just a camera operator.

All the best for the next legs of the trip!

[jon@gruene.social]

@OskarImKeller Ah, small world. He is a great guy to work with... and the next week we will have the first film out! @Pepijn

[oskarimkeller@fnordon.de]

@jon @Pepijn
Cool - you already have plenty of drama for a little short doc series it seems. And you haven't even reached France yet!

[raphv@social.edu.nl]

@jon @Pepijn I'm curious to know if this adds any planning and logistical challenges to have someone following you, since in all your previous cross-border adventures you only had to book seats, couchettes and hotels for yourself. Is he allowed to cheat and use alternative forms of transportation?

[oskarimkeller@fnordon.de]

@jon @Pepijn
Maybe you can convince Rick to join the Fediverse - it would be nice to find more film people here!