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

[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!

[cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social]

@jon I bet they'll say putting more trains isn't worth it until the LGV Rhin-Rhône is completed, and completing the LGV isn't worth it until there are enough passengers on the line.

Why start somewhere and choose the virtuous circle when you can just glide into the vicious circle instead?