topsFeb 20
Today starts at Estació de França for a #Rodalies freebie to Tortosa. It beats lugging my bags to the Hife bus stop on Avinguda Diagonal later on.
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Today's fauna at Estació de França. I am a bad gricer, can't tell you what they are or if it's a full set but it must be close if not.
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BLOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR
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While we're waiting... these (or one of their sisters) were the very first #RateMyBuffers
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I don't think a train has left for nearly an hour now. #Rodalies
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I'M ON THE TRANE

(bonus SMUT edition)

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I'M ON ANOTHER TRANE

Change of rolling stock. Current delay: 1h 04m and counting.

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... and we're off.

1h 07m late.

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It turns out it wasn't a change of train but a cancellation. Now at Sant Vincenç de Calders waiting for an onward connection.
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Refresh rate on the #Rodalies screens won't let me show you that it was 1400 on platform 4 but 1358 on the adjacent platform 2.
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While we're waiting, here's one of the pair of dual-gague lines at Sant Vincenç de Calders. The standard gague is positioned away from the platform, no non-Iberian gague passenger service anticipated here it seems.
Show threadMartin Hoffmann
@tops Assuming both standard and broad gauge have the same loading gauge, wouldn’t a standard gauge carriage reach further out from the wheel and thus you need to position standard gauge away from the platform to not hit it?
Feb 20 at 2:06pmWeb
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@partim good thinking! Thanks!
Show threadMartin HoffmannFeb 20
@tops Just to be sure: I was speculating – I have no clue how these things are done in Spain.
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@partim I don't know how Iberian loading gague compares with others but you make a well-reasoned point even if you are shooting from the hip.